Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adj] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watching closely , Davies noticed that as the male pecked , the female 's cloaca became pink and distended . |
| 2 | The others in the case became upset and dug in their heels about changing their minds . |
| 3 | Vincent Piedboeuf , computer systems project leader for the international organisation , revealed that vital research into the disease had been halted when the computer became overloaded and crashed and said EORTC had been saddled with a gigantic phone bill . |
| 4 | What actually happened was that the buyer became suspicious and decided to check out the competition . |
| 5 | The Prince became fascinated and vanished from sight into the mountain bikes , and it was twenty-four minutes before anyone could extract him and move him on . |
| 6 | Then her heart stopped aching and did a painful jerk . |
| 7 | Or use a section of garden hose slit lengthwise and secured with either strong wire or Jubilee clips to make a temporary repair . |
| 8 | And the revenue got mean and decided it could n't afford the time of serving officers and it left pre-retirement council and other bodies with a gap to fill er the only other people who are er professional if you like , who could fill it , would be accountants and they were n't available . |
| 9 | The older woman 's mouth sagged open and remained open . |
| 10 | His mouth sagged open and uttered a pitiful croak as Yanto sat down beside him . |
| 11 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 12 | The agent stopped struggling and hung there , aware of the pain in his wrists and the rasping against his skin , but even more conscious of the massive welts and blisters that covered his throbbing hand . |
| 13 | I do not rightly understand how the medical men could not save him after the accident since you say the cut seemed small and did not appear to trouble him but I have heard that for the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pin-prick and that a cut where there is manure about can have this effect if not noticed . |
| 14 | Her horse came close and watched her . |
| 15 | A coupling rein broke loose and thinking that the coach was about to crash , the plaintiff jumped out and broke his leg . |
| 16 | But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass . |
| 17 | The stranger fell ill and died a few days later . |
| 18 | The shepherd grew pale and left us at once , and tried to rid his stomach of the dread stuff , and thereafter went home to his bed , expecting to die . |
| 19 | My mouth fell open and stayed open . |
| 20 | All around it the bloodstained undergrowth lay broken and flattened by its struggles , and as soon as it saw him , the animal lowered its needle-sharp horns that had grown in its prime to a length of nearly three feet . |
| 21 | But the rapid-strike force sat tight and did nothing . |
| 22 | Dot sat rigid and shivering on the wicker armchair in the conservatory . |
| 23 | As the girl tilted her face up to her tall mother her hat fell off and , the mother 's fingers clasping the head , the hair came loose and fell down the black coat like a cascade of shining water , as soft-looking as a swathe of new mown grass . |
| 24 | The primer interferon course reduced HBV-DNA and HBeAg levels by 87 and 18% , respectively , but the decrease did not continue during the four weeks without therapy . |
| 25 | And of course it was not until the eyes and nose began to discharge that the boy became worried and brought him to see me . |
| 26 | " He turned and began to go away , but the captain of the guard became frightened and called him back . |
| 27 | Eventually the carabiniere got bored and let Eric stay in the lavatory for as long as he wanted . |
| 28 | The house committee met weekly and dealt with a variety of matters . |
| 29 | Our principal exposure to the public arose from the chance that Her Majesty the Queen became interested and used Motability as the centre for her Christmas address in 1981 . |
| 30 | But what would happen if and when the universe stopped expanding and began to contract ? |