Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Havel , who has a genius for pinpointing the absurd , smiled gently and sipped at some mineral water . |
| 2 | They started their break at one o'clock and finished at two . |
| 3 | Lynch made amends before long and equalised from close range , but that was all the reward Southwood were to see for their efforts . |
| 4 | The two girls sometimes exercised the horses together and seemed on amiable terms . |
| 5 | Blend all the ingredients together and beat until smooth . |
| 6 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales went to lunch together yesterday , but arrived separately and sat at different tables . |
| 7 | And then abruptly he looked away and said with neutral politeness , ‘ Would you like something else — some dessert perhaps ? |
| 8 | One night all these goods were secretly taken away and disappeared for good . |
| 9 | Ranulf took up the argument as Corbett looked away and thought of old Dame Martha drowning in her bath-water . |
| 10 | Young later told Unigram that ‘ technology marches on , and the kernel has become a do n't care issue , gone away and moved to higher layers ’ . |
| 11 | After they had eaten and sunbathed a little , they cleared everything away and moved to another hedge to pick more berries . |
| 12 | The snow was beginning to turn to rain next morning and , although the ground was white right to the shores , we all went ashore and walked for several hours . |
| 13 | Daffy was going downstairs and slipped on one of the steps . |
| 14 | Daffy was going downstairs and slipped on one of the steps . |
| 15 | Hopelessly she walked outside and stood in bright sunlight wondering what to do ; a few thoughtful seconds later she knew . |
| 16 | Rose , exhausted with running , slackened her pace a little and took in long gulps of air . |
| 17 | From her student days Pavlova was fired by stories of her legendary predecessor Marie Taglioni , who had travelled widely and appeared to great acclaim in St Petersburg during the 1837–9 seasons . |
| 18 | She chewed , oh , so delicately and reached towards another dish . |
| 19 | Huge amounts of information can now be compressed digitally and sent in both directions along television cables . |
| 20 | After several minutes had passed without her finding a familiar landmark , Luce realised she must have gone wrong somewhere and tried to double back . |
| 21 | Single stranded DNAs from these phagemids were subjected to primer extension with radioactive M13 universal and reverse primers respectively and cleaved with I- Sce III . |
| 22 | These sudden rages , which he attributed to his head wound but which may have been connected with the suppression of inherited melancholy , always passed quickly and disappeared in late life . |
| 23 | Clarissa closed hers quickly and scrambled into some clothes . |
| 24 | In contrast , patient E22 , who was awaiting lung transplantation , deteriorated rapidly and died within 6 weeks of colonisation . |
| 25 | He sat very still and spoke with quiet ferocity . |
| 26 | Erm the tools were made up in a kit and er every time there was a work study exercise done on a job , er the tools were all numbered and laid aside and registered for that particular item . |
| 27 | Then , he turned aside and said to one of the vibrancers lounging against the legs of his couch , ‘ Who purchased this one ? ’ |
| 28 | When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there . |
| 29 | Julia took Annunziata 's hand at once and said with desperate urgency : |
| 30 | After passing the dyke , the lava flow accelerated slightly and forked into two , forming a pair of streams each about 20 yards wide . |