Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [coord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parliament decided that this was not what the parties to arbitration agreements either expected or wanted and abolished the case stated procedure by s1(1) of the Arbitration Act 1979 : see further 15.8.3 . |
| 2 | Making all decisions and directing all developments through his estate and colliery stewards , Lowther vigorously expanded his collieries , selling their produce to ships freighting to Dublin , and planned and developed the port town of Whitehaven , the first planned town built in England after the middle ages . |
| 3 | Into the uneasy silence , while brother looked most earnestly at brother , and wondered , and sought or evaded the eyes of his neighbours , Brother Cadfael said : ‘ Brother Abbot , I have thoughts to share that never visited me until this morning , but are become very relevant now . |
| 4 | ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’ |
| 5 | The Robes shimmered and gleamed and reflected the dim light . |
| 6 | We sang ( in canon most of the time ) learnt new dances and a little German , we wined and dined and held a most memorable party on the Friday evening . |
| 7 | Leaving aside personal choice , compatibility and so on , can I introduce fish into the aquarium when it is ready and matured and add the invertebrates at a later date , or will it be necessary to completely re-stock the aquarium , thus getting rid of the fish which are already in-situ ? |
| 8 | They watched Rachaela off the premises and slammed and locked the door . |
| 9 | Jesus left heaven behind him and came and offended the traditions of the church . |
| 10 | On Kristallnacht when we all romped and played and helped the Jews , and the fizzy shards swirled like stars or souls , and when Herta bent to wipe her lips with a pink handkerchief-before spitting my tongue out of her mouth . |
| 11 | He twisted and squirmed and kicked the air and went on yelling like a stuck pig , and Miss Trunchbull bellowed , ‘ Two sevens are fourteen ! |
| 12 | They had to look on while he laid waste their estates together with those of their supporters and captured and dismantled the great castle of Lusignan itself . |
| 13 | Mamma smiled and nodded and patted the girl on the shoulder . |
| 14 | I 'm fed up to here with being liked and admired and called a proper bloody goldmine and the next Barbra Streisand . |
| 15 | They set it tilted for a moment , leaning one side on a stone that Luch slipped under for them , while Ruari listened and sniffed and weighed the hive in his hand . |
| 16 | they had bought the house , erm in erm North Uphall , a big mansion like , you know , and er , he had the business in the , he built the business in the stables , there was like the stables so he renovated and got it , it out and renovated and made a business er engineering business , er , oh , hatch , like with the house and they only paid er seventy eight thousand when they bought it and then when they 've sold it they 've got about three hundred and eighty thousand for that and he er , hire , hired now the , you know these units |
| 17 | In respect of registered leaseholds s24 of the Land Registration Act 1925 implies on a transfer similar covenants to those in unregistered conveyancing , namely that the transferor has paid the rent and observed and performed the covenants of the lease and that the transferee will pay future rent , observe and perform the leasehold covenants and keep the transferor indemnified in respect thereof . |
| 18 | A week ago the garrison there made a sally against us and surrounded and took a company of our men . ’ |
| 19 | A high level of involvement in SEHE enables examples of innovative , good practice to be shared and disseminated and maximises the use of all resources . |
| 20 | Passing motorists were stopped and kissed or paid the penalty of a fine if they refused . |
| 21 | at the beginning erm , at play time we went in Mrs Parry 's room and watched and watched a video about places to live |
| 22 | We shared all the jobs and started and ended the day with a prayer . |
| 23 | I went over to Sheridan to ask him to be quiet and he grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me on to his lap , and I overbalanced and fell and hit the table hard where he was sitting , and I caught the cloth somehow and pulled it with me and everything on it landed on the floor . |
| 24 | The buck thrashed and spat and made a high keening noise I did n't think rabbits were capable of and beat its legs on the ground . |
| 25 | Sabine got the seatbelt off at last , and heaved and dragged the woman , arms and legs trailing , clear of the car . |
| 26 | Their class opponents shared that expectation , and feared and fought the extension of the franchise for that reason . |
| 27 | I knew she kept her statements at the bank and went and saw the bank manager now and again , but I thought it was only a few hundred . |
| 28 | So it would be much better if you left the washing up to me , and went and had a drink with him yourself . ’ |
| 29 | She smiled and went and put the kettle on , and listened as he wriggled like a worm on a hook . |
| 30 | I packed an overnight bag and went and checked the street through a chink in the curtain . |