Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until the 1820s it rose and fell over a succession of steep hills and deep valleys but when it became the London–Holyhead road sections were totally rebuilt by Thomas Telford . |
| 2 | He moved and let out a groan as he discovered how stiff his limbs were . |
| 3 | Suddenly she stopped and let out a cry . |
| 4 | She stopped and sucked in a breath . |
| 5 | Laura stooped and picked up a gym shoe half buried in the mud . |
| 6 | He stooped and held up a fairly modern brief-case of the sort office workers are said to carry their sandwiches in . |
| 7 | Er er but the second time the police came and asked quite a lot of questions about it . |
| 8 | All she got for her pains was a slight smile but no verbal reply as with efficient ease he filled and switched on a percolator . |
| 9 | He agreed and thought up a device . |
| 10 | Dickie relented and pulled out a packet of mints from his pocket . |
| 11 | Finally she turned and disappeared down a short flight of stairs . |
| 12 | She turned and switched on a lamp . |
| 13 | Marie sighed and pulled out a dining-chair from under the table . |
| 14 | Traditional Hawaiian society only began to fall apart when the godhead became detached from the environment : when Captain Cook arrived and ushered in a foreign idol , ubiquitous , omnipotent , immortal , but disembodied , absent , invisible . |
| 15 | Lucenzo grinned and held out a chocolate tartuffe . |
| 16 | The attendant giggled and came back a few minutes later with another bowl of rice and chicken , which Myeloski despatched with his customary enthusiasm . |
| 17 | Weasel turned and grinned expectantly at his companion , who grunted and handed over a coin from his pouch . |
| 18 | The old pals reunion at White Hart Lane … that 's Spurs v Swindon finished as it started all square … former Town favourite David Kerslake set up the Spurs goal for Jason Dozzell … and then another old County Ground hero Colin Calderwood went and gave away a penalty … it looked like a handball at first but Calderwood was guilty of pushing … |
| 19 | They went and gave away a goal after only 5 minutes . |
| 20 | Right , I take i I take it , er Russell , I mean , Richard 's started went and picked up a plate |
| 21 | The news got around , I believe , when somebody went and rang up a newspaper , probably the Darlington and Stockton Times , to enquire . |
| 22 | And er he advertised and got quite a few . |
| 23 | I laughed and taking out a handkerchief , quickly wiped my face . |
| 24 | The dog growled and worried over a chopped mound of horsemeat in an earthenware bowl with ‘ Dog ’ on it . |
| 25 | The Chapman I knew and observed over a decade and more seemed to me never to have outgrown his background , his appetites , his ambitions or his selfishness . |
| 26 | And they did n't stop until he heaved and brought up a great deal of liquid into the bowl that Peggy was reluctantly holding . |
| 27 | The second whinnied and moved back a step to graze the spot it had been coveting for the past hour . |
| 28 | Grainne gasped and put out a hand to Raynor . |
| 29 | She leaned and opened up a flat box . |
| 30 | Anne chuckled and looked only a little abashed . |