Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His was the snarling rage , hers the shame as she peed and peed and swore one day to be big enough to beat him , razor his skin , utterly humiliate him , and scorn his cries for mercy . |
| 2 | I lay in the small , gauzy tent made by my mosquito net and tossed and turned and had one dream after another . |
| 3 | The presenter sighed and rubbed one palm across the other . |
| 4 | I smiled at my father and nodded and put one hand under the other armpit , trying to look as relaxed as possible . |
| 5 | B signed and returned one copy and kept the other . |
| 6 | He smiled and twirled one end of his black mustache in a little gesture of bravado , and the Americans laughed again . |
| 7 | From the main living room , master bedroom , guest bedrooms , dining room , kitchen level , the house jutted and dropped one floor to a ‘ playroom ’ . |
| 8 | As usual I watched and wondered and defended one side to the other . |