Example sentences of "[vb past] and [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles rose and after a few mumbled words about thanks , and keeping in touch , and being cheerful , and seeing himself out , he left . |
| 2 | Sam obeyed and at the same time felt Rose grasp the tail of his own . |
| 3 | He turned and after a few seconds said : |
| 4 | Her mouth opened and after a few moments a strange ululation sounded , a despairing cry , a death cry . |
| 5 | He dialled and after a few rings a female voice answered . |
| 6 | Emily felt a flash of irritation , she had insisted that the shoemaker 's daughter take the boots away to be soled and heeled and at the same time she 'd had a fitting for some new slippers . |
| 7 | Their talk and behaviour took a slightly different form from ours just as their uniforms did and for the same reason but their major premises seemed to be the same . |
| 8 | Too stunned to be furious , Maggie sat and after a few seconds of close and silent scrutiny Devlin Parnham sat too , facing her across a magnificent Persian rug , with the fire banked as high as if it were mid-winter . |
| 9 | It recognized and at the same time limited the importance of Egypt , Mesopotamia and above all Iran . |