Example sentences of "[vb past] and [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around us were mountains ; they were often half-smothered in cloud , but in the evenings this lifted and then the crests loomed over us , rain-washed , clear-cut and splendid . |
| 2 | Then Olybrius ' fury flared and even the ground shook in fear . |
| 3 | Several people ended up with wet feet and all the cats vanished and even the kids who were trying to help got the odd clout for ‘ gettin' under our feet ’ . |
| 4 | Twelve channels of the reactor were refuelled before the outage began and then the fuel route was taken out of service immediately . |
| 5 | The effectiveness of the new law allowing confiscation of drugs profits was amply demonstrated over the years that followed and soon the extent of the huge profits being made by the big drug smuggling rings was revealed . |
| 6 | Every rifle was stripped , cleaned , greased , checked and then checked again , every bullet placed carefully into its magazine , every Lewis gun tested , oiled and re-tested and then the men finally shaved before they faced the enemy . |
| 7 | The lengthening day that pushes back your train Of clinging shadow , but keeps you here , has woken The seeds from the sleep they fell to when you went Down with them to darkness , the dread time When nothing could reach you , when you were hid away , And I retreated , sorrowing , hidden also ; And seed cast in the barren furrow rotted And trees withered and died ; and in the womb Of many a beast the embryo miscarried And then no germination ; and the earth sickened When in the womb of darkness you were stifled . |
| 8 | Snip , snip , snip they went and soon the bird had a beak and a neck . |
| 9 | Subsequently he started the Walsall branch to where my father went and also the Northampton branch , to where my uncle went . |
| 10 | A few large splashes fell and then a lot . |
| 11 | And when the sun appeared they all died and then the people who were to be the people of Amantani came from other islands , from peninsulas in the south … ’ |
| 12 | The king also had power when he died and therefore the Ba became connected with death in a somewhat different form and was linked with private individuals form the end of the Old Kingdom . |
| 13 | Nicholson said he was stunned ; he never knew and thus the magazine article did not include this item . |
| 14 | If the officers could tell us that why did n't they tell the controlling labour group , I 'm sure they did and then the question is why did n't you listen to them . |
| 15 | Mandy hesitated and then a smile softened her face . |
| 16 | Cameron wanted to give him a computer , but Alexia prevailed and soon the house was full of twangs and scales again . |
| 17 | IT WAS like reading the last page of a well-written romance story to see John McCarthy and Jill Morrell relaxed and together a year after the end of his ordeal with Arab terrorists . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course not , ’ her son said and then the moment she had been dreading came . |
| 19 | And he said the twist extended it more he said and then the weight . |
| 20 | She said , she said and then the thing ca came down and this get up and walk out I said go back and get them and get Joe to take them . |
| 21 | The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent , winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind . |