Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a speed that neither could match Louisa and Horrocks saw him hasten back down the lake . |
| 2 | The mestizo lost his footing , and Trent heard him slide , swearing . |
| 3 | The last time I saw her was when Benedict Joseph shoved her into his car outside the Villa Fiesole , and Philippe made me go with him to Nice . ’ |
| 4 | He was half turned towards her , and Maria saw him lift a hand and watched it move towards her , coming to rest against her bare midriff , warm fingers shaping themselves lightly to its gentle curve . |
| 5 | All day and then he got all to do at lunch time yeah they kept it up all the day , they had separate play time , they had had to eat their lunch in the class room all they were allowed was a piece of fruit , a bread and water and they all had to have , you know , they had a bread roll supplied by the school an a an apple I think And Jan made them write out their names and some of them could n't write their name ! |
| 6 | Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . " |
| 7 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , Dame Agatha 's advice was wise and Corbett felt his temper cool . |
| 9 | The clear autumn day drew to a close and Corbett made them rest their horses for a while . |
| 10 | ‘ Your cousin at home , is he , Angharad ? ’ he asked mildly and Hari felt herself grow tense . |
| 11 | And Bobby did you see Moira last night ? |
| 12 | What particular cities and districts did he visit ? |
| 13 | But , for one thing , the sheer size of the defeat made him and his players determined that it would never happen again and , for another , the power of Lillee and Thomson made him realize just what a potent weapon a battery of fast bowlers would be . |
| 14 | Felipe stopped again and Maggie made herself look , the weakness of sheer relief flooding through her . |
| 15 | The others were already mounted and Maggie felt herself begin to tremble as Felipe came up and prepared to help her . |
| 16 | Presently he reached out a hand and touched her forehead , and Ruth felt something enter her — not comfort , not relief , but a sense of light : clear shining spaces which pain could inhabit but not overwhelm . |
| 17 | He was silent , and Ruth felt him shiver with the memory . |
| 18 | Slash did his bit in two takes and Ozzy did his stuff in three . ’ |
| 19 | Tall , lazily handsome , and boy did he know it ! |
| 20 | But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway . |
| 21 | Only when he saw others smiling and laughing did he give the little barks . |
| 22 | A miasma of despair rose from the cluster of black Workshops and Fenella felt it billow out and engulf them in its sick , cold desolation . |
| 23 | How many hours of project work and revision did he put in ? — I can tell you — none . |
| 24 | But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it . |
| 25 | Nick was some way along the line , at the bend where the track curved round the mountain and Carrie saw him put his hands over his ears as the train blew its whistle . |
| 26 | Edward looked warningly at Helen and Helen heard herself say that there was a small piece of land . |
| 27 | The next remark was hissed directly into Robert 's ear , and Robert felt his neck lightly sprayed with saliva . |
| 28 | He paused , and Isobel saw him glance up at Jean-Paul slyly . |
| 29 | A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard . |
| 30 | I saw at once that there were three chairs at the dinner-table ; and Conchis saw me see . |