Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Was n't he washing himself when Tom and I passed by last night just after eight o'clock ? |
2 | Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts . |
3 | ‘ Once I cut the neckline wrong on three hundred dresses and I thought at first I 'd just keep quiet and fill the gap with lace . |
4 | And I thought at first that it was good , because my mistress had lost her interest in life and I thought this might renew it . ’ |
5 | And I went to last summer we took a er I took a sha er not a sha erm tt static caravan in , at er Prestatyn an and erm |
6 | ‘ On that particular day , we arrived there about ten o'clock , and I refused at first to go any farther ; the charm of those gardens and their flowers was so great that I wanted never to leave them . |
7 | He was the son of Joshua Green ( b. 1725 ) by his father 's first wife Catherine Simpson , whom he had married on 22nd February 1756 , and who died on 5th September 1760 in her 27th year , just eleven days after giving birth to her son William on the 25th August . |
8 | The new man was soon in contact with Hardwick , who travelled to Stockport to discuss fittings for the School and who presented on 26th July what he probably thought was to be his final report , |
9 | The rain had let up and we walked at first , then as the first drops turned into a steady drizzle , we took a cab . |
10 | Guilty or innocent , it did not matter ; he wanted her back , and he knew at last that , whatever he had felt for Angela Deverill , it was not this . |
11 | Then the Annamite woman began to sob and he relented at last and raised himself from her ; still moaning quietly to herself she scrambled from the cot onto the dirt floor , gathered her scraps of clothing together and fled past the American woman into the rain . |
12 | Most of his family and friends had predeceased him and he died on 9th June 1834 , aged 72 , trusting only in the grace of God for his salvation . |
13 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |