Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caspar had crossed the room to stand at her side and he said , ‘ Sire — ’ And stopped in some confusion , because he had known Nuadu at once — he thought every person in Ireland would recognise him , for the wolfblood was unmistakable , and everyone knew the story of the Queen 's bastard wolfson and the fierce quarrels that had taken place between her and the King when Nuadu was born . |
| 2 | But the market saturated , the bubble burst , and everyone thought the console business was finished . |
| 3 | On one occasion Crawford was left hanging above the stage for ten minutes when there was a bomb scare and everyone left the theatre quickly , forgetting that the top-of-the-bill was at the top of the stage . |
| 4 | The supporters were happy , the players were happy and everyone agreed the Everton board had pulled off a coup in tempting their most successful manager back to Merseyside . |
| 5 | ‘ The spirit has been good through all these bad days we 've had lately , but it was even better today and everyone hoped the money was a sign things are turning round . ’ |
| 6 | Matron had found Mcduff , Mould and Wednesday and everyone spent the evening thinking of a plan . |
| 7 | Nobody appeared to give orders , and everyone performed the tasks which most suited his mood of the moment . |
| 8 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 9 | ‘ But I did stand in for one of your girls at Jenkinsons last week — and I sold the suit I showed . ’ |
| 10 | At that point , both Tom and I accepted the magnitude of the problem . |
| 11 | Then , my curiosity and the challenge took over and I accepted the job . ’ |
| 12 | I said , ‘ It 's a th-th-th- ’ and I whipped the 3-iron out of the bag . |
| 13 | Yes , it was nice to be warned , and I passed the rope round the animal 's body in front of the udder and pulled it tight In a slip knot . |
| 14 | I did and I passed the exam ( which seemed very important at the time , although now I am not so sure ) . |
| 15 | Of course I could n't see either of them , but I could hear them , and I imagined the rifleman peering into the ditch . |
| 16 | Into this I placed little ‘ oily ’ pools where cancer cells were setting up their colonies and I imagined the cells themselves as amoeba or tadpole like creatures , smooth , slippery and with large eyes . |
| 17 | Reluctantly , he agreed the exchange had taken place , and I rushed the story to London . |
| 18 | Instinctively , my hand came off the bat and I knocked the ball away . |
| 19 | Eric , Paul and I got the goalposts together while Blyth hurriedly strapped his leg on . |
| 20 | It 's a very simple rhythm , but he had written the whole thing shifted over and I got the manuscript and I 'm looking at it and going ‘ Man , I know it 's been a while since I read a lot of solo guitar , but this does n't look right ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I thought he was superb , and I got the benefit . ’ |
| 22 | Would you credit and I got the bastard . |
| 23 | So I got the tyre off , and I got the spare on , and put the nuts on , and at the end of it , I gave a bow , and they gave me a round of applause . |
| 24 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
| 25 | Well almost I got the cupboard done and I got the tiles lying by the side of the hob , but they have n't yet been cut to fit erm and glued down but one of these day 's he 'll get around to it . |
| 26 | And I got the Engine Room boys in the basement to give me three photocopies of our Romanian friend . ’ |
| 27 | Livingstone , a 34-year-old PE teacher said : ‘ Kevin and I broke away from another four runners around the halfway mark and I got the measure of him with 200 metres remaining he did n't seem to have anything left . |
| 28 | It was five one pound bets that we put on between us , I put two on , my wife put three on , and all mine were place bets , and I got the winner and I got the fourth , and my wife got the second , and the other one of hers lost . |
| 29 | ‘ Dennis had played a seasson for Northants and I got the opportunity to go and see him in Perth , ’ he explained . |
| 30 | We were standing very close , and I got the feeling that if I opened my arms she 'd come inside . |