Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth is that Mark had always known him as Steven and naturally found it ridiculous to change to Morrissey . |
| 2 | Llewelyn crossed to him , smiling , and gently shook him awake . |
| 3 | She walked up the wide , white steps and gently pushed it open . |
| 4 | we 've actually had trout in the freezer for ages , and not used them fresh the day I got them I 'll use it and |
| 5 | I had often discussed my plans with my uncle who , as Warden , now lived in the Warden 's Lodge at All Souls , where he and his wife encouraged me to visit them and always made me welcome . |
| 6 | George coped very well with Lennie and always kept him happy , but in the end , Lennie 's strength cut off all options and George had to kill a best friend . |
| 7 | He called for continued support for the government , and also made it clear that in the discussions of a new constitution , his preference was for a presidential republic . |
| 8 | These limitations affected the size of the sample and also made it difficult to employ such procedures as the multiple judging of rating scales . |
| 9 | He stopped outside the kitchen door and carefully cracked it open a fraction — and looked straight into Jane 's wide eyes . |
| 10 | She had been denied the company of males during her early life and now found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex . |
| 11 | Stravinsky had started composing Les Noces before 1913 and often played it toDiaghilev , gradually simplifying his ideas until it became the present cantata for voices , four pianos and percussion . |
| 12 | The Sutton pupils quickly noticed that Russells Hall pupils , whom they had imagined would be perfect writers and illustrators , sought help from the teachers and each other and often found it difficult to locate required information . |
| 13 | You drew me through the undergrowth out into the light and then left me bare and hurting . |
| 14 | " He 'd have had to have opened the door and then left it open when he reset the alarms . |
| 15 | I s I , I never really played with Windows , I just installed it to do the job of running this one application and then left it alone . |
| 16 | One used tansy leaves : ‘ You dried them and then rubbed them atween your hands . |
| 17 | And then shot him dead . ’ |
| 18 | He leaned back to tap on the glass partition and then slid it open . |
| 19 | She twisted away from him and backed over to the door , and then cracked it open , and peered out into the hall . |
| 20 | Primaflora took the kerchief and drew it over her cheeks and then held it taut , staring at the damp blotches . |
| 21 | There was a woman who wanted me to call her mother , and then called me awkward , exasperated and frightened with the dreams and the screams . |
| 22 | She closed her eyes again , wondering how long , and then opened them wide , staring in disbelief as he withdrew from her , his act far from complete , got up and with the purest gesture of impatience she had ever seen , threw an Oriental robe of some kind in garish , tribal colours , around his shoulders . |
| 23 | Holding his breath , Patrick lifted the gate slightly to prevent it scraping along the ground and then pushed it open . |
| 24 | He was well aware of the anthropomorphism and indeed found it satisfying ; it was as though , in the Britches , thigh-deep in lashing nettle and octopus strands of clutching bramble he was coming to grips at last with a great many things and , as often as not , getting the upper hand . |
| 25 | ‘ In fact it contradicted the practice of Stalinism , and actually made it illegal . |