Example sentences of "and [adv] [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the introduction of the reaping machine , the self-binder and latterly the combine-harvester made the use of narrow stetches impossible , as the continual jolting over the deep furrows soon put the most robust machine out of action . |
| 2 | And luckily the bike had fallen on its left side so the gears and chain ring etc were n't damaged . |
| 3 | The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent , winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind . |
| 4 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 5 | And eventually a khthon approached the cell . |
| 6 | The Clegg Commission was abolished in 1980 and eventually the government managed to squeeze down pay in the public sector through its use of cash limits . |
| 7 | Rumours spread ; and eventually the day came when ‘ he was found in his shop dead , sprawled amidst rubbish around him . ’ |
| 8 | The offer caused mass protests and eventually the firm pulled out , but now it has put in another bid , believed to be £5m . |
| 9 | A protracted legal battle ensued , but Mr Bright declined the offer of a steam engine from the colliery owners and eventually the mill closed down . |
| 10 | A querulous voice told him to go and jump in the Thames so he knocked again and eventually the door swung open to reveal a tall , gaunt figure , dressed in a long robe of dyed brown fur . |
| 11 | And eventually the judge took it upon himself to discharge the jury . |
| 12 | But this was too soon in my own development for me to be able to grasp the opportunity and eventually the shop closed down and Mr Farrer moved on . |
| 13 | The horla became stronger than they , and eventually the family left the house to the devices of this ‘ malevolent force from an unknown dimension ’ . |
| 14 | Their visits were threatening and long , and eventually the agency gave up hope of substituting mulberry trees for opium . |
| 15 | The woman had rubbed herself vigorously with the leaves , and presumably the man had been exposed to some of the plant 's irritant oil remaining on her body after washing . |
| 16 | A tall , dark figure who had no pole moved amongst them issuing commands , and slowly the flatboat drew over to the bank . |
| 17 | Idealogically of course it 's been a battle of Left and Right the Right won , we 've had a return a resserection of the 'Hang Em , Flog Em' Brigade some ugly xenophobia at times and of course multipule attacks on the Media . |
| 18 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |
| 19 | And suddenly the air seemed deadened , as if there 'd been an explosion . |
| 20 | A tug-o'-war ensued and suddenly the rope came — unzipping all those carefully placed runners like a thumb through a banana skin . |
| 21 | Then seven years later I was reading a newspaper and there was this article about the Israeli journalist who broke the news about the Israelis having nuclear silos in the Negev Desert , and suddenly the coin dropped . |
| 22 | It returned now as an act of re-dedication ; and suddenly the work progressed . |
| 23 | And suddenly the dispute seemed unimportant : in East Germany , might is violence . |
| 24 | ‘ Now watch , ’ said the doctor , and suddenly the wire came out of the tube in a kind of loop and the doctor lassoed the polyp as if it were a steer . |
| 25 | ‘ The season 's almost over now , ’ she said obliquely , not looking at him , and suddenly the arm descended to pull her against him . |
| 26 | The horse soared through the foul-smellimg smoke and the General saw a bayonet reach towards the animal 's belly , but he slashed down with the sword , knocking the bayonet aside , and suddenly the horse had landed safely beyond the furniture and was running free of the smoke . |
| 27 | And suddenly the room shook with laughter . |
| 28 | His covered body was taken out to a cooler resting place , and suddenly the foundry seemed to be going round and round . |
| 29 | In July 1870 the war began , and suddenly the Channel became a first line of defence rather than an obstacle to trade . |
| 30 | There was I , sweetly asleep , and suddenly the roof collapsed on top of me . ’ |