Example sentences of "and [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sniffed it and whispered an obscene word to it , then I put on my coat and overshoes and walked out of the hotel . |
| 2 | Lady Luck descended on her golden kangaroo , waved her eighteen carat boomerang and whispered the magic words . |
| 3 | He won his début race for Ferrari , in Brazil , and outfought the mercurial Ayrton Senna in Hungary . |
| 4 | People passing the farmhouse saw the smoke rising from the chimney , and envied the newly-married couple in their happiness . |
| 5 | Attempts to reconcile these two decisions have expanded human ingenuity and expended an unconscionable amount of time , effort and paper . |
| 6 | Richardson scored 53 and shared a second wicket partnership of 141 with man-of-the-match Lara , who hit 14 boundaries and made his runs from 132 deliveries before being run out . |
| 7 | As we have seen , although positivist criminologists were often shy of associating themselves with specific corrective programmes , they saw crime as pathological and shared a general consensus in favour of a broadly rehabilitative approach to ridding ourselves of it . |
| 8 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
| 9 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
| 10 | During World War Two , the fortunes of those two bomber squadrons bore striking similarities , they arrived together in 1943 and left together in 1945 , they flew the same type of aircraft , Halifax and Lancaster , and shared the same operations . |
| 11 | Both were just 23 and shared the same love of horses , fresh air and country pursuits . |
| 12 | ‘ Yet we still sat next to each other on the team bus and shared the same room . |
| 13 | This culture , and all subsequent isolates that were identified as the epidemic strain , belonged to bacteriocin type S3/P0:ribotype A , and shared the same CHEF profile . |
| 14 | To explore the desert , Thesiger immersed himself in the Bedu way of life : he spoke Arabic , dressed and went barefoot they did , and shared the extreme hardship of their existence . |
| 15 | By Jaysus , they run to the top and stabbed the old fella to death . |
| 16 | He heard the dialling tone and stabbed the 9 button three times . |
| 17 | As he stooped to kiss Murad 's feet he drew a poisoned dagger and stabbed the Turkish leader , causing ‘ the illustrious sultan to drink the sherbet of martyrdom ’ . |
| 18 | Previous losses have fallen heavily on members of some syndicates , giving rise to claims that insiders have diverted the best business to selected syndicates and channelled the higher risks and charges to ‘ dustbin ’ syndicates , with a high proportion of investors with little or no knowledge of the business . |
| 19 | It has also partly reduced the bureaucratization of farms and lessened the social distance between farmers and their workers . |
| 20 | In a fit of temper he shot up past the runner , and just as he was reaching for a ledge above , the turf he was standing on performed its Velcro imitation and propelled the stunned climber into the air . |
| 21 | Alec stretched out his arm and laid a comforting hand over hers . |
| 22 | His host quickly crossed the solar and laid a conciliatory hand on the younger man 's arm . |
| 23 | As the line that seemingly connects the two circle centres needed close scrutiny , I went back to the 1:25,000 scale maps or the area and laid a straight edge along the apparent intersection . |
| 24 | She sat down beside him and laid a velvety hand over his . |
| 25 | Desmond reached out and laid a sympathetic hand on her arm . |
| 26 | He straightened the bedclothes and laid a wrapped chocolate truffle on each pillow , a goodnight blessing . |
| 27 | The following Christmas Eve , we enlisted the aid of Addy , our friend and ally , and laid an ingenious Santa-trap . |
| 28 | ‘ Be brave , ’ he told himself , and laid the middle finger of each hand upon the rim , as Peccable , who 'd once owned such a Bowl and had it smashed by his wife in a domestic row , had instructed . |
| 29 | Half carrying , half trailing the inert figure , they reached the factory door , then edged their way in and laid the unconscious form on the floor . |
| 30 | He cleared his throat again and laid the little bat carefully on the table . |