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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | By Jaysus , they run to the top and stabbed the old fella to death . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | It has also partly reduced the bureaucratization of farms and lessened the social distance between farmers and their workers . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Alec stretched out his arm and laid a comforting hand over hers . |
| 13 | His host quickly crossed the solar and laid a conciliatory hand on the younger man 's arm . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She sat down beside him and laid a velvety hand over his . |
| 16 | Desmond reached out and laid a sympathetic hand on her arm . |
| 17 | He straightened the bedclothes and laid a wrapped chocolate truffle on each pillow , a goodnight blessing . |
| 18 | The following Christmas Eve , we enlisted the aid of Addy , our friend and ally , and laid an ingenious Santa-trap . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He cleared his throat again and laid the little bat carefully on the table . |
| 22 | She pulled her jumper off and handed it to him , then watched as he spread it out and laid the dead animal on it . |
| 23 | Curtis settled himself behind the wheel and laid the empty can on the passenger seat . |
| 24 | He went and laid the limp creature down on a tuft of grass near the fold to let its mother lick it . |
| 25 | From the 16th century , doctors widely accepted that teething was responsible for a multiplicity of childhood illnesses , including convulsions and death , and recommended a protective measure that babies ' gums should be lacerated ‘ to liberate the death ’ . |
| 26 | The Law Commission , in their Report No 160 on Sale and Supply of Goods ( 1987 ) , recognised many of the weaknesses in the present law on merchantable quality ( paras 3.4 – 6 ) and recommended a new definition to be adopted in all contracts involving supply of goods . |
| 27 | Even Green did wonder why a better path could not have been made and recommended a little landscaping of trees and rocks which blocked the views of Stock Ghyll force . |
| 28 | The puppet spread its arms and effected a backward kick . |
| 29 | Finally , however , he and his team have bowed to demand and devised a fantastic hair-care collection which is available from Harrods , Knightsbridge , London SW1 . |
| 30 | Stukeley also began enthusiastically landscaping the garden of his house in Barn Hill and devised a formal garden on a concentric circular layout which could have been based on his Stonehenge plan ( see drawing ) . |