Example sentences of "and [vb past] a [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 | Attempts to reconcile these two decisions have expanded human ingenuity and expended an unconscionable amount of time , effort and paper . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Later , as night crept over the Rorim , they met in Riven 's room and shared a few pitchers of ale . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Alec stretched out his arm and laid a comforting hand over hers . |
8 | His host quickly crossed the solar and laid a conciliatory hand on the younger man 's arm . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | She sat down beside him and laid a velvety hand over his . |
11 | Desmond reached out and laid a sympathetic hand on her arm . |
12 | He straightened the bedclothes and laid a wrapped chocolate truffle on each pillow , a goodnight blessing . |
13 | The following Christmas Eve , we enlisted the aid of Addy , our friend and ally , and laid an ingenious Santa-trap . |
14 | 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 ’ . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | The puppet spread its arms and effected a backward kick . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 ) . |
20 | Representatives from as many relevant agencies as possible met a few times a year , and devised an agreed strategy for the inner area concerned . |
21 | He looked round him doubtfully , winced abruptly back to his original position , and clapped a surprised hand behind his right ear . |
22 | Blufton stood up and plunged a pudgy hand into a concertina file . |
23 | Mr Athulathmudali had defected from the ruling United National Party in 1991 and led a powerful opposition group , the Democratic United National Front . |
24 | He and Minton had begun to lead almost entirely separate lives : Vaughan , anxious for a steady relationship , ate with his current boyfriend separately from Minton and led a quiet life behind closed doors . |
25 | Had he not , as everyone knew , single-handedly raised and led an Arab army against the Turks ? |
26 | GRAEME Hick threw off his straightjacket yesterday — and led an incredible blitz of World Cup champions Pakistan to clinch the Texaco Trophy series . |
27 | Jack looked up and wiped a grubby hand wearily over his face , streaking the dirt still further . |
28 | He muttered something unrepeatable under his breath and wiped an exhausted hand upwards over his forehead , a distraught gesture which ruffled the short dark hair so that it stood on end . |
29 | It was more broadly philosophical , and encapsulated a generalized dissatisfaction with scholasticism and tradition . |
30 | THREE masked men armed with baseball bats burst into a flat and attacked a 27year-old man as he watched TV . |