Example sentences of "and [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What a treasure ’ and asked Stella to afternoon tea at George Henry Lee 's across the road . |
| 2 | ‘ Throw away your books of chemistry , ’ he tells a friend , ‘ and read Godwin on Necessity . ’ |
| 3 | He extended a huge hand and invited Wilkie to lunch . |
| 4 | She had just finished an article about pawnshops , the meat of which had been supplied by Rose , who had come round again and invited Sally-Anne to tea at the Buildings . |
| 5 | Hubert , who was the boy 's housemaster , summoned a mechanic and invited Barbara to lunch . |
| 6 | Both the Soviet Union and the new Ethiopian regime denounced the use of these facilities , but the USSR simultaneously developed facilities off the Ethiopian mainland at the Dahlak Archipelago , including a floating dry-dock , and used Asmara to stage reconnaissance flights over the Red Sea . |
| 7 | Mike Duxbury found his namesake Lee Duxbury wide on the right and the winger cut speedily past Drew Coverdale and beat Prudhoe with ease . |
| 8 | Mike Duxbury found his namesake Lee Duxbury wide on the right and the winger cut speedily past Drew Coverdale and beat Prudhoe with ease . |
| 9 | Sheep-shearers and stock-keepers had also descended on the plains to take advantage of the excellent grazing , and provided Gould with company from time to time on his journey . |
| 10 | He therefore brought Sobers close in at cover and told Gibbs to flight the ball at Harvey . |
| 11 | APENALTY of nine places against the Australian yacht Prime Factor has dropped her team to third overall in the NorTel Southern Cross Cup series and lifted Britain to second . |
| 12 | It was sport 's classless society and allowed Edwards to glory in his enduring ambition . |
| 13 | While all sensible people recognise that the electoral system is only one among many important factors that form the political character of a parliamentary democracy , proportional representation has saved Italian democracy and preserved Belgium from dissolution . |
| 14 | With part of the proceedings he bought five players and turned Morton into promotion candidates . |
| 15 | This had not happened on such a scale before and encouraged MacMillan to stage another biographical work , Isadora , which followed the pattern of his earlier Anastasia . |
| 16 | Through Special Branch it arranged for Inspector Lamport , of the Portsmouth CID , to visit the Sallyport Hotel two days later , on 21 April , where , in front of the astonished manager , Edward Richman , Lamport tore out from the hotel register the pages bearing the signatures of Crabb and ‘ Smith ’ , and threatened Richman with prosecution under the Official Secrets Act if he told anybody anything about the affair . |
| 17 | Microsoft Corp got a bloody nose when it went head-to-head with Novell Inc and challenged NetWare with LAN Manager , and what it failed to achieve with a full frontal attack , it is now trying to secure by stealth . |
| 18 | The tiny sound of distress broke the spell and spurred Grant into action . |
| 19 | He went and stood by the shower and watched Sophie in soft-focus shampooing her hair then turning her face to the showerhead . |
| 20 | Culley perched on the arm of a battered sofa and watched Mathers at work . |
| 21 | Dudley spent some seven years of obscurity until Elizabeth 1 once again forgave him , when in 1585 she decided to support the Dutch against the Spanish , and placed Dudley in command . |
| 22 | Defenders gone deep and kept Collimore on side and this is where you expect Stan to do his trick . |
| 23 | The air split , smoke and flame grew , the bullet slammed into the crater wall and sprayed Callaghan with mud . |
| 24 | Ever since Tug opened his eyes and saw Doyle in front of the door , things had been different from the other mornings . |
| 25 | A few minutes later while she was pinning up her hair before having her bath , she heard the sound of horses ' hooves and saw Matthew with Bunny Chaloner by his side ride out . |
| 26 | I told the co-pilot to take over and I went back to the radio room and saw Charlie with blood all over his head and the front of his flight suit ’ . |
| 27 | Later , on a return flight from Newark to Miami , Hawks was delayed by head winds , and reached Newark after dark , and short of fuel . |
| 28 | Anselm left England in October 1097 and reached Cluny in time for Christmas . |
| 29 | François pushed eastward and reached Neidenburg by nightfall . |
| 30 | He defended himself vigorously , and took Theo to task for parroting their father 's words . |