Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down and beamed his good eye at the shine on his toecap . |
| 2 | I always admired him for his tenacity of purpose and dedication — and envied his super brain-power . |
| 3 | With the aid of a crane ‘ DRD was mounted on the pedestal on July 7 and took-up its new job as a permanent monument to the Norseman . |
| 4 | In the thirteenth century the King of france , abetted by a weak Pope , very brutally suppressed the Order of Templars and appropriated their enormous wealth . |
| 5 | My only support at the time came from a Nigerian girl and a Ugandan Asian girl who were also in my class and shared my deep sense of alienation from our environment . |
| 6 | Jenkins was close to Gaitskell , and shared his bitter disappointment in 1959 . |
| 7 | For two days now he had sat in Isobel 's garage during most of school hours and planned his new book . |
| 8 | Morse turned , and laid his right hand lightly on her shoulder . |
| 9 | His opinion was that such a reduction would act as a stimulus to further development work , and recommended its immediate implementation . |
| 10 | The head of the delegation was Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar ( later Lord Inchyra ) , who was impressed by Hayman 's abilities and recommended his permanent transfer to overseas service . |
| 11 | Sarah was invited to Diana 's wedding and entertained her royal friend in her apartment near Clapham Junction in south London . |
| 12 | She eased herself out of the lounger and plopped down by the edge of the swimming-pool and plunged her aching foot , bandage and all , into the cool water . |
| 13 | As the drink flowed , two of the team 's most ancient mariners , the captain Billy Bremner and his legendary bosun Denis Law told tales of yore and led their gallant crew in a hearty chorus of merry football shanties . |
| 14 | Conscious of the fact that his palms were sweating even more markedly than usual , Pogo hurriedly pulled on his white gloves and led his impatient partner on to the floor . |
| 15 | Detective Sergeant Joseph Bragg pushed away his plate , and wiped his ragged moustache . |
| 16 | Lord Justice McCowan said he found it quite impossible to hold that Mr Hurd 's political judgment — that the appearance of terrorists on programmes increased their standing and lent them political legitimacy — was one that no reasonable home secretary could make . |
| 17 | He was a founder member of the Society of Chemical Industry ( 1881 ) , and became its foreign secretary in 1910 , remaining so for a number of years , and president in 1911–12 and 1914 . |
| 18 | Grace Kelly , every inch a lady on screen , became every inch a princess when she married Prince Rainier in 1956 and became Her Serene Highness of Monaco . |
| 19 | However , he later recognised John Baskerville 's genius and became his enthusiastic supporter . |
| 20 | After a short spell with ( Guildford City after the war , he returned to Selhurst Park in 1947 and became our assistant trainer . |
| 21 | He held it to his nose and smelled its furry warmth , then spun it away from him with a twinge of regret at having torn it so wantonly . |
| 22 | She lifted the flowers and smelled their cool scent . |
| 23 | Willie shuffled with embarrassment and avoided her large gaze . |
| 24 | He had never been in hospital before and consulted his General Practitioner infrequently . |
| 25 | But she would never forget the very different lifestyle of her early years — she was 20 when they emigrated ; the veneration of her father and her father 's father , the gross insecurity under which they lived ; the ever-present threat of injury and loss , and the belittling malice ; experiences which moulded and coloured her whole existence , as did her knowledge of Polish , Russian and Yiddish . |
| 26 | The 68-year-old Merseysideborn councillor arrived in Teesside in 1947 and met his Middlesbrough-born wife , Lillian , whilst serving in the Royal Navy . |
| 27 | Lisa had put aside her own doubts and hugged her little daughter . |
| 28 | Perhaps you 'd rather stay here and read your riveting book . |
| 29 | The attack came as pressure also started to mount on the chairman of the BBC governors , Marmaduke Hussey , the man who appointed Mr Birt as director general of the BBC and agreed his tax-avoiding freelance contract . |
| 30 | ROOMF ? it said , and lowered its enormous nose to sniff the little hedgehog . |