Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slapped his hands together and beamed around the overcrowded cockpit . |
| 2 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 3 | Clare had planned so often the details of her own wedding , so often pictured herself , radiant in a long , white dress with train , leaning on her father 's arm , advancing with a slow , fragile step down the aisle towards Mark , handsome and smiling in morning dress , while the organ pealed and the candles and flowers blazed , and the guests beamed and whispered in the crowded pews — that she felt a surge of pity for the girl who would have nothing to remember but this sordid little ceremony . |
| 4 | Soon one could ignore it , except now and then when the fire seemed to take a huge breath and glowed with a sudden fierceness which sent sparks flying crazily up the chimney . |
| 5 | The night sky was brilliant and the stars seemed to wink like precious stones against the velvet darkness ; the streets , carpeted by ice and hard snow , shimmered and glowed under the pale moonlight . |
| 6 | Tim considered them , glanced back at his shelves , noticed a gap and pounced upon a rectangular block of tikka masala sauce . |
| 7 | the case that most people regard the way in which the National Library has been built and planned as a total national disaster and a vast waste of public money . |
| 8 | Alone , she reached out and clung to the wooden balustrade . |
| 9 | Visiting yachts can be taken out of the water by the club 's ten ton crane and wintered on the hard or in the shed . |
| 10 | All that is most sensible and clearheaded in the Catholic church will meet in Rome on May 17 to celebrate the beatification of Mgr Josemaria Escriva ( 1902–1975 ) who founded Opus Dei , the unecstatic religious movement which may yet save Christianity from the sex therapists . |
| 11 | This was the theme tune at last month 's revolutionary rallies , where the crowds sang it with great gusto and clapped to the jaunty rhythm of its concluding lines . |
| 12 | He breathed a huge sigh and gazed into the dark water . |
| 13 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
| 14 | She sat there , her feet on tiptoe , just reaching the black and white floor , and gazed at the glazed bumps of the linen towel hanging from a hook on the back of the door , the little wash-basin shaped like a scallop shell , the black and white edging of the tiles above . |
| 15 | When I made no response he turned and gazed at the far line of coral reef that was marked by a fret of white breaking water . |
| 16 | Five years ago , the cabinetmaker John Nethercott and his wife Annie stood in the drizzle and gazed at the leprous grey hulk of Upper House , Discoed . |
| 17 | Victoria , oddly quenched , sat at Aunt Margaret 's feet and gazed at the shifting patterns in the fire , singing to herself a wordless , keening song . |
| 18 | Helen leaned over my shoulder and gazed at the long lines of boy scouts , girl guides , ex-servicemen , with half the population of the town packed on the pavements , watching . |
| 19 | Joseph fingered his rifle and gazed at the pretty little muntjac . |
| 20 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
| 21 | Instinctively they had again swung left and plunged into the familiar shelter of the woods . |
| 22 | He sprinted along the bank and plunged into the freezing chest-deep water as the 15-month-old boy floated quickly away , face down . |
| 23 | Branches cracked from trees and plunged into the turbulent waters behind Tallis , who clutched her cloak and cowl , holding them tightly against the tearing wind . |
| 24 | He did not have time to check his mirrors for police cars as he passed All Hallows-on-the-Wall and plunged into the long straight canyon of London Wall . |
| 25 | With a swiftness prompted by desperation she weaved a path through the crowds of guests and plunged into the relative quiet of the old house . |
| 26 | The lorry smashed through a brick wall and plunged into the fast-flowing canal , landing on its side . |
| 27 | With a choked little cry he jumped backwards , turned and plunged into the unseen , gripping the banister and screwing his eyes tightly closed as he ran . |
| 28 | She went through the house door leading into the garage , seized a rake and plunged into the cold wind . |
| 29 | Roosevelt 's New Deal programme was an exercise in regulatory government and led to a major growth in regulation by administrative agencies . |
| 30 | A study in COLOMBIA found that an integrated service with proper medical back-up cost four times as much per person-year of protection as a straight female sterilisation drive and led to a wide-ranging cost-cutting exercise . |