Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been far easier to keep it tidy , she thought , in the days when she wore it pinned up ; the style she had taken to suited her better and made her look and feel years younger than she was but it was a terrible nuisance . |
| 2 | And there were times now , even amidst the hubbub of men , when the numbness reared its head again and made him think that eventually it would take over and he 'd descend into silence , cold unthinking silence . |
| 3 | According to Eadmer , it was a small incident which opened Anselm 's eyes to the true state of affairs , and made him realize that the king would in no circumstances allow him to take any action beyond the routine of his episcopal duties . |
| 4 | This experience , acquired in an age when the chemist was regarded as an expert only in a special field , turned Davis into a generalist and made him realize that the enormous variety of industrial chemical processes could be reduced to a relatively small number of operations , and that the study of these in the abstract would enable general principles to be discovered which could be applied to any process operation — the keystone of chemical engineering . |
| 5 | ‘ God it was awful , ’ he said , and made them laugh and accept what he said , and Barnett never asked for the certificate this time . |
| 6 | The idea of two particles so near in mass was troubling for some people and made them wonder if some misinterpretations had occurred ; in particular Patrick Blackett , another Nobel Laureate , raised a question as to whether there might be other explanations of the pion decay . |
| 7 | But the main function of the British and Russian ministers was to observe and counter each other 's activities ; it was the rivalries of these two great imperial powers which kept alive their interest in Persia and made them establish and maintain relations with it . |
| 8 | It pinned us down and made us feel that we could n't not go back without feeling terribly guilty . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're thinking that the aunt killed him and made it look as though he 'd done it himself . ’ |
| 10 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 11 | She drew away from him , shivering as she left the warm circle cast by his body , and heard him sigh as he raised himself up to stare down at her . |
| 12 | Many a time she had seen the hounds draw such a covert and heard them open and challenge as the fox broke . |
| 13 | As soon as he walked through the door of the rather dark basement flat in the Bayswater Road and heard her explain that Pauline 's boyfriend was ill so she had gone off to his place to see what she could do for him , Freddie wanted to flee . |
| 14 | She held Nick 's arm and felt him warm and somehow tough against her side . |
| 15 | She put out a hand and felt him wince as she found his injured eye . |
| 16 | When the Cruithin said , ‘ The Enchantment is lost to us , ma'am , ’ Grainne turned to them , her eyes brilliant , and said , ‘ But we shall find it again , ’ and saw them nod and smile , and felt suddenly and deeply happy . |
| 17 | He slid between two planes , Church and Killion and saw them circle and follow him down . |
| 18 | She looked him in the eye , and saw him turn and blink . |
| 19 | And did they reflect that they , who had not merely mastered but discovered the much more difficult law , who had got their economics so impregnably right , would be seen to stand shining brightest of all in the very front rank ? |
| 20 | And did they know that they would get some money when he died ? ’ |
| 21 | And did you think that the Germans were were bad or ? |
| 22 | And did you think that Wilko should have brought on Batty to give the midfield a bit more ‘ bite ’ ( in place of Fairclough ? ) ? |
| 23 | And did you feel that it affected your lifestyle ? |
| 24 | And did you find that the text book they had to use , changed through the years or just the |
| 25 | And did you find that that made a difference to your overall service ? |
| 26 | And did you find that parents were involved in most of these schools ? |
| 27 | And did you know that there was an Isle of Wight Pearl Centre ? |
| 28 | Oh , and did you know that a stranger has arrived to see you ? ’ |
| 29 | And did you know that Page Up and Down shifted the whole document up and down on the screen ? |
| 30 | ‘ And did you know that the County of Meath is known as Royal Meath ? ’ |