Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nationalists set up their own TV station in Sicily and beamed into Malta . |
| 2 | And so Inchbad sat down and beamed at Fenella and said they would be interested to hear her stories and , at the same time , nodded to the waiting Fiachra Broadcrown to get the Fidchell squares ready for the Gnomes . |
| 3 | At the bottom Cranston immediately felt better , turned and beamed at Athelstan . |
| 4 | She kissed Jake 's cheek and beamed at Shiona . |
| 5 | Indeed , only three or four minutes into her talk , Shirley Brown had leaned across and whispered into Howard 's ear : ‘ Better than Ottawa ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But your father — ’ she leaned forward and whispered at Ellie . |
| 7 | Patrick leaned forward and whispered to Joseph . |
| 8 | She kicked forward and whispered to Scathach , ‘ They 're not wolves , they 're humans . |
| 9 | Sir Bruce sipped , made a face , and whispered to Agnes : ‘ And I thought we suffered at MoD . |
| 10 | The clerk stopped for a moment and whispered to Mr Albert , who , realizing that instead of selling a pair of jeans he really had a customer with money to spend , hurried towards Hank . |
| 11 | Seizing her opportunity , Margaret leant forward across her desk and whispered to Maura . |
| 12 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 13 | Sir Brian suddenly lifted his face and whispered in Athelstan 's ear . |
| 14 | He laughed whenever she spoke to him and clung to Dotty Blundell for protection , whirling her away on his arm the moment rehearsals were over . |
| 15 | She shivered and clung to Maggie , burying her head like a child . |
| 16 | And when she brought it to him , he did not take it from her , but only felt in the deep pocket stitched into its lining , and drew out a parchment rolled and sealed , which he reached across the table and laid before Iago Vaughan . |
| 17 | Having performed my duty and wandered around the coronation hall of the fourteenth century Rathaus with its dreadful nineteenth-century frescoes on the life of Charlemagne , and gazed at Charlemagne 's marble throne in the Cathedral , it was time to sit in the sun for a while and eat an ice-cream . |
| 18 | Dyson stopped and gazed at Jannie seriously . |
| 19 | They opened for a moment , then closed , then opened again and gazed at Marcus 's face . |
| 20 | Although mistrusting children , he showed an absorbed interest as he took the photographs and gazed at Henrietta ( fourteen ) , Samantha ( just ten ) and the baby Jacqueline ( now three and born after a long period during which Hugh had displayed a lack of interest in physical contact ) . |
| 21 | When at last he placed the phone down he turned and gazed at Joe , saying in a bewildered tone , ‘ It 's Harry ; they … they want me to go at once . ’ |
| 22 | At very great length Mr Yarrow leaned back in his chair , sighed deeply and gazed upon Cornelius Murphy . |
| 23 | The partners of the firm with which I trained and qualified in South Yorkshire — and probably about 130 years old now — were very much involved in the establishment of the coal mining industry , steel works , newspapers and breweries ( among others ) in that particular area . |
| 24 | At the end of the street he had the option of turning left , into the town , or right , along the road which skirted the shore and led to Moorgate and the hill to Albert Tarace . |
| 25 | Paxton was a young gardener at Chatsworth when , encouraged by the 6th Duke , he built a giant conservatory 300 feet long , 145 feet wide by 60 feet high which soon attracted the world 's attention and led to Paxton being commissioned to build the Crystal Palace for the Exhibition of 1851 . |
| 26 | The success of the initial pilot programme has been recognised by the Ministry of Health and the Institute of Health Education and led to Maurice , Kate and Ana meeting with Government officials and representatives from UNICEF to establish a long-term training programme in five Romanian regions , starting in November of this year . |
| 27 | He picked up the phone again and asked for Agnes at the Mount Row number . |
| 28 | At the phone I rang the operator and asked for Addy 's number . |
| 29 | Sergeant Potter called at the Gasworks and asked for Miss Deirdre McTavish . |
| 30 | I called the Globe and asked for Connors . |