Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Nationalists set up their own TV station in Sicily and beamed into Malta . |
2 | The moving spectacle , which was interrupted repeatedly by rounds of automatic weapons fire , was carried live on Sarajevo television , and beamed to homes in all the former Yugoslavian republics . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | At the bottom Cranston immediately felt better , turned and beamed at Athelstan . |
5 | She kissed Jake 's cheek and beamed at Shiona . |
6 | The old nun was as imperious as ever but she visibly thawed when she saw Corbett and beamed with pleasure at his gift . |
7 | Cranston drained his cup and beamed in self congratulation , giving a sly grin at Athelstan , who glared back . |
8 | Indeed , only three or four minutes into her talk , Shirley Brown had leaned across and whispered into Howard 's ear : ‘ Better than Ottawa ! ’ |
9 | ‘ But your father — ’ she leaned forward and whispered at Ellie . |
10 | Patrick leaned forward and whispered to Joseph . |
11 | I leant over Mum and whispered to Dad . |
12 | She kicked forward and whispered to Scathach , ‘ They 're not wolves , they 're humans . |
13 | Sir Bruce sipped , made a face , and whispered to Agnes : ‘ And I thought we suffered at MoD . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Seizing her opportunity , Margaret leant forward across her desk and whispered to Maura . |
16 | He put his hand in his jacket pocket , searching for his wallet , and as he did , Doug , serious now , yanked Harry towards him and whispered in tones from which all traces of his cockney accent were now absent . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Sir Brian suddenly lifted his face and whispered in Athelstan 's ear . |
19 | The government refused to concede one and counterattacked with assertions that the Police Complaints Board and civil courts are open to anyone with a genuine experience of improper treatment . |
20 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |
21 | ‘ And the mortgagee having sworn he paid and expended above £120 in defending his mortgage at law , although he had but £60 costs allowed him there … shall not be held down to the taxation at law , but shall against the account be allowed all he laid out , or expended . |
22 | It seems , however , that the tension for the actor is but derivative of that tension endlessly defined and redefined by psychiatrists , psychologists and social psychologists in terms of inner/outer reality : I/Me , Ego/Self , or subjective/objective . |
23 | But the appointed attendants snivelled by day and snored by night , and understood nothing of the pharmacopoeia and its uses , until Ariel , strained taut by her predicament , became impatient with them . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | She shivered and clung to Maggie , burying her head like a child . |
26 | Here on the islands , where there was little vegetation , one species fed on seaweed and clung to rocks among the surging waves with unusually long and powerful claws . |
27 | They stood there , still and dark and hatted in rows . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | The solution of silica which had saturated the dead organisms and solidified into chert was clearly as fine-grained and durable a preservative as exists . |
30 | It does sound as through some of the rhythmic inflexions have lost their spontaneity and solidified into mannerisms ( they had already done so by the time of the 1978 Vienna Festival account once available on EMI ) . |