Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] [adj] " 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 Nevertheless , having called for boiling water and cleansed his best knife over a candle flame , he took the risk .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Jenkins was close to Gaitskell , and shared his bitter disappointment in 1959 .
8 Thereafter , the defendant must have pulled down her pants and tights and stabbed her private parts a number of times .
9 After drying her hair Ruth tied it back from her face with a white velvet ribbon and planned her next move .
10 For two days now he had sat in Isobel 's garage during most of school hours and planned his new book .
11 The cold wind scoured Charles 's face and whipped his sodden trousers against his legs .
12 This time I did see because he had uncannily identified one of my private sources of shame and voiced my own concomitant mantra .
13 And when supper was ready he bade his knights take their seats , and he took the leper by the hand , and seated him next himself , and ate with him out of the same dish .
14 … a round shot struck a seaman at one of the guns near them on the breast and laid him dead on the deck , before he had time to utter a groan .
15 When they were bulging-full , he stitched them closed with a curved needle and woollen thread and laid them ready in a pile .
16 Morse turned , and laid his right hand lightly on her shoulder .
17 His opinion was that such a reduction would act as a stimulus to further development work , and recommended its immediate implementation .
18 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 .
19 Sarah was invited to Diana 's wedding and entertained her royal friend in her apartment near Clapham Junction in south London .
20 Mister Johnny laughed and clapped his little hands together .
21 After retiring from Oxford in 1964 , he settled in Israel and divided his last years between New York , where he was visiting professor at Queens ' College in City University and Stern College , and Jerusalem .
22 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 .
23 Iorwerth reached out of the leaves for him and choked him mute , but the damage was done .
24 Moore won an FA Cup winners ' medal with West Ham in 1964 , and led their successful European Cup Winners ' Cup campaign in the next season .
25 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 .
26 He rose and led them both down the stone steps , coming to a halt at the entrance to the vestry door .
27 He played with Louis Armstrong 's All Stars at the end of the 50s and led his own band at Eddie Condon 's in New York in the mid-60s .
28 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 .
29 He had forgotten this unofficial war and damned his own foolhardiness at not taking the matter into account .
30 He 'd locked himself in their room and drunk himself insensible .
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