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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Jenkins was close to Gaitskell , and shared his bitter disappointment in 1959 . |
| 7 | Thereafter , the defendant must have pulled down her pants and tights and stabbed her private parts a number of times . |
| 8 | For two days now he had sat in Isobel 's garage during most of school hours and planned his new book . |
| 9 | The cold wind scoured Charles 's face and whipped his sodden trousers against his legs . |
| 10 | … 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 . |
| 11 | When they were bulging-full , he stitched them closed with a curved needle and woollen thread and laid them ready in a pile . |
| 12 | Morse turned , and laid his right hand lightly on her shoulder . |
| 13 | His opinion was that such a reduction would act as a stimulus to further development work , and recommended its immediate implementation . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Sarah was invited to Diana 's wedding and entertained her royal friend in her apartment near Clapham Junction in south London . |
| 16 | Mister Johnny laughed and clapped his little hands together . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Iorwerth reached out of the leaves for him and choked him mute , but the damage was done . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He 'd locked himself in their room and drunk himself insensible . |
| 23 | Afterwards he washed the tin out in the stream , splashed water over his face and hands and wiped them dry on a handkerchief . |
| 24 | Detective Sergeant Joseph Bragg pushed away his plate , and wiped his ragged moustache . |
| 25 | At last he finished , gave a loud belch and wiped his greasy fingers and mouth on the hem of his ermine-lined cloak . |
| 26 | He took a long swig , put the glass down and wiped his mis-shaven upper lip contentedly . |
| 27 | She prised it out of its little grave and wiped it clean . |
| 28 | Lord Justice McCowan said he found it quite impossible to hold that Mr Hurd 's political judgment — that the appearance of terrorists on programmes increased their standing and lent them political legitimacy — was one that no reasonable home secretary could make . |
| 29 | The ‘ sexually mature ’ 14-year-old followed the officer from an early-morning bus as she travelled to work , pushed her through a gate and attacked her only yards from the police station , said Peter Testar , prosecuting . |
| 30 | In that answer , he said absolutely nothing until my right hon. Friend the Chancellor pinned him down and asked what positive extra policies the Labour party would commit itself to . |