Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pos pn] [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 | Morse turned , and laid his right hand lightly on her shoulder . |
| 14 | His opinion was that such a reduction would act as a stimulus to further development work , and recommended its immediate implementation . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Sarah was invited to Diana 's wedding and entertained her royal friend in her apartment near Clapham Junction in south London . |
| 17 | Mister Johnny laughed and clapped his little hands together . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He had forgotten this unofficial war and damned his own foolhardiness at not taking the matter into account . |
| 25 | Detective Sergeant Joseph Bragg pushed away his plate , and wiped his ragged moustache . |
| 26 | At last he finished , gave a loud belch and wiped his greasy fingers and mouth on the hem of his ermine-lined cloak . |
| 27 | He took a long swig , put the glass down and wiped his mis-shaven upper lip contentedly . |
| 28 | He wanted footballers to have a respectable place in society , breaking away from their traditional cloth-cap image , and expected his own players to adopt respectable standards of dress and behaviour . |
| 29 | ‘ Then your mind is wandering , ’ Isabel said , and attacked her second helping of the pudding . |
| 30 | 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 . |