Example sentences of "and [vb past] they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching . |
| 2 | Mrs Hollidaye took off her leather gloves and laid them neatly on top of her handbag on the pew beside her , straightened her hat and unhooked a cushion which hung from a brass hook beneath the shelf . |
| 3 | Very slowly she took the headphones off and laid them carefully on the table , her eyes never leaving Luke 's for a moment . |
| 4 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 5 | One was the passage from the fifteenth chapter of Genesis in which Abraham cut up a heifer , a goat and a ram and laid them out at the Lord 's command , driving the vultures away , falling at last into a deep sleep with ‘ a horror of great darkness ’ . |
| 6 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 7 | And she cut a dozen and a half splendid blooms and laid them reverently in Sally-Anne 's trug . |
| 8 | Although in poor health in 1912 , he accepted an offer to be chairman of the delegates to the Congress of the Deaf in Paris 1912 on their visit to London and entertained them lavishly . |
| 9 | He eventually managed to assemble about 170 of his foot , all that had survived , and some 450 horsemen , and led them southwards towards Coldstream , by what was long remembered as Johnny Cope 's road' , and thence next day to Berwick . |
| 10 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 11 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 12 | ‘ Nice to meet you , Chief Inspector , ’ he said with automatic politeness , then considered what he had just said , decided it was beyond explanation and led them upstairs to his office . |
| 13 | Stephen accepted the compliment and led them out onto the terrace , asking as he did so , ‘ What would you like to drink ? ’ |
| 14 | He pushed open the door at the top and led them out on to the roof , a broad expanse bounded by a high crenellated wall . |
| 15 | Snorting at the friar 's apparent stupidity , Cranston turned his horse and led them out of the main alleyways of Southwark . |
| 16 | Corbett just grinned over his shoulder and led them out on to the beaten track down to the village of Woodstock . |
| 17 | The porter threw one venomous look at Ranulf , slammed the jack of ale down on the bench , grumblingly unlocked the postern door and led them out on to the white , dusty forest track which snaked between the trees down to Godstowe village . |
| 18 | They must have walked for about another ten minutes and could glimpse the blue wood-smoke rising above the trees from Godstowe village when suddenly the porter stopped , turned left , and led them along a narrow beaten trackway into the forest . |
| 19 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 20 | The head keeper shrugged and led them back up a passageway to a cleaner empty cell . |
| 21 | He beckoned and led them off between the Standing Stones . |
| 22 | He took off his glasses and wiped them again , remembering the bitterness and rage to which he and MacQuillan had given vent . |
| 23 | The hotel staff felt sorry for the Garda and asked them round to the back door , where they handed out tots of whiskey . |
| 24 | So I fell on my knees and asked them not to punish the child any more . |
| 25 | But to have a trolley they needed money , their father 's money , and when Patsy suggested the idea to him , their father laughed and asked them where they expected him to find that sort of money . |
| 26 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 27 | At the prompting of my friends I wrote back and asked them why not ! |
| 28 | She was getting better at knowing what to do when people were sick and asked them how it had happened . |
| 29 | Léger was shown the works of Picasso and Braque in 1910 by Kahnweiler and met them later the same year . |
| 30 | Jo and Maggie and some of the others from work had gone back last week and met them again . |