Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the next half hour the rehearsals took on a sudden lift and everyone began to dare to try things out without feeling foolish . |
| 2 | Also , you think you deserve it or you think you 've earned it or you think you can afford it , and everyone began to act like that . |
| 3 | After a few false starts he found his rhythm and everyone began to clap in time . |
| 4 | And in fact , I think in recent years what we know as the third world is the fourth , because those oil producing countries in the third world retained the status of being third and everyone got pushed to the fourth . |
| 5 | Jim looked over and smiled as his daughter made rather ungainly attempts to emulate the lively young girls above her , but then as he watched he became slightly concerned , because her movements became even more ungainly and then spasmodic , and then jerky until her head was nodding , her legs shooting out in a frenzy , her arms twitching , and she fell , uttering a loud cry , which was so strong and unreal , that it stilled the noise of the bagpipes and everyone looked to see what was happening . |
| 6 | Bob said do you want a drink and Ron said do you want a drink and I said to Ron do you want a drink Ron and everyone said do you want a drink and |
| 7 | The Sunday School sat in the North Aisle and everyone had to take the same seat week by week . |
| 8 | It was after eleven and everyone had gone to bed . |
| 9 | Sister Asuncion 's convent was completely destroyed by a bomb attack , although luckily the community had been warned and everyone had gone into hiding . |
| 10 | Would n't it be wonderful if we woke up tomorrow and everyone had become like you ? |
| 11 | It was a special meal and everyone had contributed to it , either with points , coupons or hoarded treats . |
| 12 | No , we had no accidents , the only one I had was er when I 'd been right to the top , with the other crane an and it was a long shop , and everyone had done with me during the morning , so I hoisted the crane up , pulled it in towards me and set myself going down the shop , put it in full speed . |
| 13 | There had been no minibus for the office staff and everyone had dressed in black . |
| 14 | Subsequently when I got back down and realised we 'd done it , and everyone had got off the mountain and no-one had been injured , I had an immense feeling of satisfaction , just of having stood there . |
| 15 | and the sun was shining and everyone had got pla plastic bags , anything they could get to slide on you know |
| 16 | All was quiet when I awoke and everyone had vanished as if in a dream . |
| 17 | and it was and you could n't get near it because the heat of the fire was so strong and the smell of the of the smoke was overpow you literally could n't get near it and everyone had to come away . |
| 18 | It had been courteously framed , but Goibniu had arranged for Balor to go with them and Floy had known — and everyone had known — that it had not really been a request but a command . |
| 19 | It was almost dark now and everyone had settled into their dugouts , prepared for another night of shelling and mortaring . |
| 20 | They really dragged just watching telly , and everyone wanted to watch the soap operas and sit coms . |
| 21 | Shopworker Marian Clarke , 27 , of Hornsey , said : ‘ You could tell from the warning that it was real and everyone started to run and the police were shooing people away from the buildings . |
| 22 | He wrote an article and everyone started asking for our cheeses . |
| 23 | And everyone tried to climb on the bandwagon . |
| 24 | I went into the shop this morning and everyone stopped talking and stared at me . |
| 25 | Processions , like deaths , were extremely common in Cairo and everyone stopped to look , including Owen , who was a little surprised to see a funeral so early in the day . |
| 26 | Any distribution of power could be only temporary and everyone involved knew it : a situation which brought its own tensions . |
| 27 | Any distribution of power could be only temporary and everyone involved knew it : a situation which brought its own tensions . |
| 28 | But you know further up the ladder , the union officials and what have you , it was just , they tried , the council tried and all this , and nothing seemed to happen . |
| 29 | It remained with her throughout the month the Brownings spent in Florence , before going to Rome , and nothing seemed to lift it . |
| 30 | When Kelly turned the light on , there was no one to be seen and nothing seemed to have been moved . |