Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rooney grinned and nervously ran a wet hand under his cap , smoothing his tousled hair . |
| 2 | ‘ What am I supposed to do ? ’ he said in an aggrieved tone but ( fortunately , Nutty thought ) a misguided girl in puce trousers hit him over the head with a handbag and he launched himself instantly at his aggressor , being no respecter of the female sex , and thereby deflected a fair amount of Jazz 's opposition on to himself , the girl 's screaming indignation making her plight quite plain . |
| 3 | This was originally used as a sales technique — you shook hands or put your arm around a relation or friend — the idea was to develop this — the salesperson put his/her arm around the buyer and thereby instilled a sense of security into the individual . |
| 4 | He submitted false invoices and thereby stole a total of £12,448 . |
| 5 | Although sent to his 1947 address in Los Angela , it had finally , almost flukily , caught up with him — and thereby opened a floodgate of memories upon which the years had added their sentimental compound-interest . |
| 6 | He wrote to the company 's insurers outlining Susan 's complaint , and eventually received a letter explaining that he would have to provide evidence that the stylist had not done her job properly . |
| 7 | Cook was appointed agent for Nile passenger traffic by the Khedive of Egypt in 1870 and eventually had a fleet of seventeen large vessels and about thirty-three smaller dahabeeyahs and pinnaces . |
| 8 | Many others joined the SPD , and eventually had a major influence on changing its policies back into a more radical line than the Bad Godesberg programme . |
| 9 | After seven years of bringing up two children , now aged ten and nine , she took refresher nursing courses and eventually landed a much coveted job as a school nurse . |
| 10 | Her brother , Merfyn , began training with his uncle as a motor engineer and eventually became a technical journalist . |
| 11 | In ancient times this magnificent monument must have been much admired and it is hardly surprising that Imhotep was remembered as a great man and eventually became a god . |
| 12 | His second son John West Wilson was a resident agent in Gothenburg and eventually became a naturalized Swede . |
| 13 | He began by building up the scout movement in the NorthEast and eventually became a scout commissioner . |
| 14 | Then he opened his eyes , spoke a few words and eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room . |
| 15 | I thought Trevor was actually going to hit him , but the first assistant came over and courageously tore a strip off Brynner . |
| 16 | So , two days before closing down I removed a thin strip at the edge and duly exposed a layer of dark occupation material . |
| 17 | Hence when I went to the Lords in 1965 I sat as a cross-bencher , although periodically , according to my attitude at the time , I was supporting one or other of the two parties and rarely took a cross-bench approach . |
| 18 | Indeed , Kenny only missed one match in three seasons 1976–79 ( when he missed a train to Bristol Rovers ! ) , and altogether had a run of 156 league games with just that one omission . |
| 19 | They were captivated by the beautiful village , played croquet on the lawn and altogether had a delightful time . |
| 20 | Accordingly , without ever rising from my sordid bed , I lay and groaned and babbled , and altogether gave a wonderful impression of a man in extremity . |
| 21 | Accepting this logic , President Bush last year argued that China had ended martial law , and so deserved a renewal . |
| 22 | Britain had successfully negotiated long-term contracts for the total output from the Congo , and so had a near monopoly of ore supplies , which she had been happy to share with the US in the wartime atomic weapons programme . |
| 23 | The basin is linked to three thousand miles of inland waterways , and so had a busy commercial life at one time , and a few of its old warehouses remain . |
| 24 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 25 | The leather baggage and glass cosmetic pots of the day were too heavy to take on the plane but she managed to find lighter substitutes and so became a pioneer of lightweight luggage , as well as a pioneer female passenger . |
| 26 | And so began a happy parliamentary career lasting until 1970 . |
| 27 | And so began a friendship that before Ellie knew it had become a courtship . |
| 28 | And so began a chain of events , of misunderstandings , laughter , anger , and bitter recrimination . |
| 29 | Deirdre joined the literature committee in 1985 after the closure of Craiglockhart College of Education , where she had been principal lecturer in English , and so began a second career . |
| 30 | Another decided that tiv must mean ‘ just a tiny bit ’ and so added a teaspoon of water , compared to half a glass for more , and so on ( Clark , unpublished data ) . |