Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] and [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt sorry for him and employed him immediately , to be the ship 's cook . |
| 2 | She was touchingly , comically independent , young , undefeated — he was afraid for her and wished her well . |
| 3 | It was belching smoke , and a downdraught caught some of it and blew it back towards them . |
| 4 | Cassie was fond of it and kept it dust free and well polished . |
| 5 | He showed this to me and told me to note especially the inscription on the coin 's obverse side : ‘ O.A. Paykhull cast this gold by chemical art at Stockholm , 1706 . ’ |
| 6 | He placed a little white enamel cup before each of them and filled it with strong black tea . |
| 7 | He took an arm of each of them and hurried them out of the building and down the steps . |
| 8 | We were lying on the ground in a row , pointing our rifles to our fronts , as he walked past each of us and made us repeat the different orders that we would be given , such as ‘ unload ’ or ‘ cock your weapon ’ . |
| 9 | Mary got stroppy about it and said it was wrong what they were doing , it was a desecration . |
| 10 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 11 | Cleo suddenly became alert behind him and pulled herself upright . |
| 12 | Tony was right behind her and bent his blond head to kiss her smiling mouth . |
| 13 | You can also see why we can not play at being Christians — because God became human for us and took our humanity up to the throne of God . |
| 14 | Then there was a heavy pause , like the moment a ball must feel between the time it 's thrown up and the time it starts to come down , and something picked up all three of them and slid them into a struggling heap . |
| 15 | President Jimmy Carter had spent New Years Eve 1977–78 with him and praised him extravagantly . |
| 16 | ‘ My good fortune lay in working with great men who were patient with me and taught me good habits that were never to be forgotten . |
| 17 | Benjamin scurried back to his room and brought napkins soaked in water , flung these at us and told us to cover our mouths and eyes . |
| 18 | I was friendly with him and admired his taste and style but he could never be induced to look seriously at my paintings . |
| 19 | But , generally , Ollie seemed to have been good for him and brought his character out a lot . |
| 20 | But later , I realized that it had been quite good for me and stopped me getting big-headed . |
| 21 | In the flicker of an eyelid the hostility had vanished and he had become a model of charm and smiling good humour , as he politely asked her all about herself and answered her questions in return . |
| 22 | ‘ It was terrible for her and left her very shaken up . |
| 23 | The senator smiled broadly at all of them and lifted his hand towards the Frenchman , gesturing for him to lead the way . |
| 24 | Think all of us and watched it and you and mum and me . |
| 25 | Sponsors Dunlop are said to be unhappy with it and wanted it axed from the 1993 calendar . |
| 26 | Hizir Bey was greatly impressed by him and sent him to Murad II , recommending that he be given a teaching post . |
| 27 | He was n't happy about it and extracted my promise not to try , on any account , to negotiate . |
| 28 | The King ‘ was very good-natured about it and set her down immediately . ’ |
| 29 | To ask for more for herself and put herself in a position of coming first felt too greedy and dangerous . |
| 30 | and was ashamed of her and kept her down |