Example sentences of "[noun] appeared and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large black cat with tattered ears appeared and strolled unconcernedly through the maze of feet to rub itself against her legs . |
| 2 | A Corporal appeared and beckoned me through to the kitchen ; he was taller and thinner than the other one and his arms were covered with rough tattoos executed in Indian ink ; on his right forearm were the words , ( My courage for my father , my heart for my mother , my prick for a whore ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Then suddenly the car appeared and swerved around the barrier , which was down and the warning lights were flashing . |
| 4 | On the day the lights were at last put up , Ceauşescu appeared and showed his displeasure with the design . |
| 5 | In October Swinderby appeared and handed in another defence of a longer set of opinions ; on these he was adjudged heretical , but he managed to escape from custody . |
| 6 | Eventually two Bosnians appeared and removed some mines . |
| 7 | And when my horse slipped and fell on the ice , a little figure appeared and insisted on helping me . |
| 8 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 9 | The sun appeared and sparkled on the railway lines , wet after the recent April shower . |
| 10 | Presently a trooper appeared and translated , after a fashion , glaring hostilely at Biff . |
| 11 | Cormac appeared and said , ‘ These horsemen were Swedish . ’ |
| 12 | Then the PR lady appeared and told us we should be playing more sing-along . |
| 13 | They were barely inside the front door when the elderly housekeeper appeared and told Cinzia that Signorina Cook had been looking for her . |
| 14 | He could n't answer , but the second-in-command at the place appeared and said ‘ Mrs Desai , I have some work for you . ’ |
| 15 | In the midst of this appalling scene , Obilić appeared and approached the sultan to declare his conversion to Islam . |
| 16 | A round black head appeared and disappeared — a common seal . |
| 17 | The officers appeared and agreed to relieve the pauper . |
| 18 | As soon as he pronounced that the picture was the original painting by Wtewael , two police officers appeared and arrested the bewildered dealer , who claims that on Bock 's desk there was a book of the ‘ Hundred most wanted paintings ’ missing from German museums since World War II , its page opened to a reproduction of the Wtewael . |
| 19 | McAteer appeared and attacked the man , knocking him down . |
| 20 | From their viewpoint high over the campsite , they were amazed at how soon after daybreak people appeared and started making use of the free detecting areas . |
| 21 | I attacked it , and made it let go of her leg , but the Lintons ’ servants appeared and caught hold of me . |
| 22 | The darkness ahead was flickering , shapes of trees appeared and vanished , cheering surged like surf — here was their other army — James and the Duke were standing on a rock conducting the dancers , who were reeling in eights , linking and whirling between the bonfires . |
| 23 | Where characters appeared and disappeared at random , and the plot was therefore ever-changing and never got anywhere . |
| 24 | Short-lived fascist organizations like the United Empire Fascist Party and the National Socialist Workers Movement appeared and disappeared in the 1930s . |
| 25 | He had no answer , but in the meantime the manager appeared and asked me to come into the office . |
| 26 | The stolen car stopped , forcing Pc Hurley to brake and around 20 youths appeared and started throwing concrete missiles at the patrol car . |
| 27 | When , a minute later , he pulled on the handle of the iron bell and it clanged loudly , the door of a small house just beyond the gates opened and a man appeared and stood looking at them for a moment before speaking . |
| 28 | The words died on his lips as an enormous red-faced committee man appeared and blocked the door . |
| 29 | Just then a young man appeared and called me to follow him . |
| 30 | But his smile froze as Tristan appeared and set down the tureens before him . |