Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [noun pl] [vb past] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reluctant to brave the corridor again in case the conspirators emerged and caught her , she turned sharply and fled up the tower stairs , just one thought uppermost in her mind . |
| 2 | It was thought that if Calvinism were undermined the Presbyterian churches would give up their people to the Episcopal Church ; in fact the slow waning of Calvinism in the Presbyterian fold took away the one advantage the Episcopalians had and doomed them to irrelevance . |
| 3 | On the river the vessels creaked and groaned as a gust of wind caught them . |
| 4 | Er er but the second time the police came and asked quite a lot of questions about it . |
| 5 | Every time one of us leaned forward for the salt the flames wavered and curtsied with ridiculous deference , like three nervous waitresses . |