Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [coord] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born in London , an ex-punk who started acting while at art school during a course in sculpture , Roth never actually went to drama college ( aside from one afternoon when he got pissed and snuck into RADA to see what he 's missed ) . |
| 2 | The carrack was brought to anchor in the Bay of Cascais two evenings later , and after an uncomfortable night rolling about in the confused waters of that harbour , Sara rose early and went on deck to find that a thick mist had descended . |
| 3 | The figures , which were announced at the weekend , disappointed most and led to warnings of cuts in services to avoid charge capping . |
| 4 | Thomas William Stott , who became ill and died at Davenham CC 's AGM in November 1991 at the age of 74 , was one of the longest serving cricket administrators in the country . |
| 5 | The conversation broke off sharply when he became edgy and scrambled for cover , telling her to go away . |
| 6 | Norm would sit watching TV , she would glance up at it and back at her book , but he tired early and went to bed . |
| 7 | The four Washingtons got airborne and flew in formation over the Station , just as the AOC was walking across the Parade Square . |
| 8 | They bantered and argued with each other , laughed raucously , became angry and fell into sulks , changing moods as quickly and as unpredictably as children . |
| 9 | A couple of sheets of corrugated iron broke loose and fell on Mr pugh 's head . |
| 10 | Tragically , Murray took ill and died at Avignon . |
| 11 | In the summer of 1912 he fell ill and died in February 1913 at the age of fifty-six . |
| 12 | He was fastidious about his hair , which he grew long and lacquered in place over a balding pate . |
| 13 | Irene looked puzzled and glanced at Juliet . |
| 14 | Having flicked through a few foreign magazines , the boys at Crawford House had made a shocking discovery that the rest of the world no longer climbed on soggy crags in the rain , but wore skimpy clothing , looked beautiful and climbed at Buoux instead . |
| 15 | It invested in 102 firms , of which one third went bankrupt or went into receivership . |
| 16 | In and out of errand-boy jobs , Bullen now lodged for the cost of his keep or , between jobs , slept rough and lived on scraps . |
| 17 | The Prince became fascinated and vanished from sight into the mountain bikes , and it was twenty-four minutes before anyone could extract him and move him on . |
| 18 | They stood still and watched in silence . |
| 19 | ‘ One would have shuddered to send him to a public school , ’ said the lady , who had in fact sat long and agonized in calculation of the cost of doing so . |