Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [coord] [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped suddenly and took another mouthful of lamb . |
| 2 | She bent double and stayed that way , and her brown hair hung down , and her little fingertips touched the ground . |
| 3 | He missed them and paced around and made another booking at the Air-India counter , stalling grandly about actually buying the ticket without even noticing that the people on duty were the ones who had humored him before . |
| 4 | Now children am I right in thinking that when Mrs came in and took some lessons with you when I was on a course that she taught you how to count up to thirty ? |
| 5 | She 'd bought some fancy underwear and was showing it to Franca and I came in and made some remarks . |
| 6 | This bomb came through and whacked this barrel and it took the side of his head away and dragged him to the end of the ship . ’ |
| 7 | By the way I just wanted to say I went out and got totally plastered on Saturday night , came home and watched those goals from Match Of The Day about six times . |
| 8 | We got off and took cover for a while , then came up and got another bus to Fulham . |
| 9 | He came back and used another word I knew of course but had never heard my father , or any adult , say before . |
| 10 | My ward is Braintree East and the only person who came round or dropped any literature in was Mr Elwyn Bishop for the Labour Party . |
| 11 | The City lawyer nodded sagely and ordered another bottle of Rioja . |
| 12 | The City lawyer nodded sagely and ordered another bottle of Rioja . |
| 13 | And then I worked in an hotel in the Tyrol as soon as the tourist industry opened up and saved some money to put with Grandfather 's . |
| 14 | Mad machines gibbered , cackled , screeched insanely and blasted each other with sudden bursts of machine gun fire . |
| 15 | She took no pains to be silent as she turned back and went that way . |
| 16 | Pop music was going through an unusually bright period as the NME mentality turned chartwards and championed such acts as ABC , Haircut One Hundred and even Dollar . |
| 17 | He straightened up and pulled another chair closer , sitting opposite her in an attitude of relaxed attention . |
| 18 | He got up and poured more drinks from the trolley in a corner of the room , placing one in front of her . |
| 19 | Two handlers stepped in and stood either side of a scratched line . |
| 20 | She giggled suddenly and took another swig from the bottle , carelessly wiping away the champagne that trickled down the sides of her mouth with the back of her hand , in a gesture that proved to this man she was n't the least bit impressed or intimidated by his overbearing attitude . |
| 21 | Hārkini rushed over and wrapped both arms round his thigh , burying her face deep in the folds of his matted wool trousers . |
| 22 | Pamela grinned wickedly and took another sip . |
| 23 | It is likely too that the priest tidied up and eliminated any traces there may have been of disordered thinking or language , as he almost certainly corrected any theological mistakes , for his own safety . |
| 24 | UNTIL RECENTLY , each of the great religions of the world developed independently and had little contact with one another . |
| 25 | I looked past Robin-Anne to where the moon 's path gleamed on the long waves , and then I glanced forward and saw another belt of silver , but this one diffuse and hazy , showing where the first crepuscular light seeped over the world 's grey edge . |
| 26 | It was quite surprising how when in a disaster the whole community pulled together and helped each other out , and there were a fair number of people who really were having problems . |
| 27 | We worked together and backed each other up on lessons and instruction periods . |
| 28 | Slave masters strode through the crowds of men and women whipping them if they slowed down or showed any interest in the travellers . |
| 29 | He sort of pulled backwards and hit that chair , got off that chair . |
| 30 | But now she was imagining things , she decided immediately and kept this impression to herself . |