Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 2 | She winced and pushed it away from her . |
| 3 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 4 | He bent and kissed her lightly on the forehead . |
| 5 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
| 6 | Davide is against him , he came and told me afterwards to be careful . |
| 7 | ‘ Because my fa — his father came and took him away to Hambury . ’ |
| 8 | She went and fetched out the folded garments for him , and went about her business at the clay oven outside while he stripped and dressed himself again in the good Welsh clothes that had been made for him . |
| 9 | Sally turned and kicked him neatly in the shin . |
| 10 | The first boy , still above her , turned and pushed her violently to the ground . |
| 11 | She used to ride over on a white mare she borrowed and tether it somewhere over there by that tree . ’ |
| 12 | Christie raced and conducted himself afterwards in a way of which we can all be proud — and , I do n't really believe he 'll drag down the relay team . |
| 13 | George climbed over the gate while Willie opened and shut it neatly behind him . |
| 14 | Chuck Sherman , who had noticed the excited gleam in his young brother 's eyes , grinned and punched him affectionately on the arm as he took the binoculars , but before he could lift them to his eyes a tumult of shouting and screaming broke out suddenly among the throng of Chinese pressing up against the iron grille below them . |
| 15 | In the next three hours they heard and saw nothing ashore before setting up the signal light and infrared beam at 0015 that Sunday morning : an hour or so later the first craft — carrying the Rangers — came past , some 10 minutes late . |
| 16 | Not only that , but we went and done it again in the League Cup ! |
| 17 | tape on the it went and did it again on me now and it 's well and truly gone I 'll have to buy another one . |
| 18 | She snatched Buster from his play and we went back into the house where she held him close to her face , laughing as the big cat purred and arched himself ecstatically against her cheek . |
| 19 | ‘ By the grace of God , yes , ’ he said , and leaned and took her gently by the wrist , but did not force her hand away . |
| 20 | She chuckled and poked him gently in the ribs with the handle of her racquet . |
| 21 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 22 | He smiled and touched her gently on the shoulder . |
| 23 | Till he smiled and took it straightway from me . |
| 24 | The queen smiled and tweaked me gently by the cheek . |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you , darling , ’ she said and punched me vigorously on the arm to tell me to get lost , though it was half a joke , it 's always half a joke with Dodger . |
| 26 | His unbuckled trousers slid and tripped him headlong into the corridor outside . |