Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They entered and sprayed it out with water . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She winced and pushed it away from her . |
| 4 | He bent and kissed her lightly on the forehead . |
| 5 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
| 6 | She knelt and pushed everything back into the bin , and shut the lid quickly . |
| 7 | Davide is against him , he came and told me afterwards to be careful . |
| 8 | Now , as if suddenly aware of the morning chill , he closed the top half of the door , drove home the bolt , then came and stretched himself out in the armchair opposite her . |
| 9 | ‘ Because my fa — his father came and took him away to Hambury . ’ |
| 10 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Sally turned and kicked him neatly in the shin . |
| 13 | She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat . |
| 14 | The first boy , still above her , turned and pushed her violently to the ground . |
| 15 | He turned and pointed it out to her . |
| 16 | She turned and dumped everything out of her suitcases . |
| 17 | He sighed and flung himself down on the chair . |
| 18 | He started to take it off again , then sighed and pulled it back over his shoulders . |
| 19 | Finally a soldier arrived and took me back to the Star Room . |
| 20 | Julia nodded and pulled herself up from the sofa . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I know , ’ she replied and dropped it on to the couchette . |
| 23 | He collected and threw it back to the pursuing fielder with an easy gesture-then suddenly clutched at his left side . |
| 24 | Lorimer grinned and beckoned her over to the long windows . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Yanto grinned and pointed it out to Billy as he came around to join him ‘ I 've found him , ’ he said quietly , ‘ and you must admit he is very hygienic . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He beckoned and led them off between the Standing Stones . |
| 29 | He went and brought it back in . |
| 30 | Went and pulled her over for it . |