Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] and [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he saw that Mass was to be in the Lady Chapel he moved across and sat in the back row . |
| 2 | I was ashamed when he came here and walked in a bar . |
| 3 | Theodora made her way up the chancel , genuflected briefly and knelt in the silent pew , praying for ‘ the soul of thy servant , Paul , his family and all who worship here ’ . |
| 4 | It was only when she got home and looked in the hall mirror that she saw the enormous dark red love bite on her neck . |
| 5 | Agnes turned now and looked in the mirror again , and she really could n't believe what she saw . |
| 6 | Harry Smith , 71 , his wife Mary , 72 , and their 47-year-old wheelchair-bound son , Harold , were tied up and stabbed repeatedly and battered in a frenzied attack . |
| 7 | And walked forth and lay in the earth |
| 8 | As soon as Thérèse let go of them they flew apart and fumbled in the air again . |
| 9 | When the Nazis took power he went underground and worked in the communist resistance , was arrested and did eight years ' penal servitude . |
| 10 | Lord Salmon clearly felt strongly and spoke in the name of freedom and democracy . |
| 11 | He leant forward and spoke in a grim whisper . |
| 12 | Cassie smiled weakly and said in a much more normal tone , It 's in the cupboard , Jen . |
| 13 | They got their cross put together and planted in the sand . |
| 14 | Together they floated away and played in the clear , blue sky . |
| 15 | But before Lucy could answer Doreen leaned forward and lied in a sweet voice , ‘ I told Miss Telford that you 'd said for her to get into the bus . |
| 16 | One of the boys in question leaned forward and drawled in an upper-hive accent , ‘ Shame , having to hack off one 's pinkie to say sorry to one 's boss for a blunder . |
| 17 | She leaned forward and said in a dramatic whisper : ‘ Mr Zulueta wanted what I was not prepared — what I should not be prepared to give — and I repulsed him . |
| 18 | After a moment he lifted his eyes from the books , leaned forward and spoke in a lowered voice . |
| 19 | He sprawled sideways and took in the twitching , frightened balloon with its cross-hatched plumpness rounded out by the golden sun on one side , curving into purple dusk on the other , and the heavy , ugly , functional basket . |
| 20 | Though he did not see it , the car swung in a U-turn , the gunman ran forward and climbed in the back seat . |
| 21 | There were numerous doors leading from the hall , and the nun approached one , knocked , and when bidden to enter , she thrust open the door , stood aside and proclaimed in a low voice scarcely above a whisper , ‘ Mrs Winkowski , Reverend Mother . ’ |