Example sentences of "[vb past] and [vb past] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caro clenched and unclenched her toes in her mother 's too warm slippers . |
| 2 | ‘ Get another , ’ she shouted and carried her burden into the garden . |
| 3 | The journalists asked a few questions and got no real answers and the old Monsieur le Président , who had presided so long in his own way at the top , shouted and banged his fist before leaving the room . |
| 4 | Mait nodded to the woman beside him , who rose and made her way towards the youth . |
| 5 | Sighing at the thought of having to leave the warmth and comfort of the fire , he rose and lifted his coat from the hook on the kitchen door , bracing himself against the cold stormy air , and strode off into the darkness . |
| 6 | I rose and groped my way towards the fire door . |
| 7 | He rose and put his hand on Emily 's shoulder . |
| 8 | Amsterdam rose and put his hand on his aunt 's shoulder as if to soften the blow he was about to deliver . |
| 9 | It monitored and analysed its performance in relation to grade change time [ chart 1 left ] , batch size , working capital and manufacturing lad time . |
| 10 | During 1965–1968 , I rethought and redeveloped my work on semantics until it was accepted for a Ph.D . |
| 11 | At a time when it would have been altogether too easy to disappear into the exacting but ultimately limiting routine of grammar-school teaching , Alfred Cobban enlivened and enlarged my interest in scholarly work . |
| 12 | He bent and kissed her cheek in a friendly , brotherly way . |
| 13 | FitzAlan 's eyes flashed to her face , then very carefully he bent and pressed his lips to the cut across her instep . |
| 14 | He reached across and unfastened her seatbelt , then pulled her to him , smiling tauntingly into her startled eyes before he bent and took her mouth in a kiss that sent a shaft of white-hot flame licking along her veins . |
| 15 | She got no further , the words swallowed up as he bent and took her mouth in a punishing kiss that stole her breath from the very first touch of his lips . |
| 16 | He bent and touched her lips with his own , and drawing away , shook his head . |
| 17 | He bent and touched his lips to her hair , to her temple , and she swayed a little in his arms . |
| 18 | Her throat constricted in a soundless , wordless moan , and he bent and touched his mouth to hers , the tip of his tongue meeting hers lightly , teasingly , mirroring the silken play of his fingers . |
| 19 | I bent and put my hand on Debbie 's heart . |
| 20 | Suddenly , it stopped and lifted its leg against the boarded end of the cage . |
| 21 | She stopped and rested her forehead against the cold metal walls of the corridor . |
| 22 | And somebody was following , a colleague was following , saw it happen , stopped and helped him sort of do what you 've got to do to get the man 's address and this sort of thing , make sure the car was alright , and took him into the office . |
| 23 | Suddenly Cora-Beth stopped and put her arms round Harry 's neck . |
| 24 | He stopped and put his hand on my arm to hold me back . |
| 25 | Tom stopped and put his finger to his lips and they stood and watched it hopping in and out among the changing leaves . |
| 26 | Robert stopped and put his ear to the headmaster 's door . |
| 27 | As they dismounted and tethered their horses to a clump of stunted trees , Timothy said tentatively : |
| 28 | Nan Ho came forward as he reached the bottom of the steps , then knelt and touched his head to the ground . |
| 29 | Then he knelt and thrust his head into the water , its coldness bringing a shout to his lips . |
| 30 | Satisfied , he knelt and cleansed his hands in a pool of salt water and walked back down to where the ferryman was patiently waiting for him . |