Example sentences of "and [art] [adj] [noun pl] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beer he had already consumed that evening fogged his brain , and the brightness of the torches and the tall candles daggered his eyes . |
| 2 | He caught his breath as the black fringes of her lashes swept upwards and the golden eyes met his . |
| 3 | And the two men shook their heads sadly . |
| 4 | The Labour Exchanges Bill passed its second reading without a division on 16 June 1909 , and the new exchanges opened their doors in February 1910 . |
| 5 | Erm and Mike told us that new reports commi commissioned by the City Council and the new owners claimed there is no danger . |
| 6 | He had a wild hungry eye , and the other boys believed him . |
| 7 | The procedure followed at Stowupland with the twelve-furrow work was similar to that already described for the ten-furrow : the head horseman , or first baiter , laid the top and the other horsemen followed him , each ploughing a round at least on a stetch . |
| 8 | And the other men saw him , and some would have sniggered at the fall that would follow such arrogance , and a few would have suffered in the knowledge that defiance brings only pain and punishment , and for one or two or three the young man who ambled erect in the first rank was a donor of comfort . |
| 9 | The man came back from the bank in a van and the other men stopped it at the gate and grabbed the money . ’ |
| 10 | It sounded like some kind of ritual in the way the Oak said it and the other Trees bowed their heads in acknowledgement . |
| 11 | Manufacturers of dynamite and the other nitro-organics plied their trade as placidly as ever ; manufacturers of ammonium nitrate fertiliser merely desensitised it and countered its hygroscopicity with kaolin or kieselguhr instead of wax . |
| 12 | The club owners , the casinos , and the multinational bookmakers knew which professional gamblers successfully played games that contained an element of skill — such as backgammon and poker- and they preferred to have nothing to do with them ; ideally , the house welcomed inexperienced , rich idiots . |
| 13 | In this period , the press and the political parties experienced their most intimate relationships : newspapers were closely allied to the many political factions which dominated late 19th century politics . |
| 14 | The customers drank and drugged peacefully , trying not to make contact with each other , and the gaudy girls plied their trade quietly . |
| 15 | Dr Reading and the Swedish scientists began their work independently , neither knowing that the other was working on virtually the same project . |
| 16 | His prediction excited the people in their thousands and the Dutch authorities found it necessary to explain away the Jayabhaya legend . |
| 17 | His talents , his wealth , and the changing times raised him to the court of assistants of the Levant Company from 1644 to 1648 , and in 1645 Parliament appointed him to the Goldsmiths ' Hall committee , through which Royalists redeemed their sequestrated estates by paying compositions . |
| 18 | The sun glinted from the onion domes of the Royal Pavilion , James Joyce 's ‘ lovely seaside girls ’ made briskly for shop and office , and the sparkling waves ended their cross-Channel journey by stirring gently the broken line of last night 's jetsam The Navy stood for ever on guard . |
| 19 | The leaders of the community and the religious élites differentiated themselves from society at large by adopting these virtues ; monastic communities had come into being dedicated to their observance . |
| 20 | In a few days ' time , perhaps sooner , he would die quietly of pneumonia , peacefully suffocating as the bloodstream slowed and the deprived lungs surrendered their function . |
| 21 | The clientele going in and out of the place wore all-enveloping robes , but their posture and the expensive cars suggested they were somewhat richer than most of the people who lived in the neighbourhood . |
| 22 | After this , God and the Fifth Monarchists sent her to Cornwall to preach , until she was arrested on 23 March 1654 , and imprisoned in Plymouth , then Portsmouth , and finally Bridewell in London , accused of witchcraft , madness , and whoredom . |
| 23 | There was a kind of savage irony in his voice , and the dark eyes seared her . |
| 24 | Benson declared his availability for this year 's Ireland matches and the Irish selectors deemed he should play for Munster , the weakest of the six inter-pro teams . |
| 25 | In her fear , donkeys blundered into her , boys brushed past , and the small children followed her , dark-eyed at this curious middle-aged pink stranger , hurrying aimlessly . |
| 26 | It was always cold on Monaghan Day , the traditional day poor farmers sold their winter stock and the rich farmers bought them for fattening . |
| 27 | On the basis of our experience and the conflicting findings reported we feel a ‘ typical patient ’ syndrome for Dieulafoy 's disease remains speculative . |
| 28 | But as the cockboat went aground on the sandy beach and the six men heaved it above the high-water mark , Harry saw that Sam was not with them , and by the expressions on their faces , he knew that something was wrong . |
| 29 | Their naivety in believing the IDA 's promise that the dumping would only be short-term soon became apparent as other communities resisted proposed dumping in their areas and the Nohoval farmers began their long and eventually successful campaign in the courts . |
| 30 | The English archers poured a deadly hail of arrows into the French troops , and the English men-at-arms finished them off in hand-to-hand combat . |