Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had come to know Beirut well before my incarceration and various clues of sound and smell enabled me to pinpoint our destination . |
| 2 | Their aim was to ensure that contracts were given and policies enacted which favoured their interests in making profits . |
| 3 | The clear autumn day drew to a close and Corbett made them rest their horses for a while . |
| 4 | Nick was some way along the line , at the bend where the track curved round the mountain and Carrie saw him put his hands over his ears as the train blew its whistle . |
| 5 | Bishop and rector expected him to serve his minimum engagement as a curate . |
| 6 | The roughness of the lichened grey stone under her hands and wrists helped her to keep her mind under some sort of control . |
| 7 | Immediately the little mountain tribesmen , who seemed to have stepped straight out of the sepia photographs in his history book , began unloading the baggage , and Joseph saw them take their crossbows and arrows from the carts and carry them to their own huts a hundred yards away along the riverbank … |
| 8 | The Annamese pressed the accelerator and the landaulet gathered speed again ; it did n't falter as three more young peasants darted white-faced into the road , and Joseph found himself holding his breath until they got clear . |
| 9 | We went to a beach north of Frinton and ate ice-cream and rock and hired deck-chairs and Oliver got us to write our names in big letters in the sand and photograph one another standing next to them . |
| 10 | ‘ I think he is , ’ Roxie had thought so , and Coffin believed she understood her brother . |
| 11 | Fleischmann and Pons could n't do this and Jones invited them to bring their ( working ! ) cells over to Brigham Young University so that his neutron spectrometer could measure a detailed spectrum . |
| 12 | He was asked if he had money that night , and Nealle said he had his bus pass . |
| 13 | Brando refused to act with him in the end and Harris found himself addressing his lines not to Brando but a packing case acting as a stand-in . |
| 14 | 's many friends , customers , colleagues and family helped him to celebrate his early retirement at a party at The Cotswold Water Park , near Cirencester on the evening of Friday , April 2 . |
| 15 | It was turning into yet another hot day , and Fen suggested they break their walk at a local hostelry . |