Example sentences of "and [verb] [conj] [noun] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at Mrs Alderley as she spoke , and realised that lady was covertly observing her . |
| 2 | Especially after Bishop Wishart visited him and announced that Seton was not guilty of any involvement in the King 's death . ’ |
| 3 | The extremists of Modernist scepticism , as in la nouvelle critique , might proclaim the Death of the Author and deny that intention was ever knowable : but authors were still interrogated , and after some fashion known . |
| 4 | She looked at all sorts of alternative medicine and found that homeopathy was very effective for Angela 's condition of breathlessness and collapse . |
| 5 | It came from his left , near by , and he looked there and found that Slorne was just the other side of the bars from him and she was looking at him . |
| 6 | Marks must have retired long since but he might still be around and , on the principle that half an hour 's chat over a beer is worth a whole file of police gobbledegook , Kersey decided to enquire and found that Marks was still extant , sharing a bungalow with his sister and her husband in Newlyn . |
| 7 | There was no reply to the phone , but as we were going that way to spend the night at Sandspit , we called at the neighbours ’ and found that Pat was away for a few days . |
| 8 | Only when he settled as a newly-married man , first at Clevedon , and later at Nether Stowey , was he able to test the healing powers of mere natural beauty , and to find that beauty was not enough . |
| 9 | She even got a goodnight story and kiss when Daddy was away . |
| 10 | And I ran off home hoping that Barbie would n't come out and see that Marie was n't there at all . |
| 11 | And frustrated because Brückner was out of her reach for some hours . |
| 12 | Whether working in an expansive phase in which the techniques of ‘ agitation ’ were widely used or in a ‘ consolidationist ’ period in which ‘ pressure from without ’ assumed less importance , antislavery needed to maximise its influence in parliament and the administration in order to translate aspiration into policy and ensure that policy was effectively executed . |
| 13 | I looked down the other scores and confirmed that Jack was in about twentieth place , so he would need a very special round today to force his way back among the leaders . |
| 14 | He took a deep breath and prayed that Ranulf was somewhere where watching this small drama being played out . |
| 15 | She lost interest in singles , and went around pulling out of tournaments and saying that doubles was more important . |
| 16 | He would pray for Timothy Gedge and feel that prayer was n't enough in a chancy world . |
| 17 | When he turned back to drape the garments alongside his cloak , and saw that Isabel was still clothed and beginning to shiver visibly with cold , his precarious patience snapped . |
| 18 | How many times she had felt a lift of excitement when she saw that sign and knew that Riverstown was only ten minutes away . |
| 19 | He stared at his companion 's round cherubic face and twinkling blue eyes and knew that Benstede was only trying to draw him into conversation . |
| 20 | The press was horrified and questioned whether Britain was still governable under a democratically elected administration . |
| 21 | I would enter the house opposite , and determine whether Victor was still about or not . |
| 22 | Having altered the dates , and finding that Wembley was not available , the League also discovered that other options for a replay venue were limited . |
| 23 | And to think that calls was only tuppence for three minutes . |
| 24 | Although her melodic idioms , word-repetition in airs , and frequent modulations owe much to Italy , her plain key-schemes resemble those of her tragedie en musique , Céphale et Procris , written and performed when Lully was still alive ( 1685 ) . |
| 25 | He shouted and raged and Felipe was not there to help me . |
| 26 | Marie sulked and complained that Victoria was always worn-out and was being spoiled . |
| 27 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 28 | The radio claimed losses by government forces in the north-west , and said that fighting was now going on in five areas , mainly in Amharic-speaking central , north and north-west Ethiopia , as well as in the south and in the Ogaden area of the south-east . |
| 29 | He wanted to look at the contract and check it out and really , with no trouble at all — I think he wrote a couple of letters and said that Pitt was not acting in the capacity as manager that David required and that was that . ’ |
| 30 | A joyful Lou called Melissa to thank her for her kindness and to say that Rick was now reconciled with his parents . |