Example sentences of "and [vb past] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all spurred and whipped as we reached the bottom of the hill to keep up pace for the snow underfoot made the going heavy , when both Bowyer 's horse and that of Southgate suddenly took on a life of their own . |
| 2 | He hummed softly ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ and joked as he shifted the weight of his rucksack ‘ as if on a walking holiday ’ . |
| 3 | She was surprised and offended when he left the room . |
| 4 | It remains true that , apart from the foral provinces , government became more effective , defined , and concentrated as it approached the subject . |
| 5 | ‘ OK , ’ she nodded quickly , and noticed as she left the veranda that Bill Hamilton had moved closer to his wife 's side and engulfed her slim artist 's hand in his larger , stronger one in a gesture of silent support . |
| 6 | Frau Nordern asked — and blenched when she heard the figure . |
| 7 | Lieutenant Simon Doggett waited at the crossroads and frowned when he saw the blood on Sharpe 's arm . |
| 8 | Connors lit a cigarette and nodded as he inhaled the smoke . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , sir , ’ I said , and retreated as he began the ultimate heresy of sloshing Remy Martin 's finest on to rocks . |
| 10 | The door to his room had been closed and locked when she visited the mother , and she had not bothered to come to the house when Tatyana committed suicide . |
| 11 | And then , in a very orderly way , and with a strange bell-like tinkling , the coffin broke into a collection of long icicle splinters , that rang and vanished as they touched the earth . |
| 12 | Silvia patted the hyacinth bedspread and giggled as she gave the mattress a little bounce . |
| 13 | It was travelling fast and wobbled as it hit the bumpy piece of road under the railway bridge . |
| 14 | He felt a sticky wetness on his left leg , glanced down and swore as he saw the bloodstain spreading downwards from around the bullet hole in the denim . |
| 15 | The one who was still conscious snarled and swore as she tightened the rope about his ankles , and she shook her head reprovingly . |
| 16 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 17 | Wes followed me and watched as I opened the boot and laid Duke gently on top of my black working coat . |
| 18 | Then Armagh manager Jim McCorry whipped the 22-year-old student out from the wings , placed him on centre stage — and watched as he took the house down . |
| 19 | His own car was a few yards ahead , and he could be in and started before they turned the corner — but not out of sight . |
| 20 | He opened his eyes and started as he recognised the white anxious face , staring green eyes and tousled hair of his servant , Ranulf , whom he had last seen in the infirmary of Tynemouth Priory . |
| 21 | Oliver bounded upstairs , and slowed when he saw the figures on the landing . |
| 22 | Is n't it about time someone took a long hard look at the laughable regulations on what riders wear and questioned whether they benefit the sport ? |
| 23 | Our Betty were looking for biscuits and thought when they come the other day but I did n't buy any . |
| 24 | Slightly breathless , I stood by his side and listened as he addressed the little creatures . |
| 25 | Robyn rested her head on her arms on the sill of the open window and listened as he climbed the spiral staircase . |
| 26 | Richard Montague-Smith , who was 15 , took his brother 's Escort car without consent and died when it left the road at more than 70 miles an hour on the Birdlip bypass near Gloucester earlier this year . |
| 27 | It grew with the power it was picking up , grew and grew until it filled the cave . |
| 28 | He took it and laughed as he counted the few coins . |
| 29 | I 'm only sixteen and I 've got dishpan hands , he thought , and laughed as he stacked the plates neatly on the draining-board . |
| 30 | He ran towards it fearing the worst , but to his amazement the figure faded and disappeared as he neared the line side . |