Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was one of those ‘ lucky ’ National Servicemen who trained as Air Gunners and I served with 57 Squadron at Waddington ( March 1952 ) and Coningsby ( April 1952 to March 1953 ) . |
| 2 | Chris , Nick and I continued with little bursts of publicity , setting up an organization called the Friends of John McCarthy . |
| 3 | And I started with twelve shillings a week . |
| 4 | An elderly man bird-watching in Iffley Fields recognized that we were all drunk , and that when Dennis fell overboard Karen and I panicked with tragic results . |
| 5 | The expedition was not to start until the beginning of May , five days away , and she knew with absolute certainty that the word of it was to come to them from her . |
| 6 | ‘ Go to hell ! ’ she burst out hoarsely and started to fight in deadly earnest , slapping and scratching at him , little cries of panic coming from the back of her throat as her mind flashed back into full operation and she realised with sick fear just how close she had come to the edge . |
| 7 | As they walked together , Ben looked at Alice , and she stared with great concentration at the cracks in the pavement . |
| 8 | He introduced himself and she responded with engaging candour : ‘ Cathy Carne — I work in the shop . |
| 9 | No cos the health visitor , she , cos I asked her about sterilizing , and , and she said with all teats they should be sterilized no matter what age they are |
| 10 | And then miraculously the weight of his body was lifted and she heard with overwhelming relief the deep , harsh tones of Luke 's voice . |
| 11 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 12 | The knife came again , and she chopped with both hands at Ma Katz 's wrist , satisfied by the crunch of breaking bones . |
| 13 | Her marriage broke up in 1985 , leaving her to bring up seven children alone and she worked with local women 's theatre group , Charabanc , on a freelance basis . |
| 14 | By the time the medicine was ready the ferryman had materialised and she slumped with great relief on to the cross seat , wishing the crossing was a little longer . |
| 15 | Today the president , Mrs Macpherson , in between gracefully shaking hands with each new arrival and presenting her to Mrs MacDonald , decided that she was nothing but a vulgar upstart , and she trembled with suppressed irritation at having to stand in the same receiving line with her . |
| 16 | It was no dream , this fantastic adventure ; it had actually happened , and she wondered with some misgivings how Susan would receive the news . |
| 17 | He bought a bottle of Frascati ( a wine which does not travel much beyond Rome ) and they finished with creme caramel , cognac and several cups of coffee . |
| 18 | And they dealt with gruesome subjects . |
| 19 | Loud French pop music howled out of a cassette recorder and everybody danced with each other to a song which was in the charts at the time , . |
| 20 | He calculated that 10,000 women lost their lives annually due to this rite and he campaigned with many others for it to be banned . |
| 21 | He upset the Tories , who had so vigorously defended his right to the succession , by attacking the Anglican monopoly in worship and education , and then by punishing recalcitrant Anglicans in a specially erected Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes ; he enlarged his standing army , appointing a number of Catholics to prominent positions of command ; and he interfered with local franchises and borough corporations in order to try to secure the election of a Parliament which would be subservient to his wishes . |
| 22 | His future was assured now , and he knew with equal certainty that he wanted Carrie to be a part of that future . |
| 23 | I put this theory to Walter Avrili , mortgage expert with John Charcol and he agreed with one proviso . |
| 24 | And he went with all speed to Burgos , and sent from thence to bid the Cid come unto him . |
| 25 | In 1847 , during the famine in Ireland , Sutton sent over seeds of turnips , cabbages , and other vegetables to be used as possible alternatives to the diseased potatoes , and he experimented with new varieties of potato to find one better suited to cold , damp climates . |
| 26 | Doak also understands body language to be a key to communicating with cetaceans , and he experimented with special wetsuits that were modelled on the dolphin body , black above and white below , with both legs enclosed in a sheath terminating in a tailfin or jetfins . |
| 27 | She was sitting turned in against his chest , and he rode with one arm around her , supporting her . |
| 28 | His hands completed their task , and he added with obvious relief , ‘ Well , at least there does n't seem to be any bones broken . |
| 29 | Sally sat close to Edward on the bench seat and he drove with one arm around her , somehow managing to change gear with his right hand . |
| 30 | After leaving school he became a mathematical lecturer at Oxford in 1855 and he continued with this job until 1881 . |