Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pos pn] [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood up and clapped her hands loudly until everyone was looking up from their work . |
| 2 | The General tucked the baton under his armpit and clapped his hands softly as the small orchestra walked through his study . |
| 3 | If you write a fair amount , and read your work critically and let other people criticise it , you will get better . |
| 4 | She recognised his need , and lowered her body so that his anxious pego infiltrated deeper and deeper into her heavenly playground . |
| 5 | The two lawmen wished them luck and with a wave of acknowledgement , Grant and Larsen turned and made their way quickly and silently into the thick trees . |
| 6 | George and Donald decided against looking into the board room and made their way together and silently from the ground . |
| 7 | She held out her hand , palm upwards now , and moved her head slowly as she looked at Aggie as if she were talking to a friend who would understand that a cousin of hers had not married beneath her . |
| 8 | He went over to it and jerked his head impatiently when she did n't immediately follow him . |
| 9 | She tugged at the sides of the hammock and hooked her head forward as she whispered to Ariel , who was standing away from her , the moss she had been using dripping water on to the dust . |
| 10 | He slid his hands up her midriff and cupped her breasts lightly while he nuzzled her hair aside and kissed her throat . |
| 11 | We often said they loaded the gun in the afternoon and took a long lanyard into a dugout some distance away and fired their gun once and never emerged to reload . |
| 12 | I came to the braided reaches of the river where it swung out over the sands , and adjusted my steps so that I cleared all the channels easily and cleanly , a leap at a time . |
| 13 | A long smashed grey train halted and opened its mouth so that it could be fed . |
| 14 | He blinked and opened his mouth once before he managed , ‘ Spotted Dick , please . ’ |
| 15 | She stumbled over her words and turned her head away before she said , ‘ It 's her father . |
| 16 | Peggy opened her eyes and turned her head sharply and looked at her grandmother . |
| 17 | He lifted one knee from the ground and turned his head slowly and looked up the slight incline to the path , and in his sun-blinded vision he saw a shape . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh ! ’ said Fenella and stood still and clasped her hands together and for a moment forgot entirely about being in danger in the house of an ancient and evil sorcerer . |
| 19 | She sat and addressed her reflection silently and strictly . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ Carrie stammered , ‘ she 's just gone to sleep , ’ and Hepzibah nodded and touched her chin lightly and lovingly and said , ‘ I 'd best go to her then , you stay here with Albert . ’ |
| 21 | I went and said to the girl at reception , ‘ Tell Vern I 'll be waiting for him just out there , will you ? ’ and swung my bag casually as I wandered down the drive . |
| 22 | Claws as mighty as its own batted the purestrain 's claws aside and ravaged its head so that the purestrain shrieked and hung incapacitated , blocking the gap . |
| 23 | And then he pulled her in close again and ravaged her neck so that Robyn shrieked aloud and knew all the while that she was falling deeper and deeper … |
| 24 | She turned to look out over the battlements again and raised her voice just as the sun broke through . |
| 25 | ‘ Grimwood reports Newman did arrive and spoilt their act just as they 'd got Lennox to agree to sign . |
| 26 | She had changed into a loose gauzy nightdress and released her hair so that it fell , witch-like , over her shoulders . |
| 27 | He gripped and released his fists again and again , seething with anger , frustration and despair . |
| 28 | He strode past the lines of guards and attendants , nodded to the pair of officers who lounged at their ease in the shadow of the enormous length of midnight-blue fabric which hung suspended from the ceiling in lieu of a screen , and slackened his pace only when he was out in the long gallery which ran supported around the entire upper floor . |
| 29 | There was a loud clattering and muted conversation as Anushkia Smyslov , Shmuel Zehavi and a morose Cheryl Russell followed them into the room and placed their torches so that the beams played over the domed ceiling , throwing a dim reflected light , like candlelight , back into the room . |
| 30 | Her assailants had covered her face and pinched her nose so that she could not breathe . |