Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 So he 'd sort of had a well I suppose he 'd messed around helped and played about in the smithy .
2 ‘ Right you great wammock , ’ he shouted and looked round for something to pelt .
3 They danced up and down on the gravel and shouted and sang out Alexandra 's name .
4 The men shouted and spread out their arms .
5 ‘ Come on you bastard , ’ she shouted and pressed down hard on the gas .
6 My father rushed to the window , looked out and down into the garden , then shouted and ran out of the room , leaving Mrs Clamp goggle-eyed , alone .
7 Senga shouted and dashed out into the hall , almost colliding with Gerard , the butler " That 's Patrick , " she said quickly , " he said he would be back in time for lunch . "
8 She has painstakingly cooked , boned and chopped up every morsel for her fusspot .
9 He drew and sighted out through the window .
10 Xanthe shivered slightly , as Miranda dabbed and ran on , ‘ Will you or your ma promise to read her the letter if I write her one ?
11 Reaching the compartment occupied by Marcelle Fayette , he entered and sat down opposite her .
12 Fat Mrs Beatty entered and sat down in a corner beyond the screen .
13 He remembered how the travellers and the seafarers who came to Tara had always told that at the centre of every whirlpool , at the heart of every tempest , is a great tranquillity , and he caught and held on to this thought .
14 His hold about her tightened so suddenly that she winced and cried out .
15 Jazz , whose father drove a Mercedes , winced and held on to his seat .
16 She rose and flounced off in a swish of skirts and a whiff of fragrant perfume .
17 When he rose and looked around , the breathing stopped .
18 As they rose and stepped back , they both were surprised to find their eyes pricking .
19 Often , too , the paths rose and fell over undulating ground and writhed among the trees with little reason as though they followed the casual waywardness of game tracks .
20 Until the 1820s it rose and fell over a succession of steep hills and deep valleys but when it became the London–Holyhead road sections were totally rebuilt by Thomas Telford .
21 Then she rose and went over to the bed , pulled back the covers and slipped between the cool , fresh sheets .
22 She rose and came over to him .
23 He rose and came over to Grunte 's table .
24 Benedict rose and came down the table .
25 He placed the ointment on the table beside her , rose and walked over to the window .
26 The Prince , still shaking his head , rose and walked over to a carved bookstand which was similar to a lectern in a church .
27 But she rose and walked over to the table , moving stiffly because of muscles chilled from sitting in the stone window embrasure for so long .
28 Tallis rose and walked over to the pile of nuts and berries .
29 At last , when all the stalls were full , Lady Amelia gestured to the cantor not to begin the usual psalms and caused a stir when she herself rose and swept up to the lectern .
30 Willie rose and clattered down the hallway .
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