Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] again " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The white fire blazed , sank and blazed again . |
| 2 | Philip thought he must have seen him but he had n't , because he stopped and whistled again , looking up towards the cliffs . |
| 3 | The train jolted and stopped and started again and jolted . |
| 4 | There is only the fight to recover what has been lost And found and lost again and again : and now , under conditions That seem unpropitious . |
| 5 | I changed and left again within twenty minutes . ’ |
| 6 | Glasses were filled , and emptied and filled again . |
| 7 | They re-climbed the steps to the granite flags and there Karl turned and looked again at the statue , his face still sunken and sour . |
| 8 | He turned and looked again at Matilda who looked back at him with large innocent brown eyes . |
| 9 | Rostov turned and bowed again . |
| 10 | Staring helplessly after the departing vehicle , she felt a light breeze cooling the mist of perspiration that had dampened her temples , and the fine peacock-blue cotton of her full skirt — Faye had decreed ‘ no uniform ’ — flared and dropped again , caressing her bare legs like the teasing touch of a man 's fingers . |
| 11 | That was all they did get … the Gloucester pack huffed and puffed again and blew Bristol down … with Phillips going through for his second try … |
| 12 | Then the breeze died and the branch sighed and sank again . |
| 13 | Frankie nodded and sniffed again . |
| 14 | She told him where Dyson and Bob were , and he nodded and smiled again , as if he had known already . |
| 15 | The drinks were bought and finished and bought again . |
| 16 | Clifford had shot once , reloaded and shot again . |
| 17 | He opened his mouth as wide as he could and yelled and yelled again . |
| 18 | I swallowed and smiled again at my father . |
| 19 | Sikes swore and cursed again , but Nancy remained unconscious . |
| 20 | Hutt panicked and struck again and again and again until his defenceless victim fell to the floor . |
| 21 | The President left without buying it and headed back , with no sign of security or presidential pomp , towards the Elysee , the journalists and the ‘ ballet ’ of ministers that called and called again in a seemingly endless round of consultation . |
| 22 | He left them on the road and went and tried again . |
| 23 | Every single can had to be recalled to Britain , unpacked , relabelled and despatched again — all during the busiest period of the year . |
| 24 | One year there was a craze for Diabolo — a game where an hourglass-shaped piece of wood was balanced on a string held by two sticks , spun and tossed and caught again . |
| 25 | According to the Hottentots of South Africa , the hare was sent from the Moon to Earth with a message to give Man a symbol of hope : just as the Moon died and rose again , so Mankind should die and rise again . |
| 26 | God created the world , humans fell , in time He sent His Son Jesus Christ , who lived , died and rose again , and who will come at the end of time . |
| 27 | She blinked and looked again . |
| 28 | And blinked and looked again , for the felling of living Trees , the cutting and slicing and mutilating of Trees which had not died and dried and seasoned naturally , was one of the oldest and most strictly forbidden practices in Ireland . |
| 29 | Sweat trickled from my temple into my eye ; I blinked and blinked again . |
| 30 | The car began to move forward , slowly this time , until its wheels reached the disrupted earth , which heaved and heaved again . |