Example sentences of "[vb past] [interj] and [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Guaranteed the best fun you could have in a London pub , unless George Michael reformed Wham and chose the Fulham Greyhound to warm-up for their comeback world tour . |
2 | I waved goodbye and went round the corner to the wines and spirits . |
3 | Near here the student hopped out , waved goodbye and disappeared up a side lane . |
4 | Meredith waved goodbye and watched her set off back the way they had come in the direction of Pook 's stables . |
5 | Anderson chuckled goodbye and crashed on through the bushes , clink-clink-clinking in search of another rabbit hole . |
6 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |
7 | I quickly said no and asked Jammie if I could tell Helen what was happening . |
8 | She said yes and went to dress , stepping around the bag without commenting on it . |
9 | I said yes and said the prayer of repentance and commitment which he prayed with me . |
10 | I said yes and gave it to him . |
11 | He took his glass back to the bar glancing at his wristwatch as a reason for not buying another said good-night and ambled towards the street . |
12 | He said goodbye and went back by the road . |
13 | Hob and Jack said goodbye and went down to the boats too . |
14 | Penny and her Second , Sylvia , talked about it all the way to the corner where Sylvia turned off for home , and Penny only remembered her lost budgie again when Sylvia said goodbye and added : ‘ I do hope you find Kelpie soon , Penny . ’ |
15 | ‘ I went off to get another one and when I got back to the phone she said ‘ have you got it ? ’ and I thought she meant the new biro , so I said yes and she said goodbye and hung up . ’ |
16 | They said goodbye and returned to the car . |
17 | When the party had started , Elizabeth and I said goodbye and left for our honeymoon . |
18 | After the story was finished , Nosheen and Simeen said goodnight and disappeared upstairs to bed . |
19 | I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow . |
20 | Soon the lawyer said goodnight and went home to bed , where he lay awake for a long time thinking about Enfield 's description of Hyde , and Doctor Jekyll 's will . |
21 | He quickly said goodnight and went to his room . |
22 | The two of them stayed sitting and talking in the kitchen for an hour or so longer , and then , at about six o'clock , Matilda said goodnight and set out to walk home to her parent 's house , which was about an eight-minute journey away . |
23 | Dora accepted these ministrations without protest , but Melissa thought she detected a growing restiveness and a thinly veiled relief when at last they said goodnight and returned to their own room . |