Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bumping along the rough track out of the town towards the range of red hills to the south , everyone joked and laughed like children on a school outing . |
| 2 | Then I fainted and fell to the floor . |
| 3 | It seems that Antonietta was nearby when I fainted and arranged for me to be taken back to her house . |
| 4 | I was to be one of these victims , and I had to go afternoon after hot afternoon to learn to embroider in a room that even with the windows open was almost completely airless , trying to keep my eyes open while I stitched and listened to endless gossip . |
| 5 | I fret often for the days when I lived and worked in the countryside , but one sad sight used to be that of herds of demented idiots vandalising the scenery and terrorising nature in their delirious lust for an innocent animal 's life . |
| 6 | The stairs were my usual route to the ‘ hell-hole ’ in which I lived and walking up them I had to dodge numerous heaps of ‘ gunk ’ . |
| 7 | I met and talked with English scientists , and learnt many useful things from them . |
| 8 | Classically , the majority of the women I met and worked with in Dublin in those days were lesbians . |
| 9 | Eventually , having decided that calling out the Cave Rescue for a simple case of overeating would n't look good in the newspapers , I recovered and got to the lane by Clay Pits Plantation that leads to Victoria Cave . |
| 10 | And , if I failed and returned to England I would hang . |
| 11 | Finding myself mildly offended , and not to be denied contact , I shouted and waved from at least half a mile away . |
| 12 | Yet I tried and tried for over a week thinking I ought to for his sake . |
| 13 | Well say I moved and lived in Gambia . |
| 14 | I changed and bathed at the tavern where my master was staying in Great Mary Axe Street near Bishopsgate . |
| 15 | I rose and walked to the other side . |
| 16 | ‘ I phoned and wrote about it — but they were adamant it was okay . |
| 17 | The partners of the firm with which I trained and qualified in South Yorkshire — and probably about 130 years old now — were very much involved in the establishment of the coal mining industry , steel works , newspapers and breweries ( among others ) in that particular area . |
| 18 | I staggered and slipped in it , falling against a sofa to which I dung . |
| 19 | I stopped and looked at myself . |
| 20 | I stopped and looked at the big house . |
| 21 | So I stopped and turned to her . |
| 22 | One day , coming across June in the corridor alone , instead of hurrying past , my face to the wall , I stopped and spoke to her . |
| 23 | As a stepmother I should like to say how much I identified and sympathised with the writer of ‘ I Love Him But Not His Daughter ’ ( October GH ) . |
| 24 | One day after a very difficult time with him , I exploded and said to him : ‘ I ca n't say that the Christian faith has made much difference to your life ! ’ |
| 25 | I 've got some apples erm I stewed and stuck in the freezer , to make |
| 26 | Someone came and stood behind her , and she glanced back instinctively , her cheeks immediately flushing . |
| 27 | He said yesterday : ‘ It would be my biggest ever game for the club , and it 'll be the biggest since I played and scored for Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi-finals last season . |
| 28 | Do you know one of the very first things I noticed and liked in you , was the way you shook one 's hand , and looked straight at one as you said goodbye . |
| 29 | I nodded and went through the crowd towards the dome car . |
| 30 | As it was , I nodded and made for the door ; she looked the sort of woman who won protracted lawsuits . |