Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [conj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Donna turned and stared intently at her friend . |
| 32 | Woolley turned and went in . |
| 33 | Lady Eleanor turned and waved up at us . ’ |
| 34 | Shiona frowned and stared down into her champagne glass . |
| 35 | Corbett turned and looked back down the moonlit path . |
| 36 | Corbett turned and spoke over his shoulder . |
| 37 | Marie sighed and pulled out a dining-chair from under the table . |
| 38 | As she disappeared from view , Barney turned and walked back to the car . |
| 39 | The other Rex turned and strode back to his troops . |
| 40 | Without saying anything further , Millie turned and went back into the house ; and Ben followed her , there to see Aggie shambling into the room , and although her eyes looked full of sleep , their powers of discernment were indeed wide awake . |
| 41 | The superintendent sighed and sat back in her chair , asking Jane to tell her side of the story . |
| 42 | The Head of Department replied that to do so might be counterproductive in terms of artistic creativity and ultimately counter to the spirit of ‘ Art ’ . |
| 43 | Ari nodded and sat down on the cushions . |
| 44 | Crossley nodded and looked round again , as if seeking inspiration from the children 's slides and climbing-frames . |
| 45 | At that salutary reminder of her husband , David nodded and turned abruptly to climb the stairs to his bedroom . |
| 46 | Becky turned and moved on to the bathroom . |
| 47 | Corbett nodded and followed both the envoy and his strange companion out of the room and down to the main hall of the castle . |
| 48 | Watkin nodded and stumped off , muttering under his breath about priests who did n't listen to tales of the dark shapes which did dreadful things in city churchyards . |
| 49 | He took a step backwards ; the horse snorted and shifted restlessly behind him . |
| 50 | Frankie nodded and sniffed again . |
| 51 | By October , though , these wally wagons had given way to splinter-thin rowing shells in which muscular lads sweated and gasped over their oars while a weedy wimp goaded them on to still greater suffering . |
| 52 | Woolley sniffed and looked around for something to blow his nose on . |
| 53 | Edward sniffed and looked away . |
| 54 | Coilus escaped and retreated eastwards with those of his men who had survived . |
| 55 | Laura said something else , Edward grunted and put down the phone . |
| 56 | Rodomonte grunted and stumbled off . |
| 57 | Travis swore and bent down , stripping away the blankets and lifting her into his arms without any effort at all . |
| 58 | Corbett shuddered and looked away . |
| 59 | ‘ If you had a Rip Van Winkle who went to sleep before the programme started and woke up now , he would have difficulty in recognising what had happened . ’ |
| 60 | But what Sue saw and heard there bore little resemblance to the popularly-held view of the Spencer family . |