Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] and [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole thing had the odd appearance of a brick-built Mississippi steamboat beached and panting to get back to the lake . |
| 2 | Looks as if Lotus Development Corp is being shopped around as a merger partner : according to the Wall Street Journal , Borland International Inc 's Philippe Kahn discussed a possible merger with Lotus 's Jim Manzi last month , although the talks were inconclusive , and elsewhere Manzi was seen to have been in deep discussions over dinner with Sun Microsystems Inc 's Scott McNealy ; Lotus of course tried and failed to merge with Novell Inc . |
| 3 | Labour tried and failed to make the election a referendum on these changes . |
| 4 | Some British armoured cars came and began shooting from a distance , and in the chaos I shouted out to four or five brother officers and we drove off in a truck . |
| 5 | Corbett muttered and tried to go on . |
| 6 | Now I have a problem with the water sender unit which started when the pre-heater switch broke and started to burn . |
| 7 | Donna shivered and decided to head back to the car , not even sure why she had come here in the first place . |
| 8 | Lucy screamed and tried to protect her head and face with her arms while Silas sprang across the room and dragged Doreen from her . |
| 9 | And after after he came and settled , my three brothers went and dig dig the graves in the old Llaneilian church you know . |
| 10 | She 'd been in front , but then the horse fell and seemed to land on top of her . |
| 11 | The girl had something — quite apart from her natural grace and outstanding good looks , quite apart from the lithe , leggy body that was simply made for modelling , there was a quality about her that made her stand out from all the others girls in the class , which drew the eye and held it , so that even someone as cynical as Arlene looked and wanted to go on looking . |
| 12 | The barman laughed and began to pull a couple of pints . |
| 13 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 14 | Shocked at her lack of morals and the ease with which he 'd reduced all her defences to nothing , Meredith moaned and tried to push him away . |
| 15 | But the dilemma remained and had left the US with the choice of two ghastly courses of action . |
| 16 | In the far north of the world the Realm of Chaos churned and prepared to advance once more . |
| 17 | Last week the first practical steps towards such a union were taken when leaders of the RPR , UDF and UDC met and agreed to form a tactical group to work out the most effective means of opposing the government . |
| 18 | The boy sniffled and stammered to say something , but the words would not come . |
| 19 | Suddenly the mob turned and began throwing rocks … |
| 20 | It was after twelve o'clock when Giles arrived and began unpacking his hammers . |
| 21 | Kim turned and started to walk away . |
| 22 | Police said Mr Lavelle collapsed and stopped breathing after an altercation with a player from the opposing side during a match on Saturday at Hendon , north London . |
| 23 | Parents saw and began to understand the difficulties which teachers faced and became more sympathetic and supportive . |
| 24 | Hammond laughed and began to shake his head , then stopped , seeing how Kim was looking at him . |
| 25 | Just when you thought there was no one watching over nomes , the universe went and tried to prove you wrong … |
| 26 | Manuel won and elected to play first . |
| 27 | Rincewind groaned and tried to dig his way into the moss with his shoulderblades , then gasped as the pain hit him . |
| 28 | Pieper tried and failed to get hold of the outfits to brief them and to gauge their reaction . |
| 29 | But the troops rebelled and refused to leave during the winter . |
| 30 | Isobel turned and began to walk back towards the house . |