Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 But he had left me and broken into a trot towards his block .
2 Robert picked up a wineglass from the low table that stood between them and scratched with a fingernail at the dry stain on the bottom of the glass .
3 She turned her back to him and fiddled with a trolley , and bit her cheek till it bled .
4 Maxim stopped trying to peer at the shadowed faces in front of him and put on a pair of sunglasses .
5 ‘ What is it ? ’ he said , watching her and flooded by a feeling that he had not expected .
6 His black eyes were sharp as he looked at her and thought for a moment .
7 The Swiss pair sped down over the Third Ice Field , zoomed out from the sheer rockface beneath it and landed with a crunch on the Second Ice Field ; then , as limbs were torn from their bodies , they launched again off the cliff , landed on the First Ice Field , and again careened down the slope and zoomed out and down .
8 The hospitality high in the alps is legendary , as is the food — all fresh , lots of it and served with a smile and great wine .
9 Rune is lifted carefully from it and placed upon a mound of plumped cushions .
10 Notes of questions arising out of the application form should be attached to it and used as a memory aid during the interview .
11 Parker licked at it and stuck on a bit of brown paper .
12 Or he could at least have appeared to accept it and put on a show : he was already capable enough of that .
13 * Instead of rinsing your pasta after cooking , drain it and put in a serving dish or back in the saucepan , then add a few knobs of soft butter .
14 Bernard excised it and put in a piece of nylon . ’
15 If we are to succeed as teachers ( or parents ) we must accept that children may well be brighter than us and blessed with a potential far beyond our own .
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