Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unused to being argued with , he shouted and cursed at her , and soon the two of them were arguing fiercely , he having trouble making articulate sentences due to his excessive amount of drink , which only made him yet angrier . |
| 2 | It bounced and rolled between them and lay in the shadow of the chair . |
| 3 | Ruth stood before the screened fireplace in her duchess gown , drinking her tea , the focus for all the eyes which constantly rose and came to her , and the old smiles which lifted up the lips over the discoloured , sharp old teeth . |
| 4 | She rose and came towards him shyly . |
| 5 | Ignoring her , the captain ordered his men to carry the body aft , and the woman eventually rose and hobbled after them , still sobbing piteously . |
| 6 | Sandison rose and shouted after him : ‘ Tomorrow . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't understand what that means , Nicolo , ’ Caroline said , as she rose and stood beside him . |
| 8 | She rose and stood before him . |
| 9 | In my judgment , this draft having been sent to the plaintiffs by Sir Richard Temple , and retained and cashed by them , we ought to draw the conclusion that the plaintiff , who kept and cashed the draft , agreed to accept it on the terms upon which it was sent … . |
| 10 | ‘ I phoned and wrote about it — but they were adamant it was okay . |
| 11 | One house was so unusual that we stopped and walked around it . |
| 12 | DIANE GAMOCHE ( STUDENT ) : I was hiding beneath two desks , and he stopped and shot at me twice but nothing happened . |
| 13 | Christine stopped and stared at him . |
| 14 | Berdichev stopped and stared at him a moment . |
| 15 | ‘ I — ’ She stopped and stared at him . |
| 16 | He was but stopped and stared at me , then turned and ran in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | They stopped and stared at me . |
| 18 | He stopped and stared at her rather alarmingly , his eyes running over her from head to foot . |
| 19 | Carolyn stopped and stared at her . |
| 20 | Matilda followed her , but just inside the doorway of the so-called sitting-room she stopped and stared around her in absolute amazement . |
| 21 | He stopped and stared after them . |
| 22 | She suddenly stopped and rounded on him . |
| 23 | In the hall , she stopped and looked about her . |
| 24 | She stopped and looked at him . |
| 25 | Hoomey stopped and looked at him . |
| 26 | They stopped and looked at him from a little distance . |
| 27 | She stopped and looked at him . |
| 28 | She stopped and looked at him delightedly . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , they do say , ’ said Caspar , and stopped and looked at them again . |
| 30 | He stopped and looked at them self-consciously . |