Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The head lay harmlessly flattened into the grass , but the broken shaft pierced through Cynan 's tunic and shirt and stabbed and splintered against his ribs . |
| 2 | Much of this small industry was stagnant or declining , especially after the disruption and contraction that accompanied and followed the War of Independence . |
| 3 | It was a scurrilous attack on Khomeini that the Shah allowed to be published in an Iranian paper early in 1978 the led to the beginning of the apparently endless cycle of protest and suppression that undermined and destroyed the Shah . |
| 4 | The giants washed their breakfasts down with immense tankards of mead and ale and grunted and were inclined to be morose , which seemed to bear out Caspar 's remarks about them not being morning people . |
| 5 | Before the storm broke he fell into a sleep so peaceful and deep that he heard nothing of the thunder crashing overhead or of the rush of waters as the lake filled and spread and crept and grew like a living thing . |