Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would not let her speak at table and made her wear a white canvas apron and a short gown ‘ so that she should be held a fool ’ ; but , said Margery with unholy self-satisfaction , ‘ she was held in more worship than they were , wherever they went ’ . |
| 2 | Jane closed her eyes and made her mind a blank ; Lucinda sighed tremulously , and from her seat in the window Vi coughed nervously , yet the glass remained stubbornly still . |
| 3 | She collected some of his saliva from the ground and used it make a serpent . |
| 4 | On descent he met Wanda at 8,300 metres and helped her arrange a bivouac . |
| 5 | Leyburn magistrates yesterday banned Adrian Pinnell , 20 , from driving for two years and ordered he pay a total of £730 in fines and costs . |
| 6 | We followed Dick back to the airport and watched him make a ‘ grease job ’ of a landing to conclude his solo flight . |
| 7 | Then she ruffled the parakeet 's crest and watched it peck a sunflower seed . |
| 8 | She caught it in time , and had them dwindle a little . |
| 9 | and ran you like a movie through its window-frames . |
| 10 | The two local policemen came around one day and suggested I place a red light in a window which could be seen by as many neighbours or passers-by as possible . |