Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was his job to keep watch through the night , but boredom and tiredness had taken over . |
| 2 | Her heart was bumping and hope had come back , though this new gaffer was tricky as a fox and probably just as sly . |
| 3 | A considerable amount of planning and research had gone on , and help had been received from Green Space , a group sponsored by Hampshire County Council . |
| 4 | The winter rain and snow had beaten down the weeds to a mulch of sodden brown stems , through which the bricks and rubbish on the ground protruded . |
| 5 | By around 1910 the cultivation of rubber and tea had brought about a more permanent change . |
| 6 | She had looked lovely at their brief meeting in the restaurant but when Fernando had suggested they eat together her hurt and vulnerability had broken through . |
| 7 | Just when she thought they 'd got away from it , change and disruption had caught up with them again . |
| 8 | Somewhere along the line , misunderstanding had bred resentment , and malice had crept in . |
| 9 | Well , this went on and on until the pile of things Morag and Granny had cleared out of the cupboards was nearly all gone . |
| 10 | Great thicknesses of pumice and ash had piled up on the slopes of Vesuvius above Herculaneum , and this loose material very rapidly became saturated by torrential rainstorms which may have been triggered by the eruption cloud itself : the dust particles acting as nuclei on which water vapour could condense to form droplets . |
| 11 | When he 'd first arrived he had lived in a succession of bedsitting rooms on the west side , for which he had been charged extortionate rents by landlords who he never met ; the third night after coming to The Bar for the first time he had slept with someone who knew of someone who had a spare room at a much more reasonable price , and Boy had moved in . |
| 12 | Brambles and bracken had taken over . |
| 13 | Huxley 's effort to create a scientific ‘ biology ’ based on morphology and physiology had broken down , partly because it was obvious that field studies were necessary to solve certain kinds of biological questions . |
| 14 | But snippets and fragments of legend and lore had filtered in from somewhere . |
| 15 | Moth and mouse had thrived down here . |
| 16 | Conscience and courage stood fleshed out in you . |
| 17 | One could n't survive unless one could believe one could , and belief had leaked out of me , gone with sweat and pain and weakness into the wind . |
| 18 | No , well we had a four bedroomed house and they were all married , mother and father had gone back to Yorkshire |
| 19 | When she had aimed the bottle at Gazzer 's head , years of pent-up hurt and frustration had spilled over into violence : violence which she had previously directed against herself or had lived through only in her mind . |
| 20 | From her they had learned that Jerome Fanshawe had a bungalow at Eastover between Eastbourne and Seaford and that he and his wife and daughter had driven down there for a week 's holiday on May 17th . |
| 21 | They refused still to attend the kirk and word had got around that they had been married by ‘ The Prophet ’ . |
| 22 | All the floorboards had been removed , and the ceilings and plasterwork had crashed down into the basement with the weight of water pouring through the roof . |
| 23 | When they were at the grandmother 's house , they slept in a spare room and sometimes their father , grandfather and uncle had come in . |
| 24 | what ( if any ) changes they considered the review and report had brought about . |
| 25 | The Guérignys ’ smallholding on the edge of the village of Préfleur had fallen into dilapidation ; the roof of the red , herring-bone-brick house and stabling had caved in , leaving the ribs exposed and the heart shattered . |
| 26 | On the first day of July , just before dawn , Alexandra was woken by a weeping Janet , a Janet whose normal self-control and impassiveness had broken down utterly . |
| 27 | In the Potteries a prosperous general dealer in china and earthenware had handed over his business to his sons , who subsequently let the business collapse : his grandson remembered him ‘ sitting in the sunshine … just below the house which was once his own. , More successful in his retirement was a London coal merchant who provides the single instance of the complete change of life and place which today is a widespread ideal for retirement . |
| 28 | He said that unresolved claims on land and property had held back investment and that trade with the Soviet Union and eastern bloc had collapsed . |
| 29 | He said a film of dirt and oil had built up on roads during the long , dry spell . |
| 30 | She wanted me to accompany her but I hung back , afraid that she 'd find out that I had taken two lumps of coal , and Dad had gone out , so he was not there to protect me . |