Example sentences of "and [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green was very impressed and recommended Greenly to the director of the Geological Survey . |
| 2 | Curtis reached out and clapped Turner on the shoulder . |
| 3 | Corbett nodded and clapped Ranulf on the shoulders . |
| 4 | With this announcement the powers which had occupied and divided Germany after the Second World War effectively accepted the inevitability of early German unification , although the statement contained no indication of the four powers ' preferred timetables for unification or for the two-plus-four negotiations . |
| 5 | Roosevelt served for thirteen years and led America through the depression , into the second world war and emerging at the other end as |
| 6 | Athelstan sketched a blessing in the air at his tormentor , dismounted and led Philomel past the church of St Magnus on the corner of Bridge Street . |
| 7 | The beefy man climbed down from behind his counter and led Joe to the back of the shop , where he unlocked a door . |
| 8 | Just then , a Zoggian policewoman arrived and asked Zanya for the key to their spaceship . |
| 9 | Fearful of upsetting those of a squeamish nature , I decided that an abrupt change of subject was in order and asked Jennifer about the guitars she was bringing with her to Europe : is she still an Ibanez 540S fan ? |
| 10 | And somebody knew about that telephone call , and met Kemp at the railway station , doubtless informing the taxi-driver who had been hired that he was no longer required . ’ |
| 11 | Having located the house , he had roared into Belfast and met Mallachy at the Wellington Park , where they 'd had a pint of Guinness beneath the photos of the famous actors . |
| 12 | He was working for an engineering firm and met Herbert in the course of business . |
| 13 | Sally left her bag in the cloakroom and met Edward in the balcony milk bar where he had a strawberry milk shake waiting for her . |
| 14 | The man who put Niki together again after that little mishap was one Willy Dungl , a masseur-cum-dietician who became Niki 's physical guru for years to come and made Niki into the fitness freak he became . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , in June 1626 he was introduced to George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , who had him knighted and appointed KC on the council of the north . |
| 16 | I have always understood , and believed , that you just can not " dance at two weddings ' , but I admired and respected Cochrane as the most efficient serving officer I had encountered in my short 33 years in uniform . |
| 17 | To have released Meehan from seven years of wrongful imprisonment , recommended a free pardon for him , and then to have arrested and charged Waddell for the same crime would have required a greater degree of resolution than either of them possessed . |
| 18 | Herbert went to work and visited Clara in the evenings . |
| 19 | Nutty nipped in and caught Jazz by the elbow . |
| 20 | Our principal exposure to the public arose from the chance that Her Majesty the Queen became interested and used Motability as the centre for her Christmas address in 1981 . |
| 21 | Lily let herself in with her alarm key at six that evening and found Adam in the shower . |
| 22 | What if his Mum came back unexpectedly and found Lee in the house ? |
| 23 | Collins made the running down the left and found Slater at the back-post . |
| 24 | When at last she snatched up her bedroom phone and found Rory on the end of it , Jessica had already endured a call from Terence . |
| 25 | She went out and found Jack at the nursing station with Jake Hunter , the obs and gynae senior registrar . |
| 26 | One evening Seb entered the farmhouse at dusk and found Carrie in the kitchen . |
| 27 | Pushing past old Diggory , she swept into the hall , cast one angry glance around , and found Theda on the stairs . |
| 28 | As they turned a corner on the path , the clerk suddenly stopped and grasped Ranulf by the arm . |
| 29 | Two weeks later , Henry changed his will and excluded Gardiner from the regency council which had been appointed to rule during the minority of his son . |
| 30 | Huddersfield were caught out as the red-haired centre-half rushed forward to meet the cross from a comer , and headed Arsenal into the semi-final . |