Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wexford pushed aside the willows that hung like a pelmet and came to the rubbish pocket , where he knelt down . |
| 2 | ‘ Right , ’ he said , and then grabbed a cable and slid through a gap Masklin had n't even noticed was there . |
| 3 | He just picked the head up from the floor and wiped the blood off a bit and looked at it . |
| 4 | Changez waggled the hand a bit and laughed without self-consciousness ; Anwar tried to laugh too . |
| 5 | We all groaned a bit and snivelled like kids , and we were putting it on , but we were only putting it on because underneath we did feel sad seeing our names rubbed out . |
| 6 | Oh there are no , you know with the gaff this time , a lot of work like during the week and that and we 've tightened up quite a bit and tried to you know , get ourselves organised . |
| 7 | An inquiry is underway into how a tube train with passengers on board took off without a driver and travelled for a mile and through a station before being halted by an automatic signal . |
| 8 | Before she married she 'd lived alone in a bedsit and worked in a factory for ten years . |
| 9 | She slipped on a robe and went to the door to wave goodbye to him . |
| 10 | Franca , who had been leaning against the big warm cast-iron stove with a spoon in her hand , threw down the spoon with a clang and marched through the door into her sitting room . |
| 11 | Clinton grew a beard and moved into a house in Leckford Road which he shared with Strobe Talbot and Frank Aller . |
| 12 | He , too , was a writer and worked at a brewery — as Havel had done — keeping his thoughts to himself . |
| 13 | I slipped out of bed , got into a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and headed down the stairs . |
| 14 | As she sat with a whisky and waited for Constance 's call , she listened to the autumn wind tugging at the corners of the austere house . |
| 15 | ‘ Then he got injured in a field and had to be off for a year , but everything seems to be going well now . |
| 16 | ‘ Two people walking by heard the shouts from a field and went to his assistance . |
| 17 | A big pie was not something that could be made in a field and cooked on a bonfire , it would require skill and expertise in the use of large ovens and these were available as they were used by the local manufacturers of earthenware pipes : |
| 18 | So old Mokosh changed herself to a moorhen and ran through the meadows to the town , and Neva followed her . |
| 19 | Numb with agony and humiliation , she got undressed like a ghost and went to bed , unable to let herself dwell too deeply on what had happened in case she found herself asking the inevitable question : if I hate Damian Flint , why has he been able to hurt me so deeply ? |
| 20 | Apgood instinctively picked up a certificate and glanced through it , then shook his head . |
| 21 | Meredith was determined to show him that she could do without arrogant bankers who 'd heard half a story and jumped to the wrong conclusions . |
| 22 | She lit up a Woodbine and puffed on it serenely . |
| 23 | A BUS swerved to avoid a truck and plunged into a ravine east of the Philippine capital , Manila , yesterday , killing at least 21 people . |
| 24 | When he started at Balmain he was hired as a sketcher and worked with six other people in the bureau de dessin . |
| 25 | The ballet master Balanchine , for one , showed up at a work-out and gazed in wonder . |
| 26 | Leaning forward , his body stiffened suddenly as the bright orange float took a dive and disappeared from view . |
| 27 | The pilot , who was later court martialled , was unable to pull up from a dive and ploughed into the ground . |
| 28 | Anna heard a noise and looked at the door . |
| 29 | Either a self-referral or referred by the G P , or by a consultant , or by the hospital , or one or two other sources . |
| 30 | On this occasion I wrapped myself up in a blanket and went to sleep in a ditch . |