Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caspar had crossed the room to stand at her side and he said , ‘ Sire — ’ And stopped in some confusion , because he had known Nuadu at once — he thought every person in Ireland would recognise him , for the wolfblood was unmistakable , and everyone knew the story of the Queen 's bastard wolfson and the fierce quarrels that had taken place between her and the King when Nuadu was born . |
| 2 | Boycott led the way with 86 and everyone made a contribution of sorts , but soon after lunch on the final day they were 290 for 6 and defeat was still possible . |
| 3 | When we arrived I was introduced to the medium , Helen , a quite ordinary , sandy-haired woman in her mid-thirties , and the rest of the group , Dora and Leo and Katy and Humphrey , and everyone made a great fuss of me . |
| 4 | But the market saturated , the bubble burst , and everyone thought the console business was finished . |
| 5 | On one occasion Crawford was left hanging above the stage for ten minutes when there was a bomb scare and everyone left the theatre quickly , forgetting that the top-of-the-bill was at the top of the stage . |
| 6 | After lengthy phone-calls between Berlin and Danzig on 8 August , Forster announced that a fixed currency levy was now in operation and everyone breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 7 | In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 8 | And everyone breathed a sigh of relief … so the Teds were human after all . |
| 9 | The supporters were happy , the players were happy and everyone agreed the Everton board had pulled off a coup in tempting their most successful manager back to Merseyside . |
| 10 | Most of his relatives , he said , traded in Bangkok and Singapore now , and everyone had a watch , a radio and money to spend . |
| 11 | Catchy tunes , though , and everyone had a singalong . |
| 12 | In March Elsie Streek and class members took tambours and bean bags along to the Woolwich Branch of the Salvation Army , and everyone had an enjoyable afternoon of Medau . |
| 13 | ‘ The spirit has been good through all these bad days we 've had lately , but it was even better today and everyone hoped the money was a sign things are turning round . ’ |
| 14 | Matron had found Mcduff , Mould and Wednesday and everyone spent the evening thinking of a plan . |
| 15 | Nobody appeared to give orders , and everyone performed the tasks which most suited his mood of the moment . |
| 16 | And nothing condemned a woman so swiftly to womanhood as grappling with a man . |
| 17 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 18 | For the first time , Shirnette and me had a real fight , because of what I hated most . |
| 19 | And it seems to have happened because thirty years ago everybody like Jerry and me had a repayment mortgage which meant there were very few endowment mortgages . |
| 20 | Barry and me had an almost mystical rapport when it came to stuff like this . |
| 21 | Then Michael and me did a lot of singing . |
| 22 | I must have knocked it or something and I 'd a couple of shots left and I ought to have shot the swine but I could n't , not while he was sitting there killing himself laughing . |
| 23 | And I 'd a breath of fresh air . |
| 24 | See , Mum and I looked a bit up in my book |
| 25 | Er , and I slided a wee bit . |
| 26 | Elizabeth left me and I searched every corner of the hotel — every dark doorway and staircase . |
| 27 | ‘ But I did stand in for one of your girls at Jenkinsons last week — and I sold the suit I showed . ’ |
| 28 | The offer of a glass of Calvados was politely refused and I accepted a large glass of red wine that really tasted good . |
| 29 | At that point , both Tom and I accepted the magnitude of the problem . |
| 30 | Then , my curiosity and the challenge took over and I accepted the job . ’ |