Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Elaine jerked and coughed , inhaled with a ragged sigh , and began to breathe . |
| 32 | It jerked and looped and lurched energetically , finally landing upon an oak leaf . |
| 33 | They jerked and spasmed when they should have Red Wedged and Fred Perried . |
| 34 | Keith jerked and pulled at his handcuffs , |
| 35 | ‘ I 'd throw it in their teeth , ’ Moran clenched and unclenched his hands as he spoke . |
| 36 | He clenched and unclenched his hands , and took a long deep breath . |
| 37 | Caro clenched and unclenched her toes in her mother 's too warm slippers . |
| 38 | The Campbell clenched and unclenched his fists . |
| 39 | She clenched and unclenched her fists . |
| 40 | and I both shouted and told the younger pupils to move back and get into a single line . |
| 41 | We called and shouted and sailed our little boat as fast as we could . |
| 42 | ‘ That is not your business ! ’ she shouted and went upstairs to dress for the evening . |
| 43 | Unused to being argued with , he shouted and cursed at her , and soon the two of them were arguing fiercely , he having trouble making articulate sentences due to his excessive amount of drink , which only made him yet angrier . |
| 44 | Everybody ran here and there , shouted and called . |
| 45 | Carts full of precious belongings were being unloaded in the courtyards ; ostlers , grooms and farriers shouted and yelled . |
| 46 | He shouted and wagged his finger . |
| 47 | They all roared with laughter except for the sneering man who suddenly grew fish-coloured and shouted and wagged his finger . |
| 48 | There was an awkward silence between the three people then , while the music played and the dancers whooped and shouted and clapped and stamped . |
| 49 | ‘ Get another , ’ she shouted and carried her burden into the garden . |
| 50 | ‘ Right you great wammock , ’ he shouted and looked round for something to pelt . |
| 51 | The city at night intimidated me : the piss-heads , bums , derelicts and dealers shouted and looked for fights . |
| 52 | The journalists asked a few questions and got no real answers and the old Monsieur le Président , who had presided so long in his own way at the top , shouted and banged his fist before leaving the room . |
| 53 | She beat her fists on his back , kicked and shouted and threatened , all to no avail . |
| 54 | They danced up and down on the gravel and shouted and sang out Alexandra 's name . |
| 55 | Revellers , their tankards frothing to the brim , shouted and sang . |
| 56 | The men shouted and spread out their arms . |
| 57 | A lecturer visiting a student on teaching practice tells of being mistaken for a parent and being kept standing in a cold corridor while behind a closed door the head shouted and screamed at a tearful child . |
| 58 | This was particularly so on the Sunday when , in scorching heat , Brazilian fans ‘ danced , sang , shouted and screamed hysterically for every point scored by their players and ever fault by Germany 's Markus Zoecke , standing in for heat-stroke victim Becker , in what proved to be the decisive fourth rubber . |
| 59 | My girlfriend and I shouted and screamed our denials , but they would n't believe us . |
| 60 | At the first accident I shouted and screamed . |