Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Paula jumped into her car and drove to the house and moved in that day . |
| 32 | a purely modern translation , what could you use for windows of heaven , and Niall is suggesting clouds , the clouds were stopped , the an and stopped in this sense means closed , the windows of heaven were closed . |
| 33 | If the paddocks can be topped and harrowed after each grazing , a more even , tussock-free sward can be maintained . |
| 34 | Their voices rose , pure and distinct in the clear air as they laughed and shouted to each other . |
| 35 | Benjamin turned and shouted for more wine . |
| 36 | I 've been and watched and contributed to some degree , erm or at least in listening to the reports of governors at the school , erm , in the allocation of some of their contracts , which of course include some being let under L M S and some being let under G M S , with regard to building and cleaning , they were very disappointed with the presentation that the D S O gave , and even though the D S O was eight thousand pounds less than the competing bidder , O C S , they gave the contract to O C S , and a report has had to be made to the district auditor to give their reasons . |
| 37 | It has successfully developed and operated a port at Sheerness in Kent and drew on this experience in deciding to develop a commercial port in the easternmost portion of the old dockyard . |
| 38 | Kerensky left the capital and tried with little success to raise loyal troops . |
| 39 | For example , I recently came across the word ‘ homerun ’ and tried for several seconds to read it as ‘ homer-un ’ , until I saw the correct morpheme structure . |
| 40 | These readers , the assumption might run , are at ease with the complexities of rhythm and vision , pattern and play , and united by this ease are free to discriminate more and more finally the detail of the smallest fragment or the structure or the entire work . |
| 41 | Lambert touched down shakily , got lost and drove into some bog where his wheels stuck fast , the nose buried itself , and the tail reared high like a flag on a steeple . |
| 42 | After 1967 Jordan hoped that it could recover the West Bank , and believed for some years that this would be possible . |
| 43 | Their artistic genius — the exquisite delicacy of Turgenev , the psychological penetration of Dostoevsky , the panoramic vision of Tolstoy — illuminated the whole range of Russian intellectual , cultural , and social life and Appealed to all shades of public Opinion . |
| 44 | Colchester police issued a photograph of Lisa and appealed for any sightings of her to be reported . |
| 45 | In his 1935 budget speech , Neville Chamberlain , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , commented on the implications of a decreasing birth rate for an imperial power and appealed for more babies . |
| 46 | But as he passed the crossroads and came to that part of the road that wound down into Chesney he could n't help recalling the man he had seen skipping among the trees . |
| 47 | Homeless people got off trains at Euston , King 's Cross and Paddington and came to that area . |
| 48 | The Indian woman was born in Kerala , Southern India , and came to this country when she was six . |
| 49 | Yeah that 's , that 's okay it 's just er I mean I would like to feel you would introduce me if they actually knocked on the door and came in this evening otherwise they 'd think would n't you , I mean |
| 50 | Beginning with scale-derived thirds and sixths , the first nine examples show some fingerings extracted from the scale of A major and played on all string-sets . |
| 51 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 52 | The doctor was so used to being called in a second time to cope with the results of his first visit that eventually he dug in his heels and advised against another jab dealing with whooping-cough . |
| 53 | All cheques shall be signed and countersigned by such persons as the Executive Committee shall determine . |
| 54 | The hair was now centrally parted , and crimped on either side of the face . |
| 55 | These depict foppish dwellings , tastefully furnished in plain wood and provisioned with all kinds of ‘ environmentally-friendly ’ gadgets . |
| 56 | In the seventh book he found a letter which he in fact copied out and added to that collection . |
| 57 | This means that all users who may be affected by the SPR are notified of its existence via the Mail System , and that a particular user is nominated to respond to the SPR and informed of this responsibility via the Mail System . |
| 58 | And then you went and danced with that Lout — and with Herman . |
| 59 | One man was outside , two were sitting inside , the men were completely black , so black trousers , black hats and they had a black cape over it , over their faces so you could n't see who they were , and one of them just had this gun in his hand , and fired at this Citroen here located . |
| 60 | Chuck reloaded and fired off both barrels with great care , and again he had the satisfaction of hearing his bullets slam into the stationary animal . |