Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From inside the house the scratchy gramophone burble of " Muskrat Ramble " was providing an incongruous counterpoint to the screech of the wild birds wakening unseen in the roof of the surrounding jungle , and Duclos sighed and closed his eyes to concentrate better on the music . |
| 2 | Then she felt it jerk violently and Edward shuddered and bit her neck as warm sticky fluid spurted into her hand . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ Steve urged and Ruth blinked and gave him a small smile . |
| 4 | To the degree that religion and morality assisted that end he tolerated the role of Johnson . |
| 5 | Sophie nodded mutely and Helen smiled and patted her hand . |
| 6 | Mandy spotted them and waved that they were all right , and Matthew turned and headed them into a safe cove , too . |
| 7 | And Mains sat and wondered what on earth was going on . |
| 8 | The process was patented by Squire in 1875 , and Squire and Messel described and demonstrated it before the Chemical Society the following April . |
| 9 | I found it curious that when everyone had finished Robert still had a plateful of food before him and we had to wait as he ate it and Lili talked and smoked her endless cigarettes . |
| 10 | The two lawmen wished them luck and with a wave of acknowledgement , Grant and Larsen turned and made their way quickly and silently into the thick trees . |
| 11 | The flames sizzled out as Mandeville and Southgate dismounted and joined us . |
| 12 | But for seven years Stuart was a visibly devoted father and Lyn supported and promoted his career . |
| 13 | Both Song and Xianju decided that to extend their knowledge , they 'd have to set foot outside China for the first time . |
| 14 | A talented student , she was immensely serious about her work and Modigliani helped and encouraged her . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ Carrie stammered , ‘ she 's just gone to sleep , ’ and Hepzibah nodded and touched her chin lightly and lovingly and said , ‘ I 'd best go to her then , you stay here with Albert . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Who said that ? ’ asked Gabriel , and Izzie laughed and clapped her hands . |
| 17 | Kalchu was ashamed of his drunkenness and Chola grumbled and rebuked him for it . |
| 18 | It was a bright day with thin sunshine burnishing up from the snow and men blinked and rubbed their eyes as they crossed the open space between the two compounds , tramping over the road running down to the village and the railway line that stretched far the other way to Pot'ma . |
| 19 | Once Astrid had taken her shopping ( she was about four at the time ) and set her down on a stool by a counter when she tried on earrings in a round mirror on a stand ; a salesgirl with a promotional tray of perfumes approached her and Astrid turned and extended her wrist to sample it . |
| 20 | During our first visit in October 1990 , health centre staff and VHWs identified and evaluated their priority goals . |
| 21 | My solicitor and barrister came and saw me , and explained about parole and remission , and told me there was no point in appealing . |
| 22 | The thin light was casting curious shadows everywhere now , and Lugh blinked and rubbed his eyes , because just for a moment it had seemed that figures were appearing through the mists ahead of him . |
| 23 | He smiled and Robyn watched and felt her heart stop for the hundredth time . |
| 24 | And Clara went and put her eye to the hole , and inside the block swam sadly a drowned lady , some seaweed , and an orange . |
| 25 | She had not exactly said ‘ wet ’ and ‘ weedy ’ , but ‘ quiet ’ and ‘ sympathetic ’ , and Hoomey supposed that showed her tact , because he thought that was what she meant . |