Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And Joe waited , cruelly , and nothing happened at the other end of the line .
2 Mala and I stared at the enlarging disc that appeared on other screens after Posi revolved the ship to bring the lateral ceptors to bear .
3 ( 1966 : 72 ) recognized such unobtrusive measures have found favour in field-work and I discovered at an early stage that the problem remains one of revealing the structural warts of the system while somehow indicating that this need not be seditious ; and indeed might even be of some value .
4 And I started at the General Hospital er in on May the first nineteen twenty nine .
5 And I mentioned at the last meeting I think what has actually been said in the erm meeting I could repeat that , but I mean it confirms exactly what you 're saying .
6 Of a sudden Aggie rose from the table and left the room , and the smile slid slowly from Millie 's face and she looked at the funny young man , as she thought of him , and said , ‘ Is she vexed ? ’
7 Which left her free to make mistakes , overdo the set of his features , and she grinned at the strange yet familiar creature , disdainful nose , filll lips and ridiculous chin .
8 And she tugged at the patterned chenille cloth spread on the table .
9 A second stroke followed without respite , and she squealed at the strange torment it brought to her twin moons .
10 Then a long glass appeared in her hand , and a straw , and she sipped at an amber drink , and ice cubes clinked .
11 Lucenzo reached out and pushed back the tress of copper hair which had fallen over her forehead , and she trembled at the sensual drift of his fingers over her face .
12 He tightened her to him , parting her lips , and she moaned at the primitive caress of his tongue stroking against hers , exploring her mouth .
13 I run one of the self-help groups that one of the ladies mentioned and we looked at an outsize catalogue recently and it went up to size twenty six and in some cases up to a size thirty and the ladies who modelled the clothes were no bigger than a twelve , possibly a fourteen , but a very shapely fourteen !
14 of Friday and we looked at the individual steps but we know , everybody says yes we ask the business , we came across and to put Gareth , can you take it through and explain what it is , and explain each stage so let's hear from Gareth then .
15 The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate .
16 Kāli chose the steeper , shorter route to the forest and we climbed at a leisurely pace , stopping occasionally to catch our breath , lurching drunkenly and bumping into each other when the gradient increased and we were too lazy to keep up our momentum .
17 The adrenalin was running high for Haslemere 's final league game of the season and they began at a relentless pace .
18 There were three women and they died at the same time so God goes cos you do n't all three of you do n't so , erm , the first one goes : I wan na go back to Earth thousand times are better so she goes back as a President , right ?
19 He listened to what she said and they laughed at the same things .
20 the , yeah , twenty I mean , well that one goes different and they started at the same edge , ah two twenty twos oh
21 He was supposed to deliver a bull to the district officer , it was about three weeks ago , and he decided at the last moment to replace the bull with another one .
22 And he waved at the magnificent room , and her whole luxurious life which she knew beyond a doubt that she was willing to give up forever .
23 The story of the railways is intimately tied up with the wider saga of the industrialization of Europe , and it proceeded at a different rate in each country .
24 The conference theme was ‘ From a socialist to a market-oriented society ’ and it looked at the growing opportunities for women within the new social structures .
25 I knew a putt would have to drop before long and it came at the 8th , the par-3 ( 178 yards ) .
26 And it sat at the other side of the gate
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