Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He answered with a minute shake of his head and she obeyed , sitting on to watch the fantastic skill with which they wove and rewove their patterns , each keeping the strings taut and symmetrical even as they transformed them into a completely new shape . |
| 2 | ACCUSER : She says Mia beat and cursed her |
| 3 | Blindly , Alan ran to his room , where he beat and punched his bed and cried aloud in a rage like a child . |
| 4 | A talented student , she was immensely serious about her work and Modigliani helped and encouraged her . |
| 5 | ‘ He helped and encouraged me so much . ’ |
| 6 | Caro clenched and unclenched her toes in her mother 's too warm slippers . |
| 7 | She clenched and unclenched her fists . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd throw it in their teeth , ’ Moran clenched and unclenched his hands as he spoke . |
| 9 | He clenched and unclenched his hands , and took a long deep breath . |
| 10 | The Campbell clenched and unclenched his fists . |
| 11 | We called and shouted and sailed our little boat as fast as we could . |
| 12 | He shouted and wagged his finger . |
| 13 | They all roared with laughter except for the sneering man who suddenly grew fish-coloured and shouted and wagged his finger . |
| 14 | ‘ Get another , ’ she shouted and carried her burden into the garden . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | My girlfriend and I shouted and screamed our denials , but they would n't believe us . |
| 17 | ‘ The men around me jumped around and shouted and shook my hand , and Nelson hugged me . |
| 18 | She bounced and cuddled herself into half a dozen bright scatter cushions . |
| 19 | ‘ No , ’ Carrie promised and remembered she had once said ‘ Do n't laugh ’ to him . |
| 20 | They drew and brandished their swords . |
| 21 | The radio was on in the living-room , he entered and saw her lying on the floor , When he knelt down and touched her face it was warm , and she moved a little . |
| 22 | They entered and sprayed it out with water . |
| 23 | He stopped talking as Marshka entered and wheeled himself into the empty space at the table , at that end farthest , on the right-hand side , from the president . |
| 24 | The Prime Minister bristled and gave nothing . |
| 25 | We disembarked and made our way up a gravel path , through the gatehouse and into the guest room . |
| 26 | We wormed and wriggled his way through to touch down and the rot set in . |
| 27 | She designed and made her own clothes , sometimes colouring the fabric with home-made dyes ; this gave the articles a most individual style and character . |
| 28 | Thirdly , the stated objectives of such a project are not necessarily a true representation of the motives of those who designed and implemented it . |
| 29 | I designed and built it myself . ’ |
| 30 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |