Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day the policeman went where Mr Banks lived and they rang the bell , hello , hello are you Mrs Banks ? |
| 2 | Looking ahead , I suppose travel would be nice , if only the opportunity arose and I had the courage to go with it . |
| 3 | Barbara 's foot skidded and she fell to the floor in the ‘ corridor ’ between the hessian screens . |
| 4 | Even though your knees trembled and your heart fluttered and you felt weak with longing , how could you melt , knowing that ? |
| 5 | Whether strictly order twenty eight , er order sixty , rule twenty eight for erm applies in this case is not amount entirely clear to me because the obligation to lodge a bill of taxation under rule twenty nine provides that he must begin proceedings for the taxation either within three months after the judgement direction or order of the terminations enter sides are otherwise perfected , and that is presently on it 's face which seemed to be debited May of nineteen ninety three and er accordingly that is right , it 's not in fact been any failure to comply with order tw order sixty two , rule twenty nine , one , and that has n't been disregarded , it 's not entirely clear to me that erm there is any matter come from paragraph sub paragraph A of rule twenty eight , four , it may already require , still nevertheless erm fall within paragraph B of rule fo , erm there has in fact been a delay in lodging the bill of costs for taxation , the delay being really and truly , the delay in having the order of Mr Justice perfected and it seems to me that although in chasing matters generally speaking it is the court will itself draw the order , nevertheless where er it seems to be clearly in this case would contemplate it that counsel would sign a minute erm that counsel do sign a minute and that minute has been signed having forwarded by the defendants solicitors to the defendants solicitors seems to me it must be the case that erm the obligation to , as it were , forward that minute to the court , it is an obligation which would lie upon the plaintiffs solicitors and it maybe said that erm there has been delay and erm on the best it should be lodged with the court sealed , er shortly after it was received and that therefore on that footing there has been delay lodging the bill of costs for concession , er Mr , doctor does n't seemed to be take any point in relation to that er because it 's not in his interest to do so , it seems to be that he does have to say if it has been delayed , with an order of twenty eight rule four that 's a rule , rule , rule twenty eight er four if he is to have interest disbarred and er Mr er he 'll apparently have the matter of read before the taxing master , it seems that the taxing master did not chew any sympathy with that er suggestion , that er there was in fact no breach of the requirement rule twenty , four , Mr he said , very probably , that erm , look on text upon it , he really is concerned to erm have this case dealt with as you put it on the merits , it seems to me it 's in the interest of all parties that erm I should deal with the case on merits have on the assumption erm that er , that that was lodged properly I think , I ca I , a matter of which found within rule twenty eight , four and that the taxing officer give our interest under that rule . |
| 6 | A flight of alarmed mallards rose and I counted 25 before a second similar flock and then a third took to the air . |
| 7 | His eyes twinkled and he brought a card out of his wallet and handed it to her . |
| 8 | Roman 's eyes gleamed and she pulled away , backing nervously until stopped by a bed . |
| 9 | Behind dark glasses , her hazel eyes gleamed and she smiled . |
| 10 | His eyes gleamed and he breathed noisily through his nose as he lifted his own rifle to his shoulder then fired both barrels at the shadow in quick succession . |
| 11 | The point is that this is where Camus lived and I made the effort to find my way here . |
| 12 | Richard phoned and she told him about it , omitting the part about her offer of a donation . |
| 13 | In the distance a square of light flickered and I heard music swelling . |
| 14 | Her eyes swam and she put out a hand as if to ward off the blows . |
| 15 | Seldom a telegram came and nobody liked to see one come to a house . |
| 16 | Okay , I I was just tha while you were chatting to boss these books came and they have a a number of different things which you know , from changing schools |
| 17 | ‘ The underwear came and he did n't think it was ratty enough . |
| 18 | And there would be a funeral when the boat came and I mean when the boat came is just when the boat came . |
| 19 | And then , after I 've been in the workshops about a month , a foreman , a foreman of Signals came and they said oh we can get you regraded , you have to go to the Ordnance see , had to go to the Ordnance get reclassified . |
| 20 | On top of it all , the remorseless heat was becoming too much for Hugh , his sunburn itched and he felt sick . |
| 21 | Several gentlemen nodded and someone said : " Nobody has cash , of course . |
| 22 | At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned . |
| 23 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 24 | But his condition deteriorated and he died late on Saturday . |
| 25 | He was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital , but his condition deteriorated and he died on the afternoon of May 20 . |
| 26 | But her legs shook and she clutched at the bed , which seemed to recede and there was a strange , fizzing sensation in her head . |
| 27 | Zach nodded and she opened the door out on to the landing and closed it behind her . |
| 28 | The words slurred and he gabbled . |
| 29 | The orange light flared and he jabbed at it . |
| 30 | Corbett nodded and they staggered on , bodies soaked in sweat , eyes blinded with panic , legs and feet threatening to turn into the heaviest lead . |