Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another-I knelt delighted and collected your beautiful hair . |
| 2 | Disguised in male clothing she made her way eastwards , but was arrested some said betrayed and sent to her husband . |
| 3 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 4 | Some brachiopods are smooth , but many became corrugated or ornamented with course or fine ribs . |
| 5 | Of the 48 people eventually indicted [ see p. 37406 ] many pleaded guilty and co-operated with the authorities , but some maintained their innocence and elected to face trial . |
| 6 | They all looked horrified and started shakin' their heads in disgust . |
| 7 | Many felt shocked and betrayed when confronted by computer-collected statistics on their productivity . |
| 8 | They all felt restless and unsettled , and met other young men who were walking round the town for the same reason . |
| 9 | He went red to the temples as he forced a ff on the last phrases , and shyly stuck a hand on his heart in emphasis ; while all fell silent and lowered their eyes , wondering at that excruciating delight which Alfredo experienced -Rosalba especially , Cati indifferently . |
| 10 | We all sat hunched and unspeaking . |
| 11 | The Old Church Slavonic became ossified and bore a relationship to the vernacular tongue of the people similar to that which church Latin bore towards Spanish , Italian and French . |
| 12 | But little is known about the chemical ‘ soup ’ of the oceans , and therefore the type of life that first became selected and concentrated there and which would have been different from that occurring , say , in rivers or stagnant pools . |
| 13 | In the shire counties two at first remained non-party or dominated by independents , but by 1985 ‘ the process of formal party politicization was completed ’ ( Gyford et al . |
| 14 | ‘ Should be ten but the eldest got drunk and fell in the river ! ’ |
| 15 | Thus Hartburn vicarage which in 1284 , during a vacancy of Durhanl bishopric , had been regarded as spiritual and left alone by Edward I , was in 1311 declared temporal and claimed by Edward II . |
| 16 | His bleached buckskin breeches were still damp , for to achieve a thigh-hugging fit they were best donned wet and allowed to shrink . |
| 17 | It would be most interesting to know if you can think of other potential members — our seminars have in the last year or two proved popular and have been extraordinarily cost effective . |
| 18 | The Posh tackled hard and supported well . |
| 19 | Both started young and had to work through a range of personal problems and private defeats . |
| 20 | After last night 's passionate sorrow , they both felt heavy and lacking in energy . |
| 21 | After gesticulating at each other , they both fell silent and looked at their drinks . |
| 22 | It invested in 102 firms , of which one third went bankrupt or went into receivership . |