Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though , forged before the introduction of recoil mechanism , they bounced back and had to be relaid after each shot just like cannon of the Napoleonic era , the elderly French 155s cracked and thundered with remarkable accuracy . |
| 2 | ‘ The reaction from my clients and business contacts was tremendous — perhaps some of them wish they had done the same — and one senior partner from the Big Six wrote and told me that his mother had been a great friend of Lady Reading , the WRVS 's founder , and that until he was 15 he thought all women dressed in green ! ’ |
| 3 | The other three turned and ran . |
| 4 | The other three turned and bolted off down the stairs . |
| 5 | He was old , bent , bearded , and one man was holding him back while the other two kicked and thumped him . |
| 6 | He paced the apartment in silence ; the other two sat and watched in fear . |