Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This basic idea became modified and extended in Ptolemy 's astronomy . |
| 2 | Born in London , an ex-punk who started acting while at art school during a course in sculpture , Roth never actually went to drama college ( aside from one afternoon when he got pissed and snuck into RADA to see what he 's missed ) . |
| 3 | The light seemed to have brightened , which was odd , and she saw them all like actors on a stage , brightly lit , faces made grotesque and heightened by make-up , every . |
| 4 | The others in the case became upset and dug in their heels about changing their minds . |
| 5 | In the more remote localities Bolshevik officials , desperate for transport facilities , ‘ ignored NEP and all its works , and commandeered right and left as if military Communism [ War Communism ] was still pure and undefiled ’ , yet another indication that military methods did not go completely out of fashion with the advent of NEP . |
| 6 | had a farm at and they sold that and moved to that one . |
| 7 | The house committee met weekly and dealt with a variety of matters . |
| 8 | All three of us became embarrassed and stared at our boots . |
| 9 | Mrs Ivory became unsettled and talked of returning home but her husband , a 39-year-old unemployed surveyor , never suspected she would take Chatchai . |
| 10 | He would be deeply moved and encouraged , in his dreams , even by the smallest and most ordinary bud ; his nostrils got raw and caked with fine dirt as he knelt down and sniffed and sniffed to try and catch the first smell of green life . |
| 11 | It was the flotsam and jetsam of every seaside gift shop , the debris of 10 million suburban mantelpieces , but blown up to epic proportions , made mythic and crafted by European artisans to Koons 's instructions . |
| 12 | In the antique firearms section there was a pair of pistols fitted with a detonating system which used fulminate and dated from about 1809 ; there was an intriguing possible English royal connection and this , together with their unusual detonation , helped them sell at £5,000 . |
| 13 | What evidence there was supported a relatively minor charge under military standing orders and the soldier concerned was charged , found guilty and punished under the powers accorded to the commanding officer . |
| 14 | However , he was found fit to plead , found guilty and detained under an order of the Mental Health Act in one of the Special Hospitals which provide care and treatment in conditions of close security . |
| 15 | All day long the shears snipped away the hours until the sun sank low and disappeared behind the trees . |
| 16 | She stopped bouncing and frowned at me . |
| 17 | At last she stopped struggling and lay beneath him , white and shaking . |
| 18 | The carrack was brought to anchor in the Bay of Cascais two evenings later , and after an uncomfortable night rolling about in the confused waters of that harbour , Sara rose early and went on deck to find that a thick mist had descended . |
| 19 | In the morning , she rose early and dressed in her plainest clothes , flounces and frills had no place in business . |
| 20 | Or use a section of garden hose slit lengthwise and secured with either strong wire or Jubilee clips to make a temporary repair . |
| 21 | Meredith stopped short and stared at him in disbelief . |
| 22 | Burun stopped smiling and looked at her sharply . |
| 23 | On his release from the services , he tried living and working in London . |
| 24 | And one day , with jarring abruptness , I was twenty-seven , and the little inner voice stopped jeering and sneering at every man I met and began to whimper and bleat . |
| 25 | Occasionally a garishly painted truck passed us , raising a cloud of dust , and away to the west , hanging over us and clearly visible now that the clouds had lifted , the coastal range of the cordilleras towered pale and trembling in the heat . |
| 26 | We then moved close and fired from the hip and shoulder in reflex action shooting . |
| 27 | The figures , which were announced at the weekend , disappointed most and led to warnings of cuts in services to avoid charge capping . |
| 28 | I stopped digging and looked at him ; what an engaging idea , what a fascinating thought ! |
| 29 | Trent imagined Golden Girl picked up by the surf and flung tumbling and splintering into fragments . |
| 30 | Lambert touched down shakily , got lost and drove into some bog where his wheels stuck fast , the nose buried itself , and the tail reared high like a flag on a steeple . |