Example sentences of "[vb past] and [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The VW , driven by Wing , overtook and he saw the defendant 's brother , a passenger in the car , gesticulating at him . |
| 2 | I did n't know what he was talking about but I dutifully obeyed and we trailed the shambling figure as he made his way drunkenly out through a postern gate and down the steep , narrow alleyways of Nottingham . |
| 3 | I always thought that you see when the , er Normans came and you had the |
| 4 | And he just knocked on the door and you just came and you read the card and that was it . |
| 5 | And of course , when Jesus came and he healed the people and he spoke words of , of deliverance to those who are demon oppressed and he spoke words of that brought help to those who are blind and so on , there is of course , er , to the natural mind , a very natural explanation , it can all be explained away because you can not do these things ! |
| 6 | And as we look over these next few minutes , we 'll consider that it was Pilate who rejected and who crucified the Lord Jesus . |
| 7 | She agreed and we started the Mulch Gallery together in 1960 in South Molton Street . |
| 8 | We were getting more mileage out of an asset we already owned and it gave the business a wider base to cope with fluctuations in any part of it . |
| 9 | I know some people say it takes time , but I think if you spend a year producing a lamb it is nice to see it sold and you do the best you can for it . |
| 10 | The next day the policeman went where Mr Banks lived and they rang the bell , hello , hello are you Mrs Banks ? |
| 11 | ‘ I went to the old house where she lived and I saw the paintings . |
| 12 | The point is that this is where Camus lived and I made the effort to find my way here . |
| 13 | Well if you see how many pallets they got and you see the trouble is the metal ones are so slippery they 're all the while dropping meat all over the floor . |
| 14 | Looking ahead , I suppose travel would be nice , if only the opportunity arose and I had the courage to go with it . |
| 15 | The King , having word of this in advance , provided him with a signet ring which he showed and which entitled the matter to be transferred to the King 's presence , where the accusers were roundly rebuked . |
| 16 | So he went at me , but I ducked and he hit the shelf — he broke his thumb in two places ! |
| 17 | They are unproven and overexaggerated and they miss the essential point . |
| 18 | The crowd cheered the Empress who responded with a curtsy — that famous gesture which those who witnessed it never forgot and which became the hallmark of Eugénie 's graciousness . |
| 19 | The evening was well advanced when the chancellor arrived and he found the queen-dowager lying on cushions on the rush-strewn floor . |
| 20 | She nodded and they left the house hand in hand and walked across the springy turf . |
| 21 | Zach nodded and she opened the door out on to the landing and closed it behind her . |
| 22 | Nadine nodded and he put the key away again . |
| 23 | But I had no time to reply because just then the door opened and there stood the old lady in her black lace dress . |
| 24 | Moments later it opened and he unfastened the chain securing the two doors together and eased one of them open wide enough for him to slip inside . |
| 25 | The door opened and I covered the terrible state of my face with hair . |
| 26 | Robert Hamer planned to follow Kind Hearts and Coronets with a sexually-charged film set in the West Indies , with Vivien Leigh in the key role , but this was cancelled two weeks before shooting began and he quit the studio in a huff . |
| 27 | ’ He grinned and I caught the mockery in his voice . |
| 28 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 29 | It was a relief when we felt ourselves fairly started and we enjoyed the beautiful sail down Loch Tarbert … |
| 30 | His grip slackened and she took the opportunity to tear away from him . |