Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inspired by the coral coasts of Papua New Guinea ( where Liz lived and worked for nine years ) , this aquarium on silk is made by using a rubber-based glue called gutta in the same way that wax is used in the batik process . |
| 2 | Where characters appeared and disappeared at random , and the plot was therefore ever-changing and never got anywhere . |
| 3 | And as he climbed into the car and started the chilled engine , he had to make a very strong effort indeed to close the door on the compartment of his mind where Marjorie belonged and open wide the door to careful logical thinking about the project and this newest complication . |
| 4 | There was no light in the window , so Vasilissa knocked and went in . |
| 5 | Once Chuck turned and grinned delightedly at her as he paused to mop his brow , and she smiled warmly back . |
| 6 | Drab and perhaps a little the worse for wear , sedate in unpretentious boards or cloth , they are cherished far more than copies reclothed and bedecked in elegant calf and morocco . |
| 7 | Paleontologists such as Edward Drinker Cope ( 1840–97 ) and Alpheus Hyatt ( 1838–1902 ) argued that evolution was a more purposeful process than Darwin imagined and suggested that Lamarckism would allow living things to play an active role in determining their species ' evolution . |
| 8 | When one dhāmi died the god chose another and was embodied in him so that , although dhāmis came and went , the god 's reputation endured . |
| 9 | ‘ So Constanza went and met her mother halfway at Nice . |
| 10 | This apparent contradiction is only resolved when we realize that man in his ( sic ) present state is sub-human — ie less than God intended and created . |
| 11 | Once Allen checked and called on Marian to come back to him . |
| 12 | Although Jenny kicked and shouted , lay on the floor and screamed , her father ignored her tantrum ; eventually Jenny calmed down and began to play . |
| 13 | There was no answer to that , so Charles sat and looked out over the water to Steen 's bungalow . |
| 14 | As presentation day grew closer with Mark racing against time to complete the plan and finalise the slide illustrations , so Klepner read and re-read it until he had almost learnt it off by heart . |
| 15 | He loved soccer and could n't remember baseball ; neither could he remember California , except for a vague recollection of sunshine and a white house and what seemed an enormous swimming pool , although Clare laughed and told him it had really been quite small — for LA . |
| 16 | If Alexei understood and absorbed the derogatory allusion to Imperial subjects from the colonial outworlds , he ignored it . |
| 17 | Annie held the kiss , both hands to her lover 's cheeks , using her tongue until Tessa responded and washed Ellwood away . |
| 18 | That had been rather exciting and they were prepared to recount it at considerable length until Narouz intervened and told them to shut up . |
| 19 | He waited until Ace shrugged and stepped aside , and then he walked steadily to the TARDIS , drawing in his wake Lacuna , Britta , Ace , Francis , Elaine , Defries and Bernice . |
| 20 | Else he did n't know what done , until Davey went and told her . |
| 21 | This enabled us not only to check the quality of the work but also to help if problems arose and to show the importance we attached to the role of the interviewers . |
| 22 | Rose clung to Dieter 's hand and refused to budge ; there followed a heated altercation between Dora and Dieter until Jack intervened and managed , using a quiet diplomacy that further increased Melissa 's respect for him , to persuade them both to withdraw . |
| 23 | If people came and put money into the commune … |
| 24 | Accumulation could be maintained only if wages rose and scrapping accelerated . |
| 25 | A fine fool she 'd look if Silas returned and found her in a state of emotional upset . |
| 26 | I joined a party to climb down the great west cliffs to the boulder scree of Carn Mør , where we stayed until darkness fell and listened to the calls of Manx shearwater , Leach 's and storm petrels as they came in from the ocean to feed their young , hidden deep under the boulders . |
| 27 | What if Cal 's mum would n't have Vern in the house — if Dad went and had that heart attack — if Vern started acting super-weird or stole the family silver … |
| 28 | She imagined it might settle down if she removed her brassière , but what if Dotty noticed and made some personal remark about her growth ? |
| 29 | This may have been a conscious effort on Æthelred 's part to divide Olaf from Swegen , with the intention that he should then conquer Norway ( as he did ) and be a thorn in Swegen 's flesh ( as he was , until Swegen defeated and killed him ) . |
| 30 | Gina fell into a routine of taking Magnus to the gardens early , before she went to help Margaret at the gallery ; she had to get up anyway because Magnus woke and whined after the milkman had been round , and in the small flat the whimpering seemed to penetrate everywhere . |