Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They laughed a little hysterically , and whispered to each other to be quiet and then laughed again , drunk with the joy of touching hands and the scent of their bodies in the dark . |
| 2 | Slowly , they got together at the far end of the house and whispered to each other . |
| 3 | So they sat on a blanket and clung to each other , tears streaming down their cheeks . |
| 4 | This , coupled with the corruption and favouritism of many of the officials who administered it , made it widely unpopular and led to much evasion of the obligations it imposed . |
| 5 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 6 | On May 13th , after days of heavy selling by the markets — and heavy buying by Spain 's central bank — the government suspended its obligation to defend the peseta , and asked for another realignment of the system . |
| 7 | How we laughed and rode throughout that day , |
| 8 | They bantered and argued with each other , laughed raucously , became angry and fell into sulks , changing moods as quickly and as unpredictably as children . |
| 9 | The Secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting such minutes to be produced , and read and passed at each sederunt . |
| 10 | A motion was proposed and passed at that meeting , which set out general suggestions concerning a possible way forward . |
| 11 | He could also play a variety of instruments ( and passed on this ability to his children ) and knew songs and melodies which had never been written down — just passed on from ear to ear via generations of Dalesmen . |
| 12 | The huge whorled fingers uncurled and passed on either side of his waist . |
| 13 | Maybe Daine had gone dybbuk and passed into another body . |
| 14 | Then , it is said , Aenarion lay down beside his steed and passed from that age of the world . |
| 15 | I hope you 'll pick out what 's got to come from the East Midlands National airport , can I remind you that a list of that has already been made and passed by this council when there was not a Conservative majority and that had on it about seventy traffic calming schemes bottlenecks 'll be done all over this county which in themselves save accidents and save lives . |
| 16 | He was a brilliant scholar , and lived for some time at ‘ Titeup Hall , ’ Dalton . |
| 17 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 18 | Through this work she met and married a dashing test pilot who was the son of a wealthy Boston brain surgeon , had two children and lived in some style on Long Island where Jack spent many holiday breaks , lapping up the upper-class luxury . |
| 19 | ‘ I messed around with it and got into this thing of splitting up the amps because I always thought that the guitar was a bit flat in mono . |
| 20 | specifically and tailored to that child . |
| 21 | After they had eaten and sunbathed a little , they cleared everything away and moved to another hedge to pick more berries . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , you ca n't do that here , ’ said the Dormouse crossly , and he got up and moved to another seat . |
| 23 | The man eyed Doyle contemptuously then muttered something to himself and moved to another table and sat down . |
| 24 | She was rejected by her family and moved to another town , where she struggled to bring up her son alone and unsupported . |
| 25 | ‘ Paula jumped into her car and drove to the house and moved in that day . |
| 26 | a purely modern translation , what could you use for windows of heaven , and Niall is suggesting clouds , the clouds were stopped , the an and stopped in this sense means closed , the windows of heaven were closed . |
| 27 | If the paddocks can be topped and harrowed after each grazing , a more even , tussock-free sward can be maintained . |
| 28 | Their voices rose , pure and distinct in the clear air as they laughed and shouted to each other . |
| 29 | Benjamin turned and shouted for more wine . |
| 30 | I 've been and watched and contributed to some degree , erm or at least in listening to the reports of governors at the school , erm , in the allocation of some of their contracts , which of course include some being let under L M S and some being let under G M S , with regard to building and cleaning , they were very disappointed with the presentation that the D S O gave , and even though the D S O was eight thousand pounds less than the competing bidder , O C S , they gave the contract to O C S , and a report has had to be made to the district auditor to give their reasons . |