Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Galileo had already opened the door to natural philosophy , and Hobbes supposed he was following Gilbert , Kepler , Gassendi , Harvey , and Mersenne , through it . |
| 2 | He had a winging moustache and a goatee beard but he moved tentatively , uncertainly , and Melanie guessed it was Finn who worked him . |
| 3 | Waterman hit back saying both Kylie and Jason knew they were successful actors before their pop success and were aware of the dangers . |
| 4 | And Arabella knew she was pregnant — she would have wanted to take care . |
| 5 | ‘ I was talking about some of the funny things that happen there and Mum said it was the sort of place he should be going to . ’ |
| 6 | He sat me down roughly on the sofa and Mum said she was going to find out what I was on about . |
| 7 | Her routine never varied by a second and Honor thought it was probably the spell of freedom after luncheon which enabled her to remain sane . |
| 8 | In London , the City Panel of Takeovers and Mergers said it was following the situation . |
| 9 | In the kitchen Mrs Blackham said Lavinia looked a little tired and Lavinia said she was , a little . |
| 10 | Colette spoke of her as one of the things sent to try us , and Bernard said she was failing . |
| 11 | The woman had left the bags and O saw she was walking back to the child , he heard her heels , but O did not stay to see what she did to the child ( and so he did not see her pick the child up in her arms and hold him tight ) ; he turned quickly , and left the station as fast as he could . |
| 12 | And Jim said she was going far too fast , took up all three car lengths , parked cars to stop . |
| 13 | FEDERAL officials yesterday made one arrest in their search for the bombers of the World Trade Centre in New York and authorities said they were looking for other suspects . |
| 14 | His normally rubicund visage looked wan and strained and Denis thought he was breathing a little heavily . |
| 15 | Er certainly Forest believed it was and Ward believed it was a free kick you could tell by the expression on his face . |
| 16 | Belinda said she did n't have a boyfriend , but Brenda , Liese and Ellen knew she was having an affair with a married man . |
| 17 | Sue was talking as they went , describing the scene , and Kathleen realised they were on air live again . |
| 18 | A nurse sat on Dot 's bed and unwrapped it and Dot knew it was from Mrs Hollidaye . |
| 19 | They drew near the trees and Corbett felt he was entering a different world . |
| 20 | The alleyway was narrow , lined with darkened doorways ; some had shadows deeper than the rest and Corbett knew he was being watched . |
| 21 | He could n't look at me and Ann cause we was laughing . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it 's fine , ’ he said quietly , and Zach knew he was speaking truthfully . |
| 23 | His eyebrow lifted , and Meredith realised he was paying her close attention . |
| 24 | Berta , as usual , tried to keep up with them , and Jean noticed she was becoming breathless . |
| 25 | And Lucy knew they were there to be lovers , Jay knew like her heartbeat that they would make love . |
| 26 | He has been working in this vein since the late Sixties , when only hippies , greens and cranks thought it was important . |
| 27 | His age made him senior partner , and Gemma wished he were not . |
| 28 | It had been in his possession for quite a while and Broomhead felt it was about time he sold the thing . |
| 29 | Their swords rang together , and Riven knew he was the weaker man . |
| 30 | He had picked them out unerringly and Maggie assumed it was because they were clearly too poor-looking to be guests here . |