Example sentences of "and [vb past] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little maid whom Elisa had seen earlier standing by the door in the sitting room came into the dining room on both occasions and whispered something into his ear . |
| 2 | Then he leaned forward and whispered something into his left ear . |
| 3 | I watched as he sat next to him , and whispered something into his ear , the small man cringed slightly and looked as the middle aged woman had done at the tattered ‘ Summer Sun ’ adverts . |
| 4 | She disappeared , then reappeared behind the counter and whispered something to the girl who was on duty there . |
| 5 | The proprietor took over , and was still serving the portions when one of the waitresses came in and whispered something to Delaney . |
| 6 | Cousin Jane looked across at her and smiled and whispered something to Mike . |
| 7 | When the firemen finally arrived I pointed at the sacrificial pyre still burning and burbled something about my priceless slide-collection . |
| 8 | They were opened with huge and ancient keys , and led one into a secret world of liquid green shadows . |
| 9 | So you did n't have a letter there and then and asked something about was it put into writing . |
| 10 | and erm , they were absolutely chocker , they were really full and he said erm , I sa , he said he had n't had to fill them up at all in all the time that it 's been running , and no , I asked him if he had any enquiries and nobody stopped him and asked anything about it , and then he turned to the other lad who was beside him the sales assistant and he said no I 've had no enquiries at all , so that was it . |
| 11 | Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 . |
| 12 | Ornamental grasses also featured here and became something of a talking point , especially Carex comans ‘ Bronze Form ’ . |
| 13 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 14 | Gail said : ‘ I would love to do it again — I had a good time and met lots of interesting people including great athletes such as Britain 's Colin Jackson . |
| 15 | They , they did have the option that they could have had complete absolute egalitarianism and made everybody into a poor peasant , but the commun but the commun the Communist Party were progressive and they s saw that how that you needed to have industrialization in order to increase the welfare of peasants which was their ultimate aim , and I mean it appears that how that they did n't actually care er what kinds of means they 'd have to achieve that , as in capitalism was justified in this longer term perspective . |
| 16 | It started as a movement , that is again the critics that is that again the critics picked it up and made something of it worth discussing in the mid-sixties . |
| 17 | In a book by Dürer he read a description of a perspective device and made one for himself . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , some people say he died in the town , always trying to make a broom that would last ; others say he just gave up and wasted away , others that he got somebody else to make the brooms and found somebody to provide better twigs , and got people to sell the brooms in other towns and cities , and hired more people to make more brooms , and built a broom-making factory , and made lots of money and had a splendid house made … |
| 19 | I would cheerfully go into the alchemy business , if it existed and made lots of money … |
| 20 | He reappeared carrying two glasses that tinkled with ice and passed one over the fence to the woman . |
| 21 | She was alone in the world and owned nothing but the clothes in which she stood , a small attaché case filled with important things and a brown paper carrier bag containing shoes , stockings , and two crystal goblets carefully wrapped in a pair of white cotton knickers . |
| 22 | Scott had no interest in philosophy and owned nothing by Hobbes , Hume , Hutcheson , Reid or Monboddo . |
| 23 | While Scotland 's forwards have battled hard and bravely and produced plenty of ball all season , the back division have been left far behind in talent and imagination . |
| 24 | If Alison Watt , poor little sausage , had measured the Queen Mum from ear to ear , and got everything in the right place in the same picture , people would probably tell her she was a genius . |
| 25 | The vicar ‘ came down to the steps at the top of the nave , accompanied by a server with a basket of palms and we all went up and got one except J[ack] . ’ |
| 26 | They have that particular one because the two little girls wanted to be bridesmaid 's , have just been bridesmaid 's and have these dresses and Anna thought the colour was so pretty , cos she went into Laura Ashley and got one in the sale of last years stock . |
| 27 | I spoke to lots of different people , and got plenty of information . |
| 28 | And got lots of good friends and Le Lesley 's always super erm to fall back on . |
| 29 | Cornelius helped Tuppe on to a stool and found one for himself . |
| 30 | They wanted a new start and found one in the form of nearby Hangman 's Wood , owned by the Marley Paving company . |