Example sentences of "[noun] sighed [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His killer sighed and pocketed the pistol . |
| 2 | Shiona sighed and leaned back against the pillows . |
| 3 | Lucy sighed and fell silent again . |
| 4 | Emilia sighed and released her grip . |
| 5 | Emilia sighed and waved a weak , refusing hand . |
| 6 | Marie sighed and pulled out a dining-chair from under the table . |
| 7 | The superintendent sighed and sat back in her chair , asking Jane to tell her side of the story . |
| 8 | The superintendent sighed and turned the paper round and round in her hands as if it were a visual conundrum that could be solved by approaching the problem from an unexpected angle . |
| 9 | Corbett sighed and shook his head in disbelief . |
| 10 | Bobby sighed and turned to the chairman but he was in earnest conversation with a ponderous constable . |
| 11 | Tammuz sighed and clawed his hair . |
| 12 | Blufton sighed and chopped the air decisively with his right hand . |
| 13 | Blufton sighed and furrowed his brows . |
| 14 | Hari sighed and returned to her task , the shoes she was making were for Emily Grenfell . |
| 15 | Bull O'Malley sighed and nodded . |
| 16 | Roirbak sighed and rubbed his face . |
| 17 | Roirbak sighed and shrugged . |
| 18 | Alan sighed and turned over , and she curled herself around his curved back , and waited for a more friendly sleep to claim her . |
| 19 | Ross sighed and shook his head . |
| 20 | Ronni sighed and lay back on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread . |
| 21 | Benson sighed and sipped some more gin . |
| 22 | Anabelle sighed and hung her head . |
| 23 | The scullion sighed and pointed with its arm . |
| 24 | Carol sighed and reached for a tissue from the bedside table . |
| 25 | Fitzormonde sighed and blew his cheeks out . |
| 26 | Mr Browning sighed and put his arms round his wife 's heaving shoulders and drew her to him . |
| 27 | Roman sighed and slid the zip back up and smoothed her crumpled veil . |
| 28 | Isabel sighed and subsided . |
| 29 | Isabel sighed and decided she was going to remain hungry for a while longer . |
| 30 | The elderly admiral sighed and penned his name to yet another scrap of printed paper . |