Example sentences of "and [vb past] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And strew palm branches beneath the donkey 's hooves . |
| 2 | Both identified a single problem and devised policy solutions without an acknowledgement of the possibility of political change and the removal of the root causes of ‘ the problem ’ . |
| 3 | He dropped to his knees in the turf , now trampled into glistening , half-dried mud , and plunged head and shoulders under the ochre-tinted lintel . |
| 4 | In comers landed clumsily and made their tricky way nest ward ; outgoers waddled to the edge of the rock and plunged sea wards . |
| 5 | One ice-breaker went over the top on the Oxford Canal at Nell 's Bridge on Saturday and plunged neck deep into freezing water |
| 6 | So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance . |
| 7 | The theory under attack was the notion that a band of prophets , under the leadership of William Wilberforce , had roused the conscience of a corrupted nation and led humanity to a decisive victory over the evils of materialism , avarice and human exploitation . |
| 8 | After Indira Gandhi 's assassination in 1984 , Rajiv was swiftly sworn in as her successor [ see p. 33220 ] and led Congress ( I ) to a massive victory in a general election held at the end of the year [ see pp. 33464-66 ] . |
| 9 | When the rise in rents from 1912 onwards threatened to overwhelm the family economy it was women who protested and led rent strikes , for example in Leeds and , more famously , Glasgow , leading to the imposition of rent control in 1915 . |
| 10 | She polished the chrome , and wiped sand away from the stained-glass frontage , but it was finally useless , just another piece of garbage from a past that could have happened to someone else for all the trace it had left on her . |
| 11 | Culley ducked his face into his shoulder and wiped sweat on to his shirt . |
| 12 | He took out a handkerchief and wiped sweat from his face . |
| 13 | Harris set down his empty beer mug , took out a handkerchief and wiped foam from his mouth . |
| 14 | Many banks , for example , lacked proper reserves and lent money far too easily to finance the stock market speculation . |
| 15 | Summit leaders recommended that " most-favoured-nation treatment should be applied to trade with the new states [ of the former Soviet Union ] " and lent support for " a phased strategy of co-operation between the Russian government and the IMF [ International Monetary Fund ] " conditional upon " necessary macro-economic conditions [ being ] in place " . |
| 16 | Walter Stocker , the head of the Red Cross team trying to deal with the refugee crisis in the central African state , said hordes of peasants had been trekking south since guerrillas of the Rwanda Patriotic Front broke a seven-month ceasefire and attacked army positions on 8 February . |
| 17 | He said only the Tories offered hope to small businesses and attacked Labour 's minimum wage policy , commenting : ‘ One man 's minimum wage would be another man 's P45 . ’ |
| 18 | He said only the Tories offered hope to small businesses and attacked Labour 's minimum wage policy , commenting : ‘ One man 's minimum wage would be another man 's P45 . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Like I said , I walked up to him and asked –in what the idea was . |
| 20 | He could not help overhearing , in April 1986 , that North was about to go to Tehran , and asked Earl about it ; considering they were sitting side by side on the sofa , he said , it was bizarre to have one man briefed and the other not . |
| 21 | Two of the party , Katie Ball and Dorothy Smith also wrote and asked Air Mail to give their exploits a mention . |
| 22 | Prime Minister Jan Olszewski said that his newly-formed government had had no time to prepare its own budget , and asked parliament " with a heavy heart and a true sense of responsibility " to accept the measures before it . |
| 23 | When he 'd finished he stood up and asked Dad the time of the funeral so , he said , he could be there with the other brothers and sisters and the band . |
| 24 | Emmie only minded because sometimes when Marjorie came in she looked round her in a funny way , sharp and frowning and asked Dad if Mrs Hellyer could n't come more often . |
| 25 | She leaned on the table — her head jutting forward , wisps of iron-grey hair sticking from beneath the cap which she had not yet changed for a wig — and asked Midnight : ‘ What do y'know of the Captain 's affairs ? |
| 26 | Nicholas went to the King and asked leave to absent himself for four days . |
| 27 | In April US President Bush announced the provision of US$18,000,000 in food aid and asked Congress to approve US$10,000,000 in support funds and US$3,000,000 for the electoral programme for the fiscal year 1991 . |
| 28 | Ins Terry Johnson said the type of theft had not happened in the town for some time and asked store owners and staff to be on their guard . |
| 29 | He explained what his chief inspector wanted to do and asked advice . |
| 30 | They also revealed that Lisa was fond of visiting the countryside and coast , and asked property owners to check outbuildings in case she had taken refuge from the bad weather . |