Example sentences of "[verb] and [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( a ) He can arrest where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an arrestable offence has been committed and he has reasonable grounds for suspecting the person to be guilty of the offence . |
| 2 | As the storm receded and the thunder became a distant grumbling , Cullam 's shoulders dropped and he lifted sullen eyes . |
| 3 | For some reason or other , ever since the last meeting with Leon Shelly in the hotel lobby , and my introduction to Hellen Semmens , my interest in Shelly Films seemed to increase and I found several occasions on which to ring Hellen about arrangements for the further use of CBC announcers . |
| 4 | In the nineteenth century this all changed because opiates became much more widely and cheaply available so er babies were dosed with paregoric to stop them crying erm er and subsequently in the twentieth century that stopped and we do other things now . |
| 5 | I got caught and it took six policemen to hold me down . |
| 6 | His face was rouged and he wore voluminous skirts covered in electric light bulbs — powered by a huge battery strapped to a leg . |
| 7 | But he checked every bit of my work of course and so most of the time do it by himself and let and me do other things . |
| 8 | He managed to blurt out at one stage in the proceedings : ‘ I did n't have any dollars , no gold , I do n't smoke and I earn 3,500 lei a month . ’ |
| 9 | No press release was made and I experienced extraordinary difficulties in trying to obtain the 1985 échelle des crus , Quite why this historic event was clothed in such secrecy is a mystery . |
| 10 | Well that 's right cos they were thinking of erm , mind you they 've stop , they 've already parted and they stopped two days in and then |
| 11 | The knot under his chin was still firmly fastened and he had extensive burns on his head and face . |
| 12 | Well they could address their letters to myself Councillor David Poole or Councillor Stuart Argyle to the Council House erm the suggestion you know er their the thoughts the thoughts on this what er they could er erm help us in our campaign and also about the leaf stem as well if they want to write to me at the Council House suggesting and I mean proper places to where it should go because that 's really up to County Council but er at least if I had some suggestions we can pass them over to the County Council where where it could go . |
| 13 | This failed and I spent three days in a state of constant terror before my ( surprisingly ! ) safe arrival in Ladakh . |
| 14 | ‘ One man has apparently sustained a serious head injury after the belay on his rope failed and he fell fifty feet down a pitch to the rock floor . |
| 15 | If the Government are serious about promoting equal opportunities , I challenge them to reintroduce contract compliance , which they outlawed and which provides genuine incentives and practical advice to firms that wish to follow equal opportunities policies . |
| 16 | We make every effort to provide information for donors about how their donations are used and we take positive steps to seek donors ' views . |
| 17 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 18 | Marketing teams analyze this data to produce profiles of those who give and they use these profiles to better target fundraising drives . |
| 19 | I said I 'll ha take one pair and er the lady 's called Irene , she 's had the shop for years and years mum always gets and I got those stockings for you |
| 20 | And I know and I know these families have got young children and so on , and surely they too would like a break from it , for the children ? |
| 21 | Well as I say she 's , she said she 's had sitting and er ache you know and she has these things just to keep going , she has taken up inside her , just to keep going , that 's why she goes and has that like I had to examine inside that no more has grown and all the things inside her |
| 22 | The more you pass the more money you get and you get better qualifications . |
| 23 | In the aftermath of Mountbatten 's murder in August 1979 , Charles 's friendship with Lady Amanda developed and he spent several weekends in her company as they tried to come to terms with their loss . |
| 24 | How do the constitutional procedures and general political procedures in the other countries of the EC compare and what do these differences tell us about their attitudes to European integration ? |
| 25 | Thus he became known and he declined repeated calls to important churches before accepting the challenge of the debt-burdened Whitefield 's Tabernacle in Tottenham Court Road , London . |
| 26 | Luckily none of them was hurt and none caused any accidents . ’ |
| 27 | As the last said , it does not have to be , 'cos you felt that someone else had some more energy , 'cos you 're praying for energy performs and you sited some examples . |
| 28 | But suddenly everything clicked and he had four birdies in a row from the eleventh . |
| 29 | that 's where we went and we saw those lads who 'd be about our age , so funny , right one night |
| 30 | Went and I saw some monkeys though . |