Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He worked for the British Ministry of Information in New York during 1915 , returning to England in 1916 to enlist with the Irish Guards , but was wounded and invalided out in 1917 . |
| 2 | The sentence and punishment is decided and carried out in private . |
| 3 | The jewel was almost in his grasp ; almost about to be displayed and photographed and written up in all the right journals : a jewel he himself had traced , and one he 'd worked so hard to get donated to the Ashmolean . |
| 4 | From now on , every rehearsal should be arranged and set up in this way , so that your band will sound the same every time you rehearse . |
| 5 | The first book , A Plea for the Faithful Restoration of our Ancient Churches , was based on a lecture that he had given and came out in 1850 . |
| 6 | It had had its own peculiar smell , compounded of wax polish and the pot-pourri Aunt Lou made and put out in little dishes in every room . |
| 7 | Having seen its share of contracts with the ministry dwindle to ‘ practically zero ’ in 1987 , Mr De Benedetti says Olivetti capitulated and paid up in 1988 . |
| 8 | Some were built by lairds for their own estates , or by burghs for the benefit of their citizens , to provide fresh meat during winter when , before the introduction of turnips as winter fodder , cattle had to be slaughtered and salted down in wooden tubs . |
| 9 | Cos that 's where my father was born and brought up in that old house . |
| 10 | ‘ They are born and brought up in this country and subject to peer group pressure from the dominant culture in the 16–24 age group . ’ |
| 11 | This raises questions regarding the extent to which the standardised scores provide a useful basis of comparison for children born and brought up in this country . |
| 12 | I was born and brought up in this town and I thought and hoped my future was here . |
| 13 | Behind her she could hear Jack calmly telling everyone to go and shower and change and come back in full barrier gear . |
| 14 | Harold was about eight or nine and he was always playing and running about in that meadow yonder . ’ |
| 15 | And second , it must be conceived and laid out in such a way as to support existing shops and shopping streets . |
| 16 | These have to be tested and followed up in new lines of inquiry . |
| 17 | The attitudes are realised and represented in institutionalised and ritualised forms in which respect and contempt are tested and meted out in particular societies |
| 18 | It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic . |