Example sentences of "[verb] and [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They squirmed , shrivelled and after a brief struggle , gave up the ghost . |
| 2 | Relatively ‘ self-contained ’ and cohesive social groups such as peasants and church-going Catholics , generally knowing whom to trust and with a low level of organization in the NSDAP , were now often unrestrained in their attacks . |
| 3 | In contrast , total and LDL cholesterol concentrations did appear to influence platelet sensitivity to adrenaline and to a lesser extent ADP ( Hassall et al , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | He turned now and led her towards the door , but there he stopped and in a quiet voice said , ‘ Now , do what I tell you . |
| 5 | A successor ( all Heads of Department were eligible for election ) had proved hard to find and for a brief period the chairmanship of the Course had been taken over by the Deputy Director , Brian Tonge . |
| 6 | In the same patient haemoperitoneum and haemothorax occurred and in a further patient a large subcutaneous haematoma was seen . |
| 7 | The vocational training in engineering and technological skills which young people receive in West Germany is more thorough , better organised and of a higher standard , the young people receive in this country . |
| 8 | Food is a particular highlight — always beautifully presented and with a huge choice at every meal . |
| 9 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
| 10 | Samantha woke and for a split second imagined she was still at home , still free to stretch and rise and walk and wash , still at liberty to heed her instincts and indulge her whims . |
| 11 | In fact the unlawfulness of indiscriminate attacks was generally accepted and to a great extent maintained : although London , Coventry , Hamburg and Dresden were bombed , Paris , Rome , Oxford and Edinburgh were not . |
| 12 | George did a lot of things to keep Lennie well fed and in a happy mood . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , the SPG still exists , albeit reorganized and with a new name ( the Territorial Support Group ) . |
| 14 | Of the highest quality , generously made and with a wide choice of rigid baths and fittings . |
| 15 | He was wearing a homburg and his face was swarthy , thickly browed and with a thin moustache , which gave him the appearance of a continental . |
| 16 | The interference mysteriously stopped and through a clear line Frau Nordern 's voice boomed with all its usual authority , as if the ghost had miraculously become embodied with all the solidity of human flesh . |
| 17 | In 1955/6 budgets were generally overspent and by a larger margin than in earlier years . |
| 18 | This method — removing an aggressive nursery school child from play for a period of one minute — was compared by researchers with a scolding and orders not to hit and with a further method of distracting ( i.e. redirecting ) him to other play . |
| 19 | Leaves are narrow , bright green , tapering to a point at the tip , wavy or crinkled and with a bold midrib with two parallel veins on either side of it . |
| 20 | Of course , records are there to be broken and with a little luck , well , who knows ? |
| 21 | Despite a rising demand for operations , the latest analysis of the waiting list shows that more people are being treated and at a faster rate than ever before . |
| 22 | From where will recovery in housing come , with interest rates at their present level , with house prices still having some way to fall and with a huge overhang of unsold houses ? |
| 23 | ‘ Dalglish is the first ex-Liverpool manager to return to Anfield in over 70yearsscharge of a new Dalglish 's decision to abandon the club in the run-in to the 1990-91 season still rankles with many around Merseyside , but Souness insists that should not affect the warmth of his reception , saying : ‘ Kenny should be remembered as the greatest player this club has had and as a successful manager . |
| 24 | The first compared face-to-face interviewing both with telephone interviewing and with a mixed-mode approach . |
| 25 | Then he , too , turned and without a backward glance went out into the passage , slamming the door . |
| 26 | Just then the shape turned and with a fierce cry attacked Mr Rochester violently . |
| 27 | Lizzie turned and in a low voice said to Peggy , ‘ They get their money easy , the ones who write that stuff . ’ |
| 28 | I see it fantastically in the pages of books I read and in a true sense I see life through the leaves of the willow tree . |
| 29 | ‘ It needs money spending on it all the time to keep it going and in a fair state of maintenance . |
| 30 | And , since most of your readers will be women , you should also describe the clothes other characters wear and to a lesser extent the rooms in which they meet each other . |