Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An intelligent training system was designed and developed to support the development of this fault-finding expertise . |
| 2 | Refineries have been designed and optimised to produce the Fuels at present in demand . |
| 3 | It is , therefore , proven that a combi-steaner is not only an advantage in the commercial kitchen , but an essential ingredient designed and built to make the chef 's life easier and to realise dramatic savings so that it quickly pays for itself . |
| 4 | It seems that they are designed and marketed to challenge the world 's top players to the extreme . |
| 5 | Neville Shute , the eminent author , widely known for his book A Town called Alice , once resided in Howden , along with Barnes Wallis , one of the greatest inventors of the 20th century , who designed and helped to build the airship R100 . |
| 6 | He rose and began to prowl the room . |
| 7 | She made a belated grab for her wits while Guy rose and went to answer the summons , exchanging a few murmured words with whoever was on the other side of the door . |
| 8 | Cranston roared as he rose and went to fetch the boots standing in the comer . |
| 9 | The last heard of Gert was in 1943 when he tried and failed to join the RA F. Bloomsbury House urged him to settle for the Pioneers . |
| 10 | After his father 's death in 1900 , Pearse became head of his family and , along with his brother , tried and failed to keep the family firm prosperous . |
| 11 | Labour tried and failed to make the election a referendum on these changes . |
| 12 | Inevitably many book sand much schoolwork was destroyed by the fire but there is at least some good news … the Holy Tinity pet gerbils were rescued and survived to tell the tale . |
| 13 | I bathed and changed and decided to start the evening with the bounce of Sidney Bechet . |
| 14 | Consequently , as stories reached the capital of excessive clampdowns and criticisms , the leadership were unnerved and had to halt the campaign before it got out of hand . |
| 15 | Gedge remembers long periods of silence each time Charman visited and begged to rejoin the group . |
| 16 | Half believing that his leg was broken , he stooped and tried to fend the object off with his hands . |
| 17 | One patient receiving cyclosporin had severe nausea and vomiting and had to discontinue the study after one year . |
| 18 | If the Minister attended and attempted to make the type of speech that he made here he would be laughed at . |
| 19 | Both Byzantium and Rome felt themselves threatened and attempted to suppress the Bogomils . |
| 20 | Goods are framed and displayed to entice the customer , and shopping becomes an overtly symbolic event . |
| 21 | After several twists and tilts , the sediment is not only disturbed and encouraged to leave the sides of the bottle , but the bottle finally achieves a fully inverted position ready for dégorgement . |
| 22 | Stranded cotton is the best to use because the six strands can be separated and re-combined to make the thickness you require . |
| 23 | in whom the power to discontinue any criminal proceedings at any stage before judgment is delivered is vested by section 94(3) ( c ) of the Constitution of Jamaica , considered that the plea of guilty to manslaughter should not have been accepted and decided to discontinue the proceedings in this case in order that the defendant might be charged with the murder on a fresh indictment . |
| 24 | He placed two of the sticks at right angles overlapping and began to twist the wire to fix the two sticks together . |
| 25 | Goodwill , one of Mr Garner 's pet projects and the subject , he believes , that got him noticed and invited to join the ASB , is also on the agenda . |
| 26 | The Dutch couple stopped and began to inspect the merchandise . |
| 27 | If women do not manage to enter the decision-making strongholds of the unions , there is a danger that they will end up as in the past , manipulated and exploited to serve the interests of the male hierarchy . |
| 28 | It is natural that some of these stories were developed and adapted to make the message of the Gospel relevant to people of differing backgrounds to the Jews . |
| 29 | Inevitably this led to confusion as to where the centre of power and decision-making really lay and seemed to preclude the maintenance of a coherent policy . |
| 30 | He could feel it as a line of cherry heat across his back when he turned and began to climb the stairs more carefully . |