Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [vb pp] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alida Thorne sat rigid until the calling ceased and the house folded back into silence , and her clock showed twenty minutes past twelve . |
| 2 | Gerrard raised his hands again , and this time his control over them was so complete that the applause stopped and there was silence . |
| 3 | Rigge v. Bell ( 1793 ) 5 Durn. & E. 471 a parol agreement for a seven-year lease did not comply with the Statute of Frauds 1677 but the tenant entered and paid a yearly rent and it was held that he was tenant from year to year on the terms of the agreement . |
| 4 | The pages of the book were dog-eared and the cover scored and discoloured . |
| 5 | It was an appalling journey ; the sea was very rough and the frigate pitched and rolled throughout the night . |
| 6 | The television was not very good and the voice crackled and faded from time to time . |
| 7 | But by that time er we were n't there very long and the war finished and I was there in for a year after that in , in er Germany . |
| 8 | Hence , a pound paid out is worth more than a pound retained and reinvested . |
| 9 | In 1933 its total membership was believed to be about 300 , but the cost of a fund-raising appeal for £25,000 proved to be more than the sum collected and the movement went £800 into debt . |
| 10 | A report in the American journal of Epidemiology says that a father 's sperm and a mother 's womb may be damaged by smoking and that the chances of cancer developing in their children were 20 per cent higher when the man smoked and 30 per cent higher when the woman smoked . |
| 11 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 12 | Patrick Motors ' interest in car design goes back to the '30s when the company designed and built its own ‘ Patrick Specials ’ . |
| 13 | Then everyone fell silent as the preacher entered and the service began . |
| 14 | Nicholas still denies the exchange was anything like as bad as the court supposed and although he paid £1,300 damages to the victim , h e remains adamant that an injustice was done . |