Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But the court disregarded this and imposed a heavy sentence on the 27-year-old from north Staffordshire .
2 Hastings Borough Council had been pursuing compulsory purchase of the building but , in the light of surveyors ' reports apparently quoting costs of £2.5 million for repairs alone , made a last-minute decision against this and served a Dangerous Structures Notice instead .
3 After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle .
4 Hilda , deep in her reading , nevertheless perked up at this and shot a sharp glance in Mr Kronweiser 's direction .
5 Then scratchmen Scott and Monaghan , along with Downey ( Clann Eireann ) , broke clear and opened a small gap .
6 Patients were seen weekly and kept a daily symptom diary .
7 The post was very interesting and involved a good blend of research , teaching and clinical work .
8 Police have accepted their officers were in the wrong and sent a written apology to the family .
9 Joanne was 4 years old and attended a private nursery in a private housing estate within a large city .
10 He was illiterate and possessed a limited knowledge of English , and had a partner who was unscrupulous ; he was utterly vulnerable , a lamb to the slaughter , taken in by a rotter .
11 Serbia was occupied in 1439 and became a Turkish province , but Murad 's siege of Belgrade in 1440 was repulsed by the Hungarians .
12 Edward Heath disbanded the government and parliament of Northern Ireland in March 1972 and created a new post of secretary of state for Northern Ireland .
13 She had lain on her bed at her farmhouse home on January 2 and put a double-barrelled shotgun to her head .
14 Richardson scored 53 and shared a second wicket partnership of 141 with man-of-the-match Lara , who hit 14 boundaries and made his runs from 132 deliveries before being run out .
15 ‘ That is , he was pockmarked , devious and smiled a great deal when he was in trouble . ’
16 He glimpsed the enemy overshooting and banking steeply away , half-rolled and took a snap shot at a dappled D-V , then saw Finlayson behind it and yet another D-V behind him .
17 The first well , with a 700-metre horizontal wellbore , was successfully geosteered through the predicted 8–10m layers , guided by a detailed sedimentological model framed by 3D seismic and proved a technical success .
18 Joined the Group in 1985 and played a major role in developing the Group 's gas turbine division .
19 In such areas the landscape was as much medieval as in the open-field lands but it was very different and had a different pattern of settlement within it .
20 Fair-haired , he was clean shaven and had a strong face .
21 Mr Athulathmudali had defected from the ruling United National Party in 1991 and led a powerful opposition group , the Democratic United National Front .
22 Sanchez cupped the coal of the joint and took a long toke .
23 The plaintiff was the stepdaughter of the deceased and had a close relationship with him .
24 He said he was feeling sick and numb and had a crushing pain .
25 I remember nothing there except a girl in the top class , who was fair-haired and had a bright complexion , and I see her now in my mind 's eye outstretched , lying upon her back on the floor .
26 They were most amenable and forwarded a corrected contract without delay .
27 Arthurton denied the Australian attack for seven hours 45 minutes in his seventh test , hitting 16 fours and one six and overshadowed a fine bowling performance by paceman Bruce Reid , who took five for 112 .
28 The Nutcracker suite in this charming 17th-century inn is so called because the low-ceilinged doorway has an exposed beam which has caught out the unwary and cracked a few heads in its time .
29 Then her heart stopped aching and did a painful jerk .
30 It was dark and had a tiny window .
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