Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although born and brought up in England , Alfred found filming in Italy like going home . |
| 2 | The panic was absorbed by his warmth , the hard resilient muscles of his body , absorbed and drawn and sucked out of her . |
| 3 | I was born and bred and grew up in Rossendale Valley and left at the age of 27 . |
| 4 | Thursday dawned as dully as the day before and Fabia got out of bed and went through the routine of getting showered and dressed and going down to breakfast with a total lack of enthusiasm or appetite . |
| 5 | We applied to hire it but were told it was not available until refurbished and handed over to the community association . |
| 6 | Woodworm and beetle infestation makes much of it unsuitable for structural work but treated and cleaned up with an adze to give it the right period look , much of it could be put to good decorative effect . |
| 7 | Old Donald looked at her , shocked and her son straightened as though lashed and flung out of the house . |
| 8 | Regional and municipal elections planned for Dec. 6 were held as scheduled and passed off without incident , despite the shadow cast over them by the Nov. 27 abortive military coup , the second attempt during 1992 [ see p. 39185 ] . |
| 9 | The ice not so much broken as dynamited and blown out of the water , they were both giggling like kids out of school . |
| 10 | A month or so later Anna 's mother got a kitten , a grey tabby tom kitten , who was very affectionate from the start , sat on her lap , purred loudly when stroked and snuggled up in her arms , though Anna was sure her mother had not stopped having baths or using perfume . |
| 11 | All prisoners serving a year or more will be put on licence when released and supervised up to the three-quarter point of their sentence and , for some sex offenders until the end of their sentence ; |