Example sentences of "and [verb] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the period , the District appeared to develop a policy of containment of its gradually mounting deficit and became habituated to an existence of permanent indebtedness . |
| 2 | All her thinking and watching and planning , from the first sound of the car on the track while she and Joe crouched by the netted gate to that last desperate shout that Doyle had cut short , all that worrying and puzzling had ended up like this . |
| 3 | Again , study our leading riders to see how they keep hold of their horses ' heads and remain balanced themselves . |
| 4 | One article which had been revised and resubmitted appeared in proof partly returned to its original form and partly left in the resubmitted form . |
| 5 | Inland travel and preaching became easier at once , though he had hair-raising adventures and was not naturally brave . |
| 6 | Paneth and Peters knew about palladium 's ability to absorb lots of hydrogen and they wondered whether packing so much of it in between the palladium atoms might increase the chance of the hydrogen atoms bumping into one another , thereby fusing and producing helium . |
| 7 | The knowledge that someone , somewhere in Government circles , had known that what he 'd seen and experienced had really happened , should have been enough in itself to send Jimmy into a righteous rage . |
| 8 | How exactly these small fish can be safe nestled within the anemone 's embrace while other fish and invertebrates are stung , killed and devoured remained something of a mystery until recently . |
| 9 | Some philanthropic workers , such as Octavia Hill , who trained numerous lady rent collectors , insisted on maintaining a business relationship with the poor , but the relationship between visitor and visited tended to be paternalistic rather than contractual . |
| 10 | Repeated warming and cooling resulted in varying readings . |
| 11 | " We then proceeded with the examination of the boys in the presence of the Mayor and several Ladies and Gentlemen of the Town , Mr. Prescott [ sic ] the Rector of Stockport being the Examiner ; and considering the recent re-endowment and establishment of the School , and that many of the children when first admitted were unable to read , and the majority very backward in their learning , we have much pleasure in reporting that the result of this first public examination was very satisfactory and that it was apparent that the Master and Usher had faithfully discharged their duties . " |
| 12 | Consumption in leisure and holidaying became increasingly linked to the capacity of the individual consumer to make choices within the market . |
| 13 | Unless they 've sent for two lots and used used this address for one . |
| 14 | did come along and up did pluck |
| 15 | He was forced to back away , almost tripping over bodies and becoming enmeshed in other fights . |
| 16 | A year of lessons and sulking resulted in eight badly played bars of ‘ Little Donkey ’ , and all four of us agreed that the instrument was superfluous to requirements . |
| 17 | A distinctive prominence was given to mathematics — not least because its value in astronomy , navigation , architecture , and surveying gave it particular relevance to those training for missionary work overseas , or to those preparing for high military or government service . |
| 18 | Its awe-inspiring interior space was to an extent destroyed by the exhibition display demonstrating how the urge to discover and explore had been expressed throughout the ages . |
| 19 | Other main railway lines which he surveyed and supervised included Inverness to Keith ( 1853–8 ) , Inverness to Wick and Thurso ( 1859–74 ) which , because of exceptional difficulties , was not completed until after his retirement in 1867 , and the Skye line from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh ( 1864–70 ) . |
| 20 | He escaped to China in 1940 and helped found the Revolutionary League for the Independence of Vietnam ( the Viet Minh ) in the following year . |
| 21 | Only when they reached Temple Stairs and disembarked did he put one podgy arm round Athelstan 's shoulders and press his face closer to that of the friar . |
| 22 | But by 1988 Thomson had sold theirs and United had acquired some . |
| 23 | Wolves were much sharper and United had to work hard to keep them out and thankfully Wolves have lost their goalscoring touch at the moment . |
| 24 | Mark Stein then replaced Martin Foyle and United had two good chances ; in seventieth minute , a great move involving Magilton and Simpson , set up Durning . |
| 25 | Well Charlton had to improve in the second half , and they did ; they got more men into mid-field , and United began to run out of a little bit of steam . |
| 26 | and hired hired the other shop across the road off Mr , Charles he was a chemist . |
| 27 | A very few of Patterson 's spellings may indicate that /a/ backing and rounding had been observed sporadically in -r and -l environments : he has form for ‘ farm ’ and canaul for ‘ canal ’ . |
| 28 | The Bf 109G that he remembers and photographed carried the serial RN228 . |
| 29 | What would have happened if the man who had been traduced and vilified had been a village schoolmaster ? |
| 30 | I dillied and dallied dallied and dillied lost me way and would n't know where to roam . |