Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When an aircraft has been designed and built a full-sized specimen must be tested for strength and stiffness . |
| 2 | Sir Goldsworthy Gurney , a Cornishman , designed and built a steam-powered carriage which carried 19 passengers in 1827 . |
| 3 | After a moment she felt herself lifted and carried a few paces . |
| 4 | THUGS attacked and robbed a young cancer victim as he played on his new mountain bike . |
| 5 | Sensing the danger , Baglin then responded and mounted a final flurry to clinch the Cellnet national title 4–6 6–2 6–2 |
| 6 | Thus , in Wiseman v. Borneman the Inland Revenue Commissioners believed that part of the Finance Act concerning share transactions was applicable to the case before them ; the taxpayer objected and entered a statutory declaration setting out his reasons . |
| 7 | Also , in 1971–2 , US support for détente increased until , at Moscow , in May 1972 , Nixon and Brezhnev finally met and signed a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty ( SALT ) limiting the number of inter-continental range missiles on each side . |
| 8 | On 6 April 1362 these routiers met and defeated a royal army at Brignais , in the Rhône valley . |
| 9 | In an attempt to put the house back in order , Paul drew up a list of jobs to be done and employed a local architect to oversee the work . |
| 10 | During another epoch , the polar ice-cap expanded and covered a large part of the northern hemisphere , and it was only when that receded about 12,000 years ago that what was left of the Thulean Province reappeared from beneath the ice as the island we now call Iceland . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , there were some INSET initiatives in this area , and in particular the Special Services Division organized and ran a small number of very ambitious courses . |
| 12 | Horstmeyer built and tested a working model of the drill at Stanford , and in return gave the university stock in his company , Advanced Drilling . |
| 13 | He made an interlocutory order in the terms sought and directed a further hearing on full evidence . |
| 14 | A LOYALIST gunman yesterday shot and wounded a Catholic man who had been disabled in an earlier murder attempt . |
| 15 | Even Green did wonder why a better path could not have been made and recommended a little landscaping of trees and rocks which blocked the views of Stock Ghyll force . |
| 16 | The swan-white robes were not the possessions of single families but of the community , and every mother whose infant wore a robe made and sewed a tiny bow to the back of the garment , so that it might be recorded how many infants had been christened in it . |
| 17 | An hour later , when the board had been filled and emptied a hundred times and the duster was whiter than Rose 's hair after a day under the machines , the children sat back , dazed by the splendour of Miss Harker 's academic prowess and not a whit the wiser for it . |
| 18 | The trial of the publishers of Lady Chatterley 's Lover registered and accelerated a new tolerance in sexual behaviour and in published accounts of it . |
| 19 | A SHARK mauled and killed a 28-year-old surfer on Australia 's Gold Coast yesterday . |
| 20 | Party groupings along these lines were indeed formed and fought a general election in 1978 . |
| 21 | More than that one pilot has blessed the ‘ safety culture ’ thinking of Fred E. Weick who , in 1936 , developed and patented a two-control system for his W-1 and W-1A designs submitted for the American CAA ( now FAA ) Safety Plane Competition . |
| 22 | This was , however , a target of a completely different order , as Benghazi was a large town which would be well guarded and had a civilian population still in occupation . |
| 23 | The baby coughed and gave a little cry . |
| 24 | Cancer research had a long tradition of support from private contributions , but new charities devoted to particular diseases , such as arthritis and rheumatism , leukaemia , and muscular dystrophy , were founded and became a great source of strength to workers whose interests had or might have application to the desired objectives . |
| 25 | ‘ National ’ brewers accounted for only 18 per cent of all beer production , and their brands were nearly all bottled ales , since these were more easily transported and had a longer life than cask-conditioned draught beer . |
| 26 | The Foreign Office drafted and sent a personal reply form Churchill that may have given the Shah way amusement as well as comfort " … while we do not interfere in Persian politics we should be very sorry to see the Shah driven out . |
| 27 | Necropsy was performed and showed a small liver ( 620 g ) with light microscopic changes of submassive necrosis . |
| 28 | A number of British and American dealers were doing so , and the Italian trade is known to have bought and underbid a good amount in the Christie 's sale , including ‘ Natura morta ’ by Morandi at $270,000 ( £180,000 ) . |
| 29 | She claims she has been exploited , emotionally abused and denied a proper childhood by her natural mother in London . |
| 30 | Security guards at the same hospital also verbally abused and assaulted a gay man with AIDS and his lover . |