Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff was a tenant in a council flat designed and built by the defendants . |
| 2 | Darkfall electricity crackled and danced on the rims of the shattered windows . |
| 3 | There are two lighthouses on Fair Isle , and if a night of muggy sea-mist coincided with a passage of thrushes , thousands of birds might be attracted and confused by the lights . |
| 4 | Boxes of new T–6 main landing gears and P–40 tail wheel assemblies were located and utilised in the mock-ups . |
| 5 | The principal assets for which roll-over relief is available under ss152-160 TCGA 1992 are land and buildings occupied and used for the purposes of the vendor 's trade , fixed plant and machinery and goodwill . |
| 6 | The siege of Jaffna fort in the north of Sri Lanka , where some 250 government troops were still trapped and surrounded by the forces of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) , continued throughout August . |
| 7 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 8 | The celebrations turned violent as property belonging to people connected with the former regime was attacked and looted by the crowds , and rioting broke out in which 27 people were killed . |
| 9 | Various other formats have come and gone over the years , but these are the ones which have become established and likely to remain for the foreseeable future . |
| 10 | Few people can appreciate Basil 's contribution for none of the present generation started with him in the County , and none of those who have come and gone over the years has ever had the same influence with the teachers for he had a diffidence and a modesty which helped then , a lot . |
| 11 | In fairness to the young girls who had come and gone over the years , he had deliberately picked well-stacked , dimwitted types whose only claim to fame was the fact that they were a good lay . |
| 12 | A PIONEERING rambler collapsed and died in the surroundings he loved the most the North Yorkshire dales . |
| 13 | The civil service found itself penetrated and politicized in the mid-1980s in a manner unknown since the days of Lloyd George . |
| 14 | One view has it that they are the trusted preservers of law and order , men and women who do a difficult job very well and who deserve to be respected and admired throughout the communities which they protect . |
| 15 | And sure enough , there her neighbour was , standing half dressed in his yard , with both fists clenched and raised to the skies as he demanded to know of his God why He had chosen to take his wife . |
| 16 | Surely a person who had not been caught and killed by the Melanisms could be considered to have been inspected and found harmless . |
| 17 | As for Selene , she was already doing as she was bidden and making over the dresses till new ones could be bought . |
| 18 | The numerous fissures there , which came to be known as the Back Strings , represent these early excavations upon the vein outcrops , though they have been modified and deepened over the years . |
| 19 | Saddam represents the forces of irrational barbarism that must always be contained and controlled by the forces of reason and sanity . |
| 20 | This practice of marking searches , requisitions , etc , should be an invariable one for three reasons : ( 1 ) it compels you to consider each question and reply before marking it ; ( 2 ) it will save your time in selecting answers that require further action , and will avoid your reading through the enquiries again later on to make sure that the replies to them are in order ; and ( 3 ) it is a permanent record that at the time of the transaction you not only made your search , etc , but duly considered and dealt with the replies . |
| 21 | The roaring bedlam of the tide 's initial onslaught was being replaced by a menacing quiet as the deep black water sucked and heaved around the boulders . |
| 22 | Day care in each area would be organised and coordinated through the children 's day centres which would also provide information , support and resources to parents . |
| 23 | They are often organised and structured in the interests of influential and powerful bodies in order to make a particular point , perhaps to make a case for more money or resources , or to show a particular body or organisation in a good light . |
| 24 | And I understand that there was a reception which erm in as far as I 'm aware was actually erm organised and financed by the contractors who were building the motorway . |
| 25 | The elections were dominated and won by the rightists . |
| 26 | Cathy was surprised how ill she looked , there was an area of paleness about her eyes , and her nose was pinched and reddened about the nostrils ; perhaps a summer cold , though Alan had said she was depressed . |
| 27 | Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that his approach to the Eighth Symphony has broadened and mellowed over the years , losing in the process much of its Russian accent and instead seeking out more refined , more purely musical nuances . |
| 28 | The child at five will be shaped and moulded by the schools he/she attends until he/she is ready for the world of work . |
| 29 | Disciplines take a special interest in the world as shaped and reflected in the theories they produce ; theories which constitute their respective phenomena of interest . |
| 30 | In that tradition , with very limited exceptions , the witnesses are selected and called by the parties , and examined and cross-examined by the parties or their counsel . |