Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AUSTRALIAN doctors have successfully frozen and thawed out a human embryo before planting it in a womb . |
| 2 | And Piers saw himself being seen and put on a clever sort of don't-mind-us smile . |
| 3 | David has mellowed and quietened down a great deal . |
| 4 | A purse net positioned and staked over an inconspicuous bolt-hole . |
| 5 | It is no longer adequate just to produce a plan of a church : all walls and elevations need to be examined closely , since most churches are built , developed and extended over a long period . |
| 6 | It burns slowly when ignited and gives off a pleasing smell . |
| 7 | The cans banged and rattled over a fuzzy soundtrack already overlaid with calls to Vassilis to move his head or Kostas to provide a cigarette . |
| 8 | He turned his head and spat , then buckled and retched up a thin stream of vomit . |
| 9 | The émigrés , ranging from monarchists to anarchists , were of course bitterly divided and carried on a fierce polemical battle over the responsibility for their common defeat . |
| 10 | ( Martial arts are a way of life — skills learnt and practised over a long period , used to tune the mind and body to a state of superb readiness . |