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 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 .
5 It burns slowly when ignited and gives off a pleasing smell .
6 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 .
7 He turned his head and spat , then buckled and retched up a thin stream of vomit .
8 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 .
9 ( 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 .
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