Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You and Jim want jollying up a bit . ’ |
| 2 | At the reception , there was the usual pile of presents but , with one typical pragmatism , Lou and Ian had sent out a list some weeks before of what they did ( and did n't ) want . |
| 3 | Despite this there is a growing market in the sale of personal data , as companies and employers try to find out the details of our personal lives . |
| 4 | Although there are still some technical problems , developers are working on business software for wireless computer networks , and NEC hopes to open up the market by introducing a lightweight antenna-modem unit for use with one of its popular and established series of PCs . |
| 5 | The winter rain and snow had beaten down the weeds to a mulch of sodden brown stems , through which the bricks and rubbish on the ground protruded . |
| 6 | He caught the glint of a smile from Fael-Inis at that , and felt a sudden delight , because the fire was surging up all about them , and Fael-Inis had taken up a stance at the fore of the Chariot , and he was gathering up silken reins between his hands , only the reins were of living colour and shifting light , and there were certainly spells within them as there had certainly been spells in the Chamber of the Looms … |
| 7 | He asked the mother the child 's weight , worked out the dose and Kathleen went to draw up the drug and get the Flamazine ointment . |
| 8 | The Department of Trade and Industry has ruled out an official Companies Act investigation of the flotation , in which the ashes of up to half a million share certificates were discovered in a skip in South London and tens of thousands of other documents were botched . |
| 9 | In recent years , the growth in commerce and industry has brought about the ‘ in-house ’ legal adviser who provides legal advice to the company . |
| 10 | By around 1910 the cultivation of rubber and tea had brought about a more permanent change . |
| 11 | There is an increasing number of local authorities , universities and schools wishing to try out the artist-in-residence idea . |
| 12 | And the brothel-owners paid for the restoration of village temples and schools to help keep up the supply of young girls . |
| 13 | Finally it was over , and David started to write up the notes . |
| 14 | Instead , the government and insurers agreed to set up a special fund . |
| 15 | There also must be people backing them up , and AIDS has wiped out a vast number of support staff ’ . |
| 16 | The Newcastle-based steel fabricator and erector contracted to carry out the steelwork went into receivership early in the operation but fortunately Bone , Connel & Baxters of Motherwell was able to take over at short notice and , says Alan Muir , ‘ did a great job ’ . |
| 17 | T'WIT to woo owls Eddie and Edwina have struck up a tender relationship . |
| 18 | The river has curved round and Odd-Knut has drawn up a few metres from the edge of a very steep drop . |
| 19 | I made 400 before great arcing beams of light snaked out above the eastern-bounding ridges of the valley and I had to stop as blocks and slates came hurtling down the softening snow . |
| 20 | At the same time , we will be paying special attention to the acquisition of management skills , providing specific training courses to develop in our trainees the confidence and resourcefulness needed to take on the responsibilities of running a busy section . |
| 21 | A huge land-grab is going on in Bosnia-Herzegovina today as Serbs and Croats fight to divide up the country . |
| 22 | Passey and Melosh suggest taking on the basis of their investigations of crater fields . |
| 23 | ‘ Flattery and charm have flown out the window , is that it ? ’ |
| 24 | Jim and Tina had made up a foursome with Jean Hay and Bruce Mackenzie . |
| 25 | But the bed was manoeuvred into the room without incident , the two men departed after various forms had been signed , and Belinda and Tom began to set up the room . |
| 26 | Armenia , Byelarus , Kazakhstan , Kirgizstan , Russia , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed to set up the Assembly " as a consultative institution to discuss matters and consider draft documents of common interest " . |
| 27 | And Mala had put on a figure-hugging neck-to-ankle suit of Luxipelt , which together with a whiskered and eared mask made her look like on of the slinkiest , most enticing Clovellyan felinoids I 'd ever seen . |
| 28 | And Faye planned to show off the eight paintings she had done over the past four months , six of which featured Belinda and all of which were now professionally framed . |
| 29 | Kasparov and Short have set up a breakaway Professional Chess Association , and are considering bids for a title match , which would almost certainly be staged in London . |
| 30 | Over time , more complex social routines may be established as adult and infant begin to build up a set of expectancies or joint understandings regarding the meanings of particular behaviours . |