Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It found support in the professional and middle classes , and Treitschke gave it intellectual respectability . |
| 2 | By-employments such as basket-making , hemp-dressing and wild-fowling gave them additional security . |
| 3 | I 'd spent most of it with the other two , one bad and the other indifferent , now I 'd come across a good one and fate gave us four years together , that 's all . |
| 4 | My Mum works for Jane in there , in the alarm business and Jane paid me five pounds . |
| 5 | The universities of Manchester , St Andrews , and Cambridge awarded him honorary degrees in 1919 . |
| 6 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 7 | If I lay on my side , my shoulders and hips gave me particular trouble ; if I lay on my front , my back ached ; and if I lay on my back , the springs of the mattress dug into what little flesh I had left . |
| 8 | The man with her demanded a double Scotch on the rocks and Emil told him that alcohol was available only after departure . |
| 9 | we were 3–1 down ut Macca and Newsome got us 1 point . |
| 10 | We needed to test our resources and Jets gave us that chance . ’ |
| 11 | Rambush was appointed chief engineer and his boundless energy and leadership earned him rapid promotion with ever greater responsibilities . |
| 12 | His business skills and integrity earned him wide respect , and a strong personality reinforced his large physical presence — he latterly weighed eighteen stones . |
| 13 | Something between distress and amusement struck her this time . |
| 14 | This was a new Lachlan for most of the men — quieter , grim but not violent ; and his efficiency and drive won him more respect than ever his temper had done . |
| 15 | Colin Dodge for ‘ Sorry chaps , you 're too late , Crooksy and Blain did it last week in a Mobile Adventure open canoe , ’ Eddie Cornfield for ‘ When Fred said we were paddling in two inches of water I thought he was joking ! ’ , |
| 16 | It was felt that married women like Butler should lead the movement , because her status as wife and mother gave her more authority to speak about the delicate issue of sexuality . |
| 17 | Underwood launched his career as a Lion perfectly when Carling , Andrew , Scott Gibbs who had a blinder and Hastings gave him some room . |