Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But his bulk , along with his broad , malleable face , was virtually his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in the finest bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 32 | In one act at the exhibition hangar gave NAM ‘ back ’ its workshop , enabling the restoration of Anson C.19 VL348 to come on apace ; it allowed several of their exhibits the luxury of a controlled environment ; gave the Museum an ‘ all weather ’ visitor capability and made them a suitable location for the RAF Museum to loan them their Airspeed Oxford and North American Harvard — see the August issue . |
| 33 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |
| 34 | While nineteenth-century Catholic teaching had been suspicious of ‘ human rights ’ discourse , John embraced it eagerly and made it a central theme , greatly extending the range and number of ‘ rights ’ , including those of minorities ( 95–7 ) and refugees ( 103–8 ) . |
| 35 | This position put its schools in the forefront and made it the leading school of Europe from the 1140s , until Paris began to take the lead in theology and philosophy ( but never in law ) in the 1180s . |
| 36 | Yet this season , he 's played all but two matches , and since the ‘ 5 man defence ’ appeared when Batty got injured , the reviews I 've read have even called him a Batty replacement , and given him a good write-up . |
| 37 | I leave at 7.30am and by 8am have checked Skipper over and given him a small handful of feed in his manger ( which seems to keep him happy when other horses are fed and means I do n't have to wait an hour for him to digest a full feed ) . |
| 38 | We would have fished Tony out two or three kilometres down after the water had knocked him around a bit , and given him a dreadful bootful since he was wearing his Lundhags . |
| 39 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 40 | Herefordshire Friends of the Earth have looked into the Green Cone Scheme … and given them a guarded welcome : |
| 41 | To make Christmas a truly memorable occasion for you and your guests , I 've taken some of the traditional dishes and given them an exciting twist . |
| 42 | ‘ Should be , should n't there ? ’ said Joe , who 'd put his new jersey on and given himself an expensive look . |
| 43 | ‘ Under John 's leadership , the last three years have seen significant progress and given us a good start in tackling the challenges that lie ahead . ’ |
| 44 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 45 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |
| 46 | I do n't think he meant me harm , but somehow I hit the corner of the wardrobe and got myself a black eye and one or two other bruises … ’ |
| 47 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 48 | ‘ You gone and got yourself a posh accent , just like Mrs H herself . ’ |
| 49 | Well Julie went and got it the other day that 's why fetched her out , to get their presents . |
| 50 | Others said that their driving was risky because friends and , to a lesser extent , the public , police and insurance companies labelled him as ‘ high risk ’ and charged him a high premium , he might as well get his money 's worth . |
| 51 | In 1925 the Post Office , which operated independently or through other licensees outside London , went to the length of installing , for a private subscriber in Eastbourne , a free line to St Andrew 's Church 933 yards away , and charged him an annual rental of £1 17 6d ( £1 8712 ) under a three-year contract . |
| 52 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 53 | When the trial began in late February 1710 , huge crowds gathered to escort the doctor back and forth from his lodgings to Westminster Hall , shouting that they wished " God would Bless him and send him a happy deliverance " . |
| 54 | In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle . |
| 55 | They liaise with solicitors , surveyors , estate agents and builders , answer your questions , and send you a weekly progress report . |
| 56 | All you have to do is to decide you want a complete transformation , find a partner who also wants one and send us a recent photograph of each of you ( we 'll return them if you enclose an SAE ) . |
| 57 | Refuel the plane and send us the other brother , and we will send you the other passengers . |
| 58 | The dragon 's tail whipped around as it passed and caught him a stinging blow across the forehead . |
| 59 | The drummer lashed out at Tom and caught him a glancing blow on the jaw and Tom had to be held back by Ollie to prevent him retaliating . |
| 60 | Grimma took another step forward and caught it a backward thump across the muzzle . |