Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VASECTOMY operations , once regarded as an irrevocable form of male sterilisation , are increasingly being reversed as more men remarry and change their minds about wanting children . |
| 2 | Since the carriers risked their ships , it was assumed that they would select and supervise their crews with enough care to prevent the damages that could result from improper management and navigation of the ship . |
| 3 | At the primary level , the mathematics curriculum should , therefore , equip children with the skills and language of number , enrich their aesthetic and linguistic experience , provide them with the means of exploring and commenting upon their environment , and develop their powers of logical thought . |
| 4 | The children , via the network , are able to learn about one another and develop their understanding of global issues through their exchange of messages on the system . |
| 5 | Once again a new academic year approaches , and in order to help you expand your skills , and develop your ideas for future lessons , our In-Service Training days will recommence on Saturday 22nd . |
| 6 | In 1844 his father and younger brother died : his mother devoted her life thereafter to John and shared his home for twenty years . |
| 7 | She must be married to the young man next to me , who was drinking his tea out of a bowl and eating his bread with unwashed hands . |
| 8 | The objectives are to help members of the public to find their way through this information store and to transmit their orders for particular journeys or holidays to the providers of those services . |
| 9 | The relief of the town 's Alcazar , the military barracks where the Nationalist garrison was under siege from left-wing militias , while earning Franco the world 's headlines and assisting his elevation to overall military and political command , also gave the Republicans precious time in which to organize the defence of the capital . |
| 10 | In 1721 a statute fixed the hours of London 's journeymen tailors and divided their day into two half-pay periods . |
| 11 | She was interested in men from every walk of life and divided her lovers into those from the streets , sailors , pimps , flings , professors and factory workers . |
| 12 | They relate that while at that medrese Cemaleddin Aksarayi followed the ancient Greek practice and divided his students into three classes : those whom he taught on the way from his dwelling to the medrese peripatetics ) ; those whom he taught under the pillars of the medrese stoics ) ; and those whom he taught in the interior of the medrese . |
| 13 | Herr Nordern wove unsteadily across the living-room into the bathroom and plunged his face into cold water . |
| 14 | On New Year 's day 1812 he was promoted major-general , and led his brigade with great courage during the bitter winter siege of Ciudad Rodrigo . |
| 15 | He came back with some coarse paper towels from the forecourt dispenser and wiped my mouth with one bit and the rest of my face with another bit . |
| 16 | and we enjoyed it so much , we went and asked my mother for some more money , we stayed another week and then when we got back to London er Mrs said I think we better go , you know , get away from London in |
| 17 | Employed first by Edward III , he rose under Edward the Black Prince [ q.v. ] , and became his secretary in 1375 and an executor of his will in 1376 . |
| 18 | That is to feed my body through the hole left by the sidescreen until my head collides with whoever is in the passenger 's seat and then wriggle and squeeze my legs down either side of the steering wheel . |
| 19 | The companies will also have the opportunity to build on existing business links and introduce their goods to new markets in the United States . |
| 20 | I was bought a large trunk and Uncle Charlie came round one Saturday morning and sign-wrote my name on both ends , with my house number . |
| 21 | She was not here , had never been here , never in what remained of her fragile flesh ; yet she had certainly consented to let her essence be brought here , and manifested her presence with startling mercies . |
| 22 | Soon it would be time for the ceremony to begin : for him to walk into the darkened woods and connect his mind to that of the Whale . |
| 23 | Of course we have to pay the mortgage , but it is important to be able to do so in a way which contributes to international understanding and equips our students with worthwhile and important skills . |
| 24 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 25 | National market research organisations such as the British Market Research Bureau and JICNARS ( Joint Industry Committee for National Readership Surveys ) , which are dealt with in a later chapter , code their surveys by ACORN to enable the advertiser to identify titles whose profiles best match his own , and to see what share of this target market that title reaches . |
| 26 | To learn more about how well our funds have done and to see our comments on future prospects send the coupon today . |
| 27 | It had been a simple matter after that to slip down to Mike Quinn , who was an acknowledged authority on all aspects of the disease by virtue of his ownership of one book , and borrow his Encyclopaedia of Human Ailments . |
| 28 | — Ecclesiastes ; ‘ Doth the eagle mount up at the command / And make her nest on high … ’ — Job ; ‘ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father . ’ |
| 29 | Then — just linger over your coffee and liqueurs and watch the stars come out ( maybe you 'll catch a falling one ! ) — or if you re in the mood , follow your ears ( you 'll be hard pressed not to ! ) and make your way to one of the liveliest and most action-packed nightclubs this side of Manhattan — Sango 's Place ! |
| 30 | I draw a can of water from the outside up , and make my way towards Lucky 's tethering place . |