Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the court accepts the creditors ' petition and grants a winding up order the company will come under the control of the Official Receiver ( a civil servant from the Department of Trade and Industry known as the OR ) . |
| 2 | This change would rectify these disparities and bring the legislative into line with the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment Directive . |
| 3 | He put his glass down on the circular table , and inspected the rolled up sun-shade that protruded from the centre of the table like an unopened flower . |
| 4 | Each player ties a balloon to her ankle and holds a rolled up newspaper . |
| 5 | In the mid-1970s Cramlington looked to be succeeding in its industrial and environmental modernization , which simultaneously resolved the ‘ post coal ’ problems of South East Northumberland and provided a pleasant over spill mechanism for reducing residential densities in the Tyneside conurbation . |
| 6 | The other school of thought argues that offensive operations remained important and that military technology had to be designed to protect offensive missions and to swamp the defensive with area destruction munitions . |
| 7 | The buyer claimed that the contract was severable , accepted one lot and rejected the other for breach of condition . |
| 8 | I wanted to cry , weep and beg the Almighty for mercy . |
| 9 | Then he struck up an acquaintance with Cassowary , and began to puff out his chest and give a beak-full of cheek to everyone he met ; even to wise old Owl himself ! |
| 10 | After listening to my heart and extracting a syringe-full of blood from an artery , they connected my right arm to the drip-feed . |
| 11 | The only decent fork in history was Mortens Fork , used to toast the rich and prod the poor on behalf of that robbin' hood , Henry Llewellyn Tudor VII . |
| 12 | On the seats there was a tall man in stetson and jeans and a Mexican girl listening to a Spanish station on her transistor radio and flipping the gatefold of Playboy . |
| 13 | Clasper threw the useless microphone to the ground and thrust a rolled up newspaper aloft , which he brandished furiously in his left hand . |
| 14 | Slave masters matched their gladiators and rewarded the successful with relief from plantation duties , the possibility of travel and , ultimately , freedom . |
| 15 | Me and my mother stayed the night at Seve 's place and watched the Open on television . |
| 16 | As you did at the Swan you will separate your collection sending one portion to me and retaining the other in case of accidents by sea … |
| 17 | By concentrating on pebbles carried down from alpine sources in the beds of rivers and streams , full advantage could be taken of the erosive power of water in wearing away adhering rock and concentrating the sought after greenstone . |