Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder and the heavens burst sending us scuttling into the woods for shelter , but it was n't long before the rain got through and drenched us with miniature Niagaras that came cascading down from the broad leaves . |
2 | I must go and break it to dear Dimity , and then we must clear up things here , and set off for Thrush Green without delay . ’ |
3 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
4 | The CRE was recently refused government funding of £140,000 to continue research into a method of extracting carbon dioxide produced by power stations and pumping it into depleted North Sea oil and gas wells , neutralising its environmental impact . |
5 | A man who has slain Thomas Springall and blamed it on poor Brampton , afterwards making his death look like suicide . |
6 | Nazie , now of 155 Maxwell Drive , Pollokshields , and Ali , now of 2 Redhills , Lennoxtown , struck Mr McCallum , of 16 James Gray Street , Pollokshields , Glasgow , with hockey sticks and killed him in nearby Nithsdale Road on 6 August , 1991 . |
7 | So much so , that he recently purchased a massive ex-display tank , set it up in his dining room and stocked it with wild-caught Malawis , many of which are now breeding regularly . |
8 | But , rather than pay cash , Novell will issue about 1.1 million new shares of Novell stock and trade them for existing USL stock . |
9 | ‘ He 's got young black America eating out of his hand , because every night he takes their culture , and shoves it in mainstream America 's face . |
10 | All you have to do is complete the Application Form , Declaration and Direct Debiting Instruction and return them to National Westminster Insurance Services Ltd. in the reply-paid-envelope provided . |