Example sentences of "and [verb] a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ British Gas asked for a wide-ranging review in order to clarify our regulatory environment and develop a clear way ahead for the future . |
| 2 | Jack looked up and wiped a grubby hand wearily over his face , streaking the dirt still further . |
| 3 | Jack Edwards was Palace 's stocky , teak-tough full-back throughout the 1950s and became a great favourite here at Selhurst Park . |
| 4 | Afterwards , he settled down and relaxed and became a little bit more impish . |
| 5 | He stretched out an arm and placed a gnarled hand tenderly on her scarred brow ; then he turned back to me . |
| 6 | The first time he sang the poem Bilbo had just handed over the Ring and was off to Rivendell ; the words accordingly express a sense of abdication , of having been left behind , along with determination to accept this and make a new life somewhere as yet unknown . |
| 7 | Perhaps she ought to go away , and make a new start somewhere else . |
| 8 | Steer clear of complicated issues or sensitive subjects or you 're sure to put your foot in things and make a tense situation even worse . |
| 9 | ‘ Julie was simply looking forward to an exciting holiday in Africa and seeing a good friend again , ’ said Graham . |
| 10 | We would go to the markets and made a particular impact there . |
| 11 | The Garryowen winger toured New Zealand with Ireland last summer , but found out just how tough life is Down Under when he received a broken jaw , and made a quick exit home from the trip . |
| 12 | It coped with very long grass from an overgrown lawn which had n't been cut since last year , and produced a satisfactory cut even on the first mowing . |
| 13 | I ate at the Corner House , very little , as it was not easy to pay the modest sum my landlady in Southwark , Mrs William Vitou , whose husband was a dental mechanic trained in Guy 's hospital , charged me , and eat a great deal apart from breakfast and a high tea . |
| 14 | Where political union and sovereignty are concerned , I can see no natural political affinity between the United Kingdom and Luxembourg — a country with a population smaller than Berkshire — or with Belgium , with its divided population , Holland , with its total dependence on its neighbours , or Italy , which has so much difficulty in implementing EC directives , which moralises over other people 's shortcomings and has a new Government roughly every 18 months . |
| 15 | He 's only young and has a satisfactory record as far as I can see . |
| 16 | Disconcertingly , April muttered something incomprehensible and moved a few steps away from them . |
| 17 | I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull . |
| 18 | Poor Constance goes to a girls ’ school , comes home to her mother and visits a middle-aged woman about twice a week . |
| 19 | If possible , either the hall porter or receptionist will escort the guests to their room offering to carry any hand luggage and walking a few steps ahead to open any doors . |
| 20 | We will return to this foundation of church life in a later chapter , but it starts as the new team assembles , absolutely united in one goal , namely to win the lost and build a new church together . |
| 21 | Toshiba would launch a design/development project within the year and commercialise a ship-chip CPU early in 1994 . |
| 22 | IntelliDraw , on the other hand , tries to detect near alignments between the object you are drawing and all the other objects on the screen and places a blue guideline automatically . |
| 23 | A jeep entered the orchard and stopped a few yards away . |
| 24 | Mrs Austin claimed 1,000 people had signed a petition opposing the new building work and promised a fiery meeting tonight . |
| 25 | Originally a Dizzy game , the Codies decided they did n't want to put our ovoid chum in a real-world adventure and created a new character instead — Seymour was born ! |
| 26 | Whether or not it was ‘ in their haste , their unwillingness to temporise , that the Vietminh leaders , with their fathomless vanity , had driven their country straight into conflict with France ’ — the reproach of Vietnamese intellectuals and non-marxist nationalists — it was a rather academic if not drawing-room argument that the Vietminh could easily have brought about national unanimity and created a national state rather than revolution and the party state . |
| 27 | From cunningly concealed speakers piped music wafted , but music played so softly that it was almost inaudible to the human ear , a faint teasing melody that soothed the soul and created a restful atmosphere almost without one being aware of it . |
| 28 | After a bit we both found the grammar rather monotonous and tried a little conversation so that my English would benefit too . |
| 29 | At the Chalk Farm stop an attractive , freckled schoolgirl , about sixteen , in a smart navy uniform and white blouse , had got on and sat a few seats away . |
| 30 | Di has frequently told friends she fears that her conversations were bugged and uses a mobile phone more and more . |