Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year the Republic refused to extradite Mr Ryan to Britain to face terrorism charges , including conspiracy to murder and cause explosions , on the grounds that allegations in the Press and Parliament linking him with the IRA meant he would not receive a fair trial in Britain . |
| 2 | This coexistence of change and resistance owes something to the limits set by nature . |
| 3 | And Miss gives it to the student in n it ? |
| 4 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 5 | If not , can the Leader of the House at least persuade the silent Department of Trade and Industry to say something on the subject ? |
| 6 | On the other hand , the buyer will wish to have the comfort of the guarantee , and , in addition , whatever rights law and statute grant him in the particular circumstances of the case . |
| 7 | The affinity between dog and cat reveals itself in the number of equi-status or near-equi-status traits they have in common ; and the differences between dog and cat appear more sharply when the affinity patterns are articulated in greater detail by means of diagnostic frames . |
| 8 | Ant : You do n't like school discos " cos your mum turned up at the last one at nine o'clock to take you home , and Fungus announced it over the mike . |
| 9 | She often used to say she could n't believe how some people behaved , and the promiscuity and drinking shook her to the core . |
| 10 | Screens of holly and ivy sheltered her from the deepening winter , but now the forest became a black and frozen place . |
| 11 | It seemed that all the intelligence had gone to Constance , leaving her brothers with only wariness and guile to see them through the vicissitudes of life , although , Scarlet had to admit , they could be surprisingly kind . |
| 12 | A coal fell out of the fire , making them both start , and Breeze replaced it with the exaggerated care with which we perform these trivial tasks , when our thoughts are far away . |
| 13 | You had got perms and heaven knows what on the go . |
| 14 | ‘ I know today now there are some good degrees and goodness knows what for the job , but it does n't mean to say you can do the job . |
| 15 | French and Ukrainian , mathematics and chemistry bored him to the point of insanity ; only in music and English could he hope to get decent marks . |
| 16 | Although he is happy with his lifestyle and a wages and bonuses package which earns him £30,000 a week , Walker 's evasive attitude and reluctance to project himself through the media has not endeared him to the locals . |
| 17 | Milan was one of the first composers to give specific direction on how to perform a piece of music ( 1536 ) and King follows them in the most natural- sounding way . |
| 18 | They would need clothing and shelter for the extremes of weather , and weaponry to protect themselves from the wild animals and hostile tribes which roamed the desolate regions they were to visit . |
| 19 | The seas smashed into his back , wind and water clubbed him off the seat on to the cockpit sole . |
| 20 | When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand . |
| 21 | He learned the truth about the cuttings , closing his eyes when he thought of her sitting in the attic , her long day done , painstakingly writing for O'Connor the articles whose brilliance and feeling told him of the intellect which lay behind her beautiful face and emphasised again what he had thrown away . |
| 22 | When Ford replaced the upright ( and well loved ) Cortina with the rounded ( and alien ) Sierra , it was forced to spend a fortune on advertising and promotion to establish it in the market . |
| 23 | The walls come alive with foaming beer and music surrounds them as the audience journeys upward in a can of Guinness . |
| 24 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
| 25 | And that there were tourists is shown by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice , published finally in 1813 but mainly written in 1796 : in it Elizabeth Bennet is invited by her aunt and uncle to accompany them to the Lakes , and exclaims : ‘ My dear , dear aunt , what delight ! |
| 26 | On the whole Cepheus is rather a barren group , but the presence of Delta and Mu redeems it from the viewpoint of the binocular observer . |
| 27 | He would also fight tooth and nail to keep her from the likes of Tommy Allen . |
| 28 | Eventually Lady Laetitia and Tick made it to the minstrels ' gallery . |
| 29 | I well remember the words of an old foreman who said to me , Son , even if you have the talent and ability to take you to the top , there is still no guarantee that you will ever get there , or even half way . |
| 30 | Abstraction and theory imprison us , or try to do so , as if in a net , and the novel tests and demolishes the allegedly superior power of abstract thought over a thinking and feeling life : ‘ how far conceptualizing and theorizing divide you from the thing that is the object of theoretical attention . ’ |