Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They constantly fought with the music business and eventually drowned in a pool of legal wrangles , interband arguments and the inevitable financial problems . |
| 2 | They are the hermeneutic code through which an enigma is posed and eventually solved in a text ; the semic code which determines themes ; the symbolic code which is the sphere where meanings become multivalent and reversible ; the proairetic code which determines action and behaviour ; and finally , the cultural code which provides social and ‘ scientific ’ information . |
| 3 | Waves broke on the shore and eventually expired in a froth and myriad of bubbles . |
| 4 | A new Constitution , which was drawn up in late 1986 and overwhelmingly approved in a referendum in February 1987 , provided for presidential elections to be held in November 1987 . |
| 5 | The Marind of New Guinea believe that fire has its origins in sex , and so indulge in a rite whereby a girl has to be raped in order to keep that fire alight . |
| 6 | He got his chance when the health and safety executive asked him to help publish this booklet promoting the safe use of trollies and so decrease in a biud . |
| 7 | One of Scotland 's most famous artists was the ‘ deaf and dumb Geikie , ’ as he was commonly known and so quoted in a publication in 1837 called Bibliographical , Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and Scotland by Charles Frognall Dibdin . |
| 8 | In the evening they gravitated to Soho , moving from the Wheatsheaf , to the Highlander , the Black Horse or the York Minster , and perhaps taking in a meal at Fava 's , then Minton 's favourite restaurant , before returning to 37 Hamilton Terrace to crash out on divans , some staying the night with Susan Einzig at her flat in Hampstead . |
| 9 | But they soon fade into the background , leaving behind only thematic reminiscences which are picked up and swiftly developed in a manner suitable to the changing dramatic context . |
| 10 | He is described as playing tricks on Jewish moneylenders in order to finance his soldiery , and generally behaving in a manner very far from what one might expect from the deeds of similar heroes such as Roland , Ogier or Lancelot . |
| 11 | And easily defeated in a debate on the Government 's economic policy — because the Government does n't have an economic policy . |
| 12 | If she walked lightly , light as a feather , breathing like a sparrow , she 'd turn to thistledown and just drift in a window at home . |
| 13 | This later , correct reading enabled a complex study to be successfully continued , completed , and finally published in a journal of academic standing . |
| 14 | He was shaking , and hardly felt in a state to take it . |
| 15 | They seem almost magical in themselves and once incorporated in a story they are guaranteed to weave a web to catch and hold us . |
| 16 | During their short stay in Eastern Province the Wallabies expressed an interest to come out to visit and possibly coach in a township . |
| 17 | My own choice , with the same reservation , would be to read the Italian epic — to be always convalescent from some small illness and always seated in a window that overlooked the sea , there to read these poems eight hours of each happy day . |
| 18 | Like Smolensk , Kursk was a guberniia administrative centre in 1922 and also lay in a river-valley ( the Seim ) amongst low hills . |
| 19 | When the private firm is very large , and therefore subject to little domestic competition , and also produces in a sector sheltered from imports and foreign competition , it is quite likely to be a relatively sleepy monopolist unless it has regulators to whom it must account . |
| 20 | The reason why judges and barristers ( less than ten per cent of the profession ) wear wigs and gowns in court is exactly the same as the reason why professional aircrew wear stripes on sleeves and epaulettes copied from the ‘ eighteenth century fancy dress ’ of naval officers : in order to be quickly , easily and accurately identified in a crowd . |
| 21 | But ten million people had died in a campaign that had begun as a summer frolic in 1914 and now ended in a shower of November rain . |
| 22 | Mary was pensioned off soon after this and now lives in a rage in Malta , where it is feared she is writing her memoirs . |
| 23 | In Dunlop Laigh Kirkyard there is a headstone which has been removed from its original position and now stands in a comer , leaning against the south wall of the kirk , partly hidden by a bush . |
| 24 | Pulling up suddenly at that height puts a sudden , uncontrolled load on the cable and often results in a cable break . |
| 25 | Dustin knew he was coming in to Broadway with Jimmy Shine and did not relish the idea of making a film and simultaneously appearing in a play , especially as the production was having problems on the road . |
| 26 | It 's all very nostalgic in feel and even comes in a sepia mélange colour . ’ |
| 27 | Where the disease is severe and well established in a number of calves , the stock owner should be warned that anthelmintic treatment , while being the only course available , may exacerbate the clinical signs in one or more animals with a possible fatal termination . |
| 28 | ‘ I came off stage last night and simply collapsed in a heap and slept straight through . |
| 29 | At endoscopy , an average of two biopsy specimens were taken from the anterior and posterior walls of the first part of the duodenum , and immediately fixed in a solution of 10% formalin/ saline . |
| 30 | Each biopsy specimen was sectioned into four pieces and immediately frozen in a drop of methylbutane in liquid nitrogen and kept at -80°C for subsequent studies . |