Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the idea germinated and slowly grew into an obsession . |
| 2 | Treasury Counsel announced that the Secretary of State for the Environment was now inclined to take the view that the statue was not part of the listed building , and so asked for an adjournment . |
| 3 | The defendant , Ballay and another employee of the shop , named Rai , were arrested and later tried on an indictment the fourth and fifth counts in which charged all three with theft contrary to section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 in respect of the two transactions . |
| 4 | I shouted louder , and then listened for an answer . |
| 5 | She sat quietly , however , until the music found its way into calmer waters and then came to an end . |
| 6 | The procedure was known as " case stated " : it allowed appeals to the court on points of law , and sometimes resulted in an arbitration being followed by three further rounds of litigation in the High Court , the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords . |
| 7 | The defendant , Ballay and Jatindur Rai , another employee of Bennetts Retail , were arrested and jointly tried on an indictment alleging two counts of handling the stolen cheques against Ballay ( counts 1 and 2 ) , one count of conspiracy ( count 3 , which was not proceeded with ) and two counts of theft of the electrical goods against all the defendants ( counts 4 and 5 ) . |