Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 IN comparison with our own times , Marx and Engels lived in a pre-nationalist age .
2 The entry in Barbara Castle 's diary for 3 January 1968 records a dinner at Crossman 's Westminster home where she , her host , Peter Shore , Tony Benn ( then Minister of Technology ) and Balogh engaged in a collective whinge about Wilson 's management of Cabinet :
3 They stood in the single child 's bedroom and Molly joined in a short , silent tribute to the Ketterings ' marriage , whilst some large , blundering insect bumped against a window that had been long dosed .
4 Blagg hesitated , or perhaps was trying to remember , and Caswell said in a firm voice : ‘ The shooting was just after ten , you said .
5 And Venables said in a sworn statement : ‘ These allegations are unfounded .
6 While Drago and Apanage went into the small kitchen next to Drago 's workroom to prepare a meal , Cleo and Dauntless sat in a cosy parlour where a log fire warmed the stones of an enormous chimney breast .
7 In Devon , Bailey and Catherine live in a rambling fourteenth-century farmhouse .
8 She and Jarvis 's father and Jarvis lived in a semi-detached house in Wimbledon .
9 Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off .
10 Raoul and Christine sat in a dark corner , and Raoul took Christine 's hands .
11 Sunil went to public school and Gooseneck taught in a prep school .
12 Marr and Morrissey believed in a certain purity and honesty .
13 A public meeting held in Middlesbrough for the people of Coulby Newham and Marton ended in a unanimous decision against the plans for a £9.5m North Eastern Co-op superstore .
14 East and West met in a festive mood and border guards gave up checking documents .
15 The BBC and ITA joined in a major construction programme in the late 1960s to build 50 high powered UHF stations and more than 400 low powered , so that UHF was available to 95 per cent of the population by 1974 .
16 Although Rod Wallace opened the scoring from Strachan 's pull-back 10 minutes into the second half , nervous , unconvincing Leeds could not be sure of victory until both Lee Chapman and Cantona scored in a hectic final three minutes .
17 Gurder and Masklin swung in a crude basket made out of bits of metal and wire .
18 Duties of solicitors and RFLs participating in a recognised
19 Dave and Chris indulged in a little showmanship but this was backed by some great playing .
20 Zoe and Terry wed in a hot air balloon .
21 Meanwhile , the second Test between South Africa and India ended in a tame draw in Johannesburg .
22 For example , McGuffin and Huckle showed in a mixed model analysis that attendance at medical school was adequately fitted by a recessive major gene model ; however , this intriguing hypothesis was rejected when transmission probabilities were rigorously tested .
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