Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The emotional and mental link tying the child to its mother is usually very powerful , and goes on well after the physical birth itself . |
2 | Lucker is having none of my gung-ho enthusiasm and drives on regardless to the end of the peninsula . |
3 | Calvin takes a look at Jerry , mumbles something inaudible and sits down heavily on the step with his back to all of us . |
4 | The pale colour is usually white or yellow or orange and shows up vividly against the dark areas . |
5 | It usually starts to improve at ten weeks and clears up completely by the 14th week . |
6 | I mean , you can go along and always think ‘ Oh there 's nothing to this ’ , but then for some reason or other somebody has a complaint 's gone a big way round and ends up right at the top , and then , of course cascading down comes the ‘ Why ? |
7 | She later shows her mettle as a clog dancer abetted by four pretty girls , tries to set her cap at Father Thomas , but finally realises she can not frustrate true love and dances out happily with the rest . |
8 | It is indicative , too , when a mistle thrush changes his tune , forgets to repeat his challenging spring song and slips down self-consciously into the lower boughs of a larch to all but whisper a softer , lazier , persuasive serenade . |
9 | Anyway , the water goes up under pressure into the tanks in the roof and feeds down again to the washrooms by gravity . ’ |
10 | The competition started yesterday and carries on today with the final tomorrow . |