Example sentences of "and [adj] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | the fact of belonging to the same class , and that of belonging to the same generation or age group , have this in common , that both endow the individuals sharing in them with a common location in the social and historical process , and thereby limit them to a specific range of potential experience , predisposing them for a certain characteristic mode of thought and experience , and a characteristic type of historically relevant action . |
| 2 | Wanting to be sick and afraid of choking under the gag . |
| 3 | It is , however , difficult to account for properties 1 and 2 without appealing to the anthropic principle . |
| 4 | The people are sick and tired of seeing on the television , hearing on the radio and seeing in the press the fairy stories that the Secretary of State keeps preaching from the Dispatch Box . |
| 5 | Being thus honoured by the 1990 award , Barry crowns out a remarkable decade and more of voyaging in the 1911-vintage 40ft ( 12.1m ) Galway Hooker St Patrick . |
| 6 | Jorghino , suddenly spring-heeled and full of running on the right wing , outflanked the Dutch defence before producing an inspired centre . |
| 7 | " Oh , kind sir , " Gabriel besought him , " I am so tired and hungry from travelling through the forest . |
| 8 | you need also , very much , to have the all round development , the ability to be nimble , speedy and capable of dealing with the unexpected , and a series of movements demanding and challenging on weight transference and balance performed with speed and various use of space . |
| 9 | Superpowered craft with engines up to eight litres in capacity and capable of surging across the water at 120mph will compete for the class two championship of Europe . |
| 10 | Initially ( Chapter 2 ) , I shall trace the progressive development of Nizan 's life and work between 1905 and 1939 by focusing on the three formative structural influences that shaped his existence : the family unit , the schooling system and the communist party . |
| 11 | There they stood for a long time by a low stone wall , staring hopelessly out at the yellow fields of stubble , where the wheatsheaves were stooked and ready for gathering into the barn . |