Example sentences of "and [noun] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bullock and Gelman also included a condition in which temporal priority conflicted with spatial proximity as a basis for judging which event was the cause .
2 The power of the hit dislodged the ball and Gregory gleefully dropped a goal .
3 Members of the hospice staff and committee also met a group of general practitioners from Darlington and South Durham to discuss plans for the Day Hospice .
4 Fry and Flashman both launched a tirade of abuse against each other following their parting , but now they have shelved their differences and will work together again in a twosome , the like of which football has never seen , or is likely to again .
5 Municipal autonomy and initiative indeed reached a peak by 1900 , thereafter , as we shall see , enthusiasm fast diminished and central government authority advanced .
6 She and Sid also travelled a lot , and were generally very content with their lifestyle .
7 No firm action was taken on methyl bromide , a pesticide used as a fumigant , which has also been found to destroy ozone , and officials merely recommended a freeze on production and consumption at 1992 levels by 1995 , with a 25 per cent cut by the year 2000 .
8 Kevin Maxwell and Trachtenberg also faced a charge of trying to defraud the Swiss Bank Corporation of $55,783,466.76 and four charges of stealing a total of nearly £37,000,000 in securities from the pension trustees of the Mirror Group or of the Maxwell-controlled AGB company .
9 Our matches with local rivals like Miserden ( Slad Exiles ) , Painswick , Bisley , Birdlip and Cranham usually carried a bit of added competitiveness .
10 Eileen and Joe both obtained a week 's leave for the wedding and Stephen came on a week 's holiday so all the family except Terry were together .
11 My mother and aunt hardly uttered a word the entire afternoon .
12 The government 's claim of a turnout of over 80 per cent was disputed by the exiled opposition alliance , while Western commentators and diplomats reportedly estimated a turnout as low as 40 per cent .
13 Rank Hovis were now realising that the cup could be going out of their cabinet and straight into Rentokil 's , they decided to keep us playing and on came the warehouse lads , and Rentokil promptly achieved a 6-O victory .
14 Gemmell 's clearance Whitlow down to Ormanroyd , Collimore did well to win it back and Ormanroyd just got a foot in again .
15 You could get a meal for five francs at Rosalie 's little place , and Modi often bartered a meal for drawings which she believed were worthless .
16 The bulk are sold in the U S A and Oxford recently won a Queen 's Award for export achievement .
17 Units were approached for their ideas and most popular recipes , and Sandra also created a number of new dishes .
18 Overall profits from magazines and exhibitions still managed a rise from £20.5 million to £22.4 million .
19 Occasionally there was a total embargo on any press interviews and Laura never allowed a stock of photographs of her to be held and handed out at will .
20 But there ought to be a hundred in each packet and Nick once counted a packet that he 'd done — Mr Evans , I mean — over again , and there were only ninety-seven .
21 Previous days ' food and grime always made a meal look unappetizing , though it never affected the taste .
22 Livingstone and Wilkie also identified a number of factors leading to satisfaction , the most important of which were :
23 Keating and colleagues lately reported a link between a DNA marker at the Harvey ras-1 locus and LQTS .
24 The boys knew all the local hostelries and Jimmy even owned a car , a rather wheezy Austin 7 , which had certainly seen its best days but still managed to clank around the country lanes when petrol was available .
25 I remember Glyn and the kids were very young I think some of the were born in Blaenau erm and they were dismantling an old quarry at there his brother W R from Harlech had bought it usa like a machinery merchant and Glyn then borrowed a lot of tools off me for dismantling it then we started we we 'd done a lot off and on together we 'd been in er I enjoyed working with him , he was the type of man very hard worker himself but he wanted his pound of flesh .
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