Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theda gasped , glancing down at her hurting hand and back up to find a malevolent twist in the old lady 's wasted features . |
| 2 | Sartre took the opposite course to Merleau-Ponty and sought instead to define a new authentic Marxism . |
| 3 | Starting with the creation of the German night fighter force the author makes good use of eyewitness accounts from former Luftwaffe pilots , and goes on to portray a vivid account of what life was like serving on a night fighter unit . |
| 4 | He spoke after Bronson 's owner appeared before York magistrates and admitted not keeping a dangerous dog under proper control . |
| 5 | Semi-finalist at her first attempt at the age of 14 in 1990 , Capriati has largely flattered to deceive since and has yet to reach a Grand Slam final although she did capture the Olympic gold last year . |
| 6 | The Department of Education and Science has welcomed the report and has already promulgated a similar view in its own Green Paper Science Education in Schools , issued in June 1982 . |
| 7 | Under the agreement , Olivetti is to distribute the two new devices and has also acquired a significant minority investment in Eo though the exact figure has not been disclosed . |
| 8 | It is part funded by membership subscription , and part government funded at present , and has also won a European Community grant . |
| 9 | Although former minisupercomputer maker Elxsi Corp disappeared from radar screens a year or three back , its Tata Elxsi Ltd former joint venture with the giant Indian conglomerate J R Tata Sons & Co Pte Ltd of Bombay is still in existence , and has just announced a joint venture with Mountain View , California-based Silicon Graphics Inc to expand their collaboration for the Indian market . |
| 10 | Marwood has failed to win a regular place at Bramall Lane since his £300,000 transfer from Arsenal two years ago and has not made a single appearance this season . |
| 11 | After taking a direct hit on the right temple , Mr Loaf walked off and has not graced a British stage since . |
| 12 | In spite of her angry and tearful protests Charles insisted on giving the token to the woman who had haunted their courtship and has since cast a long shadow across their married life . |
| 13 | The EC is a topical example of regional cooperation , which was initially a free trade area and has since evolved a European Monetary System , combining different inflation rates with relatively stable real exchange rates . |
| 14 | Derrida 's famous paper ‘ Structure , Sign and Play ’ aroused much excitement when it was delivered at a conference on structuralism at Johns Hopkins in 1966 , and has since acquired a mythological significance as the fountainhead of American deconstruction . |
| 15 | Again in contrast to Ballantyne , the episode is discussed afterwards amongst the boys , and has clearly made a lasting impression on them . |
| 16 | It produces items in almost every conceivable quality , size and design , and has skilfully adapted a wide range of Persian workshop and village compositions to the requirements of Western furnishing tastes . |
| 17 | Gateshead has a large number of low-income families and has traditionally had a poor participation rate in further and higher education . |
| 18 | It has created enormous cities … and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life . ’ |
| 19 | It 's a massive work and has obviously taken a great deal of your time and trouble . |
| 20 | The loans are fixed until April 1990 to get over what was at the beginning of the week ‘ the current period of uncertainty ’ and has now become a gloomy fact . |
| 21 | It has secured sales and has certainly proved a successful campaign . |
| 22 | But a leading Japanese poet , Shuntaro Tanikawa , has provided Rupert Sheldrake with an old Japanese rhyme , and has specially written a genuine poem and a nonsensical poem , all with the same rhyme and metre . |
| 23 | However , because so much ‘ neighbouring ’ has been rooted in the notion of mutual exchange , and has always involved a fine balance between closeness and distance , it is in some ways harder for the parties to adapt to a changed role than it is , for example , in a situation where the supporter is defined from the outset as a voluntary visitor . |
| 24 | The European Business Studies degree prepares students for the European fields of business activity , and has always attracted a high calibre of student with language skills and an urge to do business in the varied market places of Europe . |
| 25 | Morphologically it represents the most anterior region of the head and has secondarily acquired a basal hinged attachment . |
| 26 | For most cuts , the work is steadied against the foot plate which can be angled to bring it into contact with the workpiece ; because the teeth of the sawblade tend to become worn close to the foot plate , the plate can be unclamped and moved forwards to bring a fresh section of the blade into use . |
| 27 | It 's possible to spend the entire night enjoying oneself and ending up having a good Copenhagen breakfast of meat and cheese , yoghurt and wienerbrød … ’ |
| 28 | Tip in the rubble or ballast and tamp down to form a firm base , leaving sufficient depth for mortar and slabs |
| 29 | Rose flushed with annoyance and seemed about to make a sharp retort . |
| 30 | During this time I lost 8 ¾ pounds and came away feeling a new woman ! |