Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn into a lightly floured board and knead gently for a few minutes . |
| 2 | But she knew then that , plagued and plagued again by the same thought during her fretful waking night-time hours , she just could not leave it . |
| 3 | ‘ And land up in the same condition as you did ? |
| 4 | A good agency interviewer will look through it and pick up on the same gaps and discrepancies which will appear to the job interviewer but will not be looking with any one particular job in mind . |
| 5 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
| 6 | The band failed to advise said fans , who have endured a five-year wait to see them play live in the UK , that tickets went on sale last Saturday , and sold out on the same day . |
| 7 | Once the interlining has been locked in , the two layers of fabric can be treated as one and made up in the same way . |
| 8 | Indeed , after our second stop in Bombay a few passengers gratefully chose the option of being one-armed , one-legged , one-eyed , two-headed beggars rather than having to return to their seatettes and fly somewhere for a few months with their hands on their heads . |
| 9 | Press seam allowance to the wrong side on the lining and notch out in the same way . |
| 10 | 5 Return the turkey or chicken pieces to the pan and cook gently for a few minutes . |
| 11 | Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes , stirring frequently , to seal the meat . |
| 12 | He called a sudden halt to his crowded agenda at lunchtime and crashed out for a few hours in the adjacent chamber , throwing the timetable into disarray . |
| 13 | We checked the pH by an electronic meter and came up with the same reading . |
| 14 | He repeated his question , and came up against the same smiling ignorance . |
| 15 | He was awarded his first degree by the college where he was now a fellow , spent a year in the United States , and came back to the same college to complete his PhD . |
| 16 | Some of the nomes scouted around the sheds and came back with a few vegetables that had been missed , but it was a pitifully small amount . |
| 17 | Most of these seemingly alert young men , acting as sentries for their sleeping comrades , are soaked to the skin and looking forward to a little sleep themselves before the final push against the enemy . |
| 18 | The recent advances in technology have combined tablets and flat displays to bring input and output together on the same surface , known as electronic paper . |
| 19 | At Finsbury Park tube a shambling white man comes up , blood from a cut drying on his brow , trying to beg with dignity and stand up at the same time . |
| 20 | If you stir enough of them together and stand back for a few hundred million years , the result is likely to be a chemical entity capable of reproducing itself — one of the fundamental differences between living and nonliving material . |
| 21 | Bank overdraft Flexible borrowing up to a certain ceiling for people with bank accounts , usually without security , and paid off over a few months , but can be extended over several years ; interest , calculated each day on how much the account is overdrawn that day , fluctuates in line with bank base rates ( usually about two per cent higher ) . |
| 22 | Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours , leaving my colleague to navigate . |
| 23 | Thankfully , I handed over my pens to Rosemary so that she could finish plotting the latest chart , and escaped outside for a few breaths of fresh air . |
| 24 | I crossed the road and walked casually along a few streets , and for a while I thought he 'd probably be following at a distance . |
| 25 | Reports said a SAM 727 had just touched down at El Dorado international airport when an Air France Boeing 747 came roaring over it and landed ahead on the same runway . |
| 26 | You can , if you like , take up the floor boards and fill underneath with the same granular insulation material used in the loft , but that is a rather difficult job — not one to attempt without help . |
| 27 | In a machine operating at 6000 stitches per minute , the needle thread has to accelerate to a speed close to 100 mph ( 160kph ) , stop , and accelerate backwards to the same speed , and all at a cycle rate of up to 100 times per second ! |
| 28 | The problem is too technical , complex and known only to a few . |
| 29 | Building the ark was n't a matter of nipping to the DIY shop and coming home with a few boxes labelled ‘ Flatpack ark ’ . |
| 30 | The groups of women artists who met and worked collaboratively during the same period are less clearly referenced in standard texts . |