Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The role of the museum is to present the collection in a fresh way , both showing unfamiliar paintings and hanging them in natural light ’ . |
| 2 | He particularly admired the beautiful white spikes of Itea and recommended it for late flowering , a quality which also applied to Clethra alnifolia . |
| 3 | The other significant finding was that when the eleven patients receiving clozapine and extra psychotropic medication were compared with those on clozapine alone , the latter showed deterioration in logical memory ( the ability to memorize a passage , and repeat it in logical order ) . |
| 4 | Madame raised her crackling voice from the large brown desk where she presided in the hall beyond , and asked them with unusual largesse if they would like some refreshment . |
| 5 | THE African National Congress leader , Mr Nelson Mandela , has been urged by colleagues to announce his official separation from his volatile wife , Winnie , and to strip her of political office to avoid continued embarrassment to the organisation . |
| 6 | Then he built a double-skinned oak door and studded it with fat-headed iron nails from the nearby , long defunct Presteigne nail-making machine . |
| 7 | This formal writing-up took nearly twenty years : it is one thing to collect data , and another to evaluate it and make it into public knowledge . |
| 8 | It seems right to see Hubble 's greatness in recognising splendid opportunities and pursuing them with utmost devotion and superb vision . |
| 9 | One of the simplest and most reliable is Alizarin red S. Many carbonate workers routinely acid etch one-half of a thin section and stain it in acidified Alizarin red S solution before covering . |
| 10 | clenched , Benny lifted her foot above the instruments and lowered it with extreme care towards the handle of the scalpel . |
| 11 | Turbobat is a very powerful multiple pass batch file compiler that takes DOS batch files and turns them into binary code that can execute up to four times faster than the original . |
| 12 | In the time I was there she did pencil out a few passages , and got me to red ink a lot more . |
| 13 | Venice and Ancona , Naples and Sicily , Florence and Bruges would watch and listen and notify him in due course of their passage , as well as of other things . |
| 14 | Then steam or boil the vegetables in a small amount of salted water , before draining and tossing them in melted butter . |
| 15 | Then if you feel it is appropriate , address them to their homes and send them by registered mail . |
| 16 | Write your answer on a postcard and send it to Good Food Competition , TODAY Features , 1 Virginia Street , London E1 9BS , to arrive by Monday November 9 . |
| 17 | Write your answers on the back of a postcard or envelope no bigger than 5in × 6in — please include your boot size , the size of jacket , fleece or T-shirt you 'd like , and your size for waterproof pants — and send it to Outdoor Action Adidas Competition , . |
| 18 | The orgasmic bellowing began when I got the car into a slide as the track began to get wet with rain and caught it with opposite lock . |
| 19 | By adopting such beliefs and applying them to contemporary society both found sustenance in elitist moral and ethical beliefs which were far removed from contemporary reality . |
| 20 | It involved thrusting a lighted taper into little glass jars and applying them in great haste to Jean-Claude 's back , which would bubble up under them in balloons of skin . |
| 21 | This topic is meant to improve pupils ' awareness of ‘ danger ’ areas in houses and to inform them of basic safety measures and precautions which should be taken at home . |
| 22 | Jim Smyth of the Ulster Workers ' Council emphasised and re-emphasised it with particular skill and persistence . |
| 23 | He was a man of profound education , but having acquired it himself he treasured words and used them with unique skill and often with a strange individuality . |
| 24 | First and foremost , Borland have taken the Windows interface and used it to good advantage . |
| 25 | He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose . |
| 26 | Peter founded the navy out of virtually nothing , recruiting officers and sailors in the same way as for the army , and used it to good effect against the Swedes . |
| 27 | The detainer is liable for any damage caused to the livestock by failure to treat it with reasonable care and supply it with adequate food and water . |
| 28 | Being able to pick up a colour and press it on coloured paper was all very exciting . |
| 29 | I have pricked my first blister , squeezed out the fluid , and dabbed it with surgical spirit . |
| 30 | After he had been held incommunicado for a month his family were allowed to visit him and found him in good health . |