Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | The groups of women artists who met and worked collaboratively during the same period are less clearly referenced in standard texts . |
| 7 | All of the characters are strong and stay basically in the same tone except for Estella who undergoes a very sudden character change in the revised ending . |
| 8 | We by-passed the town and went straight to the former station , which is actually not in the town itself , but at Minllyn . |
| 9 | The proportions and detail of these orders are some of the best work of its type in Rome and illustrate clearly the Roman constructional method using arch and order together with the former bearing the load and the latter as a decorative feature ( 127 ) . |
| 10 | I leap outside into the snow , stand ankle deep in the snow and strain frantically at the same time trying to remember which direction I am pointing so that I can give instructions about where not to get the snow for tomorrow 's tea . |
| 11 | The patient ( Uma Thurman ) seems to have undergone a severe childhood trauma ; the sister ( Kim Basinger ) is married to a handsome Greek gangster ( Eric Roberts ) and runs amok at the least taste of alcohol . |
| 12 | He was irritated by my disbelief and pointed forcefully in the same direction as before , shouting , ‘ Reggane ! ’ |
| 13 | Aileen knew how to hold a conversation with twelve people and work hard at the same time . |