Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " 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 | By contrast , the G cells are not detectable until 18 weeks of gestation and develop entirely within the anatomical antrum . |
| 3 | The bulk of it , though , is just standard major record company dross which is greeted with a yawn and propelled directly into the nearest rubbish bin . |
| 4 | Neil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London and , like most of the artists listed here , teaches and plays regularly for the European Summer School of Arts and Languages at Oxford . |
| 5 | " Sit here , near me , and let's be cosy … oh , well , perhaps just a touch , " she turned her eyes away from the bottle and gazed absently at the passing crowd until her glass was quite full . |
| 6 | A man climbed to the top and gazed helplessly at the curved expanse of the copper-sheathed dome . |
| 7 | The Bishop sighed and gazed wearily at the opposite wall . |
| 8 | It was a prime-ministerial cabinet in all but name and plunged instantly into the economic blizzard which engulfed the new Labour administration and with which , initially , it coped so inadequately . |
| 9 | Even as she observed this , it did just that , slithered off the nail which supported it and plunged headfirst into the deep blue of the mantelpiece . |
| 10 | An expression of pure horror shaped itself on his features as he slithered helplessly down the slope and plunged headlong into the stinking waters of Mucky Beck . |
| 11 | I do like she says , and sit there with the damp towel round my neck and wait for her to come back . |
| 12 | It appears in many guises , and persists even in the communicative approach , despite claims to put language skills in a subsidiary position to communicative skills . |
| 13 | ‘ It is my opinion ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ that Matilda should be taken out of my form and placed immediately in the top form with the eleven-year-olds . ’ |
| 14 | Soviet leaders had been prepared to consider international arrangements and guarantees only on the external aspects of the Afghan problem . |
| 15 | The General People 's Congress ( GPC — Parliament ) promulgated on Sept. 2 its " Law Number Nine of the Year 1992 " authorizing the privatization of enterprises and permitting " individuals or groups to exercise the liberal professions and to invest freely in the private sectors " . |
| 16 | The letter links the findings of Dis-continuing care with Age Concern 's recent work on hospital discharge and other issues , and refers also to the recent decisions of the Health Service Commissioner on health authority responsibilities for provision of long-term care . |
| 17 | Recently , it is said that the pair enjoyed ‘ an evening walk by the river ’ in the course of which ‘ they wandered deep in conversation , pausing only to kiss and cuddle tenderly on the deserted towpath . ’ |
| 18 | Prosecutions for abortion doubled between 1900 and 1910 and doubled again during the next twenty years , but this may merely indicate more vigilance on the part of the authorities rather than increasing incidence . |
| 19 | It is precisely in line with the common professional assumptions outlined earlier and fits comfortably within the existing style of professional/client relationships . |
| 20 | Tony Hands of Colchester has leap-frogged above Harris in the rankings and goes straight into the main event . |
| 21 | ‘ It has a firmer texture and goes well with the heavier sauces . |
| 22 | Work on the drift deposits of the Livingston and Falkirk areas in central Scotland indicate that sea-levels have risen and fallen repeatedly during the last 13 000 years . |
| 23 | The distribution of raised marine sediments and associated well-marked shorelines reveal that sea-levels have risen and fallen repeatedly during the last 13 000 years . |
| 24 | Of course she could , she told herself , clenching her fists and gazing unseeingly at the distant mountain-tops . |
| 25 | Unaware of his presence , she was sitting on the soft springy turf , leaning back against the ancient wall of the summer-house and gazing dreamily across the blue haze of the estuary . |
| 26 | Although born and bred in the country and reinstalled there for the past 30 years , I fear I am not a proper countryman ; London has dished me . |
| 27 | The fair gradually declined during the 1930 's and ceased just before the Second World War ; but it has continued to be proclaimed each St Swithin 's Day , except when this falls on a Sunday and then the custom usually takes place on the following day . |
| 28 | The effect of evacuation was to flood the dark places with light and bring home to the national consciousness that the ‘ submerged tenth ’ described by Charles Booth still exists in our towns like a hidden sore , poor , dirty and crude in its habits , an intolerable and degrading burden to decent people forced by poverty to neighbour with it . |
| 29 | Dawn Run took the lead from the start and hopped nimbly over the first two fences . |
| 30 | The patient 's normal temperature range is established following admission and checked regularly in the early post-operative period . |