Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I guessed , ’ he replied , and suddenly gave her a lop-sided grin — and all at once Leith discovered she was feeling most unexpectedly lighthearted . |
| 2 | We have already emphasized the value of coins as evidence ; among other things they sometimes reveal the number of minters at work in a city , and so give us a hazy but valuable indication of the relative size of the towns of a kingdom . |
| 3 | This project aims to analyse the business and social composition of London at that crucial stage of its development , and so to make it a substantial contribution towards our understanding of the emergence of the modern British state and its economy . |
| 4 | On such whimsical criteria , and perhaps thinking them a good omen , did we decide our preference . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've ruined my Gnome costume and perhaps lost me a lovely bicycle . ’ |
| 6 | Does the horse come to the stable door to investigate you , and perhaps give you a friendly nuzzle ? |
| 7 | Most club golfers experimenting with this shot are surprised at just how accurately the ball will roll and soon find it a preferable shot to the wedge . |
| 8 | It is a wonderful thing to see , and somehow gives you a greater thrill than seeing a conventional float slide under the surface . |
| 9 | He had never done one and always thought it a dangerous manoeuvre to execute . |
| 10 | and also supplies me a great deal of work . |
| 11 | The highly aromatic leaves have many uses , and also make it a decorative garden shrub ; there are several varieties with leaves of other colours besides green . |
| 12 | It 's a very physically demanding business ; dancing is a wonderful way of keeping in training and also gives you a bigger scope in theatre these days . |
| 13 | High dose Quinine , which makes you sick and also gives you a loud ringing in your ears . |
| 14 | This will double the subject 's chance of pregnancy , and also give her a useful chance of bearing non-identical twins . |
| 15 | As it would not fit into the studio , and also to soften the image , and hence give it a greater depth of field , Ray Cusick and Christopher Barry agreed to have all the shots of the model done on film , realising that video would show definition too harshly , making the model look too much like a model . |
| 16 | The whole system was tainted with a self-destructive weakness , for in striving for absolute standardization , it rejected the individual and automatically branded him a second-class citizen . |
| 17 | Whatever time I ran him back , there was always a smiling , cheerful member of staff to greet him , strap him into the stair lift , help him to undress if necessary and even bring him a last cup of tea if he felt like one . |
| 18 | As she hitched up the fox fur draped about her neck , she was tempted now and then to give them a regal wave but decided that to sit back in dignified hauteur was more fitting to her role . |
| 19 | Once Clive was in the hypnotic state on this occasion , I asked him to visualize going up to someone he knew slightly , taking a few deep breaths and then asking them a simple question — ‘ Could you please tell me the time ? ’ or ‘ Do you know the way to such-and-such a street ? ’ |
| 20 | Let her eat lunch and then give her a mild tranquilliser . |
| 21 | And when you go to your antenatal clinic , they just look at you and look at your finger to see if you 've got a ring on , and then give you a dirty look , and I think , Oh , get lost . |
| 22 | That allegory is complex , but seems mainly concerned with the way in which Frankenstein , standing for science in general , wishes to remould the world for the better , and instead leaves it a worse place than he finds it . |
| 23 | For the first couple of years I shared a flat with a friend , then my paternal grandmother died and unexpectedly left me a small legacy . |