Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Information Technology Sub-Committee has sought to make a contribution , and successfully put forward a reasoned scheme for the amendment of pleadings by non-coloured laserprinter which was subsequently adopted for a trial period within the Commercial Division under . |
| 2 | Nina resumed cracking nuts , adopting exactly the same grip on the hammer her mother had demonstrated , and successfully opened quite a few . |
| 3 | The insect may be 50 yards away , and so make only a tiny image on my retina . |
| 4 | ‘ My mother was a very careful owner and only did about a thousand miles a year between the end of the war and 1962 . |
| 5 | In Chalatenango , for example , the FMLN forces maintain that by preference , sexual relations should not occur outside of a matrimony ( understood in a broad sense and not implying either a civil or religious ceremony ) . |
| 6 | Unless you are thinking of doing La Demande , put away your chocks and Friends and just take about a dozen quick-draws . |
| 7 | As Beatrice and Orage became lovers , she worked for the paper , assuming increasing importance editorially and soon writing about a third of the contents herself as reviewer , poet , satirist and literary adviser . |
| 8 | The centres are essentially for advice and usually offer only a limited amount , if any , of further assistance . |
| 9 | She has a good sense of humour and also shares quite a few of my interests . |
| 10 | But last March AMD stole a tenth of this market within months of launching its version of the 386 , and now claims almost a third . |
| 11 | I 'm told that Brian Summers put up some money to get the company started and now has quite a significant slice of the Supersight action . ’ |
| 12 | It soon forced the back door out , and then took away a great part of his furniture . |
| 13 | " Oh , lay off , " said Clelia , and pulled away from him , and skipped a few steps on the green short grass , and then did rather a professional cartwheel . |
| 14 | I was horrified by these disclosures and indeed spent rather a troubled night reflecting on whether I had any duty to express my view . |
| 15 | What kept insects extremely small over millions of years of evolution , and why have only a few mammals ever approached the size of dinosaurs ? |
| 16 | The great drive for respectability , which was led by the trade papers and various film industry organizations , really took over the whole publicity campaign and again became almost a defining characteristic of British and especially American cinema . |
| 17 | He sighed , and softly wiped away a single tear with the tip of his finger . |