Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [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 | It is hoped to have another polo match here next year and perhaps make it an annual event . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've ruined my Gnome costume and perhaps lost me a lovely bicycle . ’ |
| 7 | Does the horse come to the stable door to investigate you , and perhaps give you a friendly nuzzle ? |
| 8 | It may be full of microbes and rotting vegetation , but these are natural and organic and only give it an attractive flavour . |
| 9 | And just to remind you the open the open state probability can be defined as the time that the channel spends in its in the open state divided by the total time of the recording . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He had never done one and always thought it a dangerous manoeuvre to execute . |
| 12 | and also supplies me a great deal of work . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | High dose Quinine , which makes you sick and also gives you a loud ringing in your ears . |
| 15 | This will double the subject 's chance of pregnancy , and also give her a useful chance of bearing non-identical twins . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 18 | Annunziata , who had accepted the hug , made Julia get back into bed and then told her the whole story . |
| 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 | About to make a flippant reply , she checked herself and instead gave him the exact truth . |
| 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 . |
| 24 | That was how she described it to herself , although what it really meant was that he took her to bed whenever he felt like it and occasionally gave her an absent-minded smile backstage . |
| 25 | Most people consider elimination to be a very private bodily function and therefore find it an embarrassing subject to discuss with hospital staff . |