Example sentences of "and [adv] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In two by-elections for the National Assembly , the DLP lost a seat in the North Chungchong province and only narrowly held a seat in the southern city of Taegu , a traditional conservative stronghold , after an intensive and expensive campaign . |
| 2 | The tower had a suitable motif of stars and stripes and somewhat ironically commemorated a man no more remarkable for his Christianity than for his constitutionalism . |
| 3 | ‘ Great Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role ’ taunted Dean Acheson , the American Secretary of State , around this time . |
| 4 | It may be true that under the ERA LEAs have lost an entire empire and not yet found a role . |
| 5 | The Ottawa Conference of July and August 1932 paved the way for increased trade between the nations which formed the British Empire and thus effectively operated a system of protection . |
| 6 | I passed back the form and just about managed a smile myself . |
| 7 | Well like a lot of Leeds fans , I got wrecked last night and then hardly got a wink of sleep . |
| 8 | The false pretence ( or ‘ deception , ’ to use the new term ) was no long confined to pretence about an existing fact and no longer excluded a misrepresentation as to the offender 's intention . |
| 9 | Nathan helped me to my feet and very cautiously picked a way up through the boulders and small crags towards the road . |
| 10 | Daniel adeptly and too obviously converted a reminiscence of his Mum 's about a joint of pork she had once cooked into a general conversation about Christmases past . |