Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Ive never seen a ball hit from that far out , rise in a straight line ( showing the power behind it ) . |
| 2 | My club control a water I have been carp fishing for the last three seasons and have just imposed a hair rig ban . |
| 3 | I am six weeks pregnant , and have just received a present of some beauty products . |
| 4 | In fact , a graphic series of pictures I 'm viewing of Koons getting it on with his 35-year-old fiancé are being made into paintings , sculpture and have even inspired a film . |
| 5 | Instead of talking openly about " the mob " or " the common herd " ( J. S. Mill ) or " the swinish multitude " ( Burke ) , modern elitists have talked about " the masses " and " mass society " , and have even drawn a distinction between " mass democracy " and " liberal democracy " . |
| 6 | The People 's Party and the Czechoslovak Socialist Party , which functioned as proper political parties before 1948 and have since had a satellite existence , have begun to flex their muscles . |
| 7 | A few writers have seen the links which are possible between sociology and Freud 's theory , and have therefore managed a bridge between social psychology and sociology . |
| 8 | I was sad about this because I am a clubbable person by nature , and have never regarded a game of golf as anything but an occasion of pleasurable social exchange ; but an end to Muirfield was the price I had to pay for the championing of Meehan 's cause . |
| 9 | We have paid home insurance for the last 25 years and have never made a claim . |
| 10 | I 've always done this , and have never known a horse get chapped heels or skin infections — whereas I have known horses whose owners follow the first course get mud fever . |
| 11 | I have carried my own personal tapes and cassettes in NO SMOKING carriages for nearly 20 years and have never had a problem . |
| 12 | But perhaps someone from Midland can explain how they hope to attract accounts from youngsters in their first jobs who have not passed their driving test and have never had a passport . |
| 13 | Young people three , four years out of college and have never had a job . |
| 14 | I have struggled to pay the loan and have now obtained a Smith and Nephew scholarship to pay my first year 's course fees . |
| 15 | They beat Southampton from the premiership in the second round and have now forced a replay in their third round tie against Blackburn Rovers . |
| 16 | Andrew and John were recruited with the objective of being prepared for Shell work on the Brent contract , and have systematically followed a route of planned training , to work for Wood Group Engineering Contractors on a Shell site and installation . |
| 17 | Another helpful procedure would be to let children who are learning to read silently have some experience of reading aloud , to one another , passages of their own choosing , not ‘ from cold ’ , as a test of reading skill , but after they have become familiar with a text in general terms and have perhaps had a chance to look closely at syntax or vocabulary found to be perplexing . |