Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I squeezed into a minute dining-room , where there were no TV sets and nervously tried to join a group of people . |
| 2 | I was supposed to have a meeting on with erm , a couple of guys from the British Coal Enterprise down in Middlesbrough with , but unfortunately again the weather caught all of them out and they decided not to come , but did n't occur to them to say they would n't come , so I sat down there for an hour , and eventually managed to find a phone number and get in contact and the guy was still there , and he said oh no I 'm not coming up . |
| 3 | CASS was also encouraging the development of part-time degrees , a policy which won an expression of DES approval for these and other CNAA efforts in this direction , since they would appeal to married women wishing to return to study ( and presumably helping to solve a shortage of school teachers ) . |
| 4 | Robert Norman McNevin ACA and David Carty FCA both of 234 Manchester Road , Warrington having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they at Warrington between 10 June 1991 and 1 August 1991 passed clients ' monies through their firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally ordered to pay a fine of £500 and £250 by way of costs . |
| 5 | John Leslie Bill FCA , Nigel John Collins ACA , David Scott Fisher FCA , Ralph Edgar Rowledge FCA , Michael Ross Hart FCA , Malcolm Philip Hemming FCA and Gerry Paul Harborne ACA all of Griffin House , 18–19 Ludgate Hill , Birmingham having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that they at Birmingham between 31 January 1991 and 23 August 1991 passed clients ' monies through their firm 's office account were each reprimanded and jointly and severally ordered to pay a fine of £500 and £250 by way of costs . |
| 6 | He was also jaundiced and so had to wear a hood to protect his eyes and lie naked under a constant bright light . |
| 7 | Pluralism is regarded as an ideology which masks the reality of power and so helps to legitimise a system which is grounded in inequality and an absence of fair play . |
| 8 | The remaining test utterances were not incorrectly identified ; the system simply generated too many partial interpretations and so failed to give a response within the resource limits of the trial . |
| 9 | He observed St-Germain-des Pres from a little distance , was distressed by its tendency towards abstraction , took his new mistress Francoise Gilot from its fringes , and so thought to teach a lesson in painting to both her and her contemporaries . |
| 10 | It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’ |
| 11 | They must have felt the need for a farmer 's almanac and so started to keep a tally of days , which they recorded with special symbols . |
| 12 | ‘ For your information , I 've still got most of my own teeth and only have to use a walking frame when it 's damp and my arthritis starts giving me gyp . |
| 13 | ‘ I will not anthropomorphize these vandals as they are wilfully and ignorantly trying to destroy a building that is there for the use of all the community . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , Mrs Markham , ’ a Mrs Prothero and President of the Women 's Institute said one day , ‘ I happened to be passing and just wanted to extend a welcome on behalf of the whole village . ’ |
| 15 | But history will record that McLaren solved its problem ( by setting up the car as they had for Spain ) , Hunt was on pole alongside Niki , Niki led the race for eight laps until his engine blew , Hunt then led it but was put under heavy pressure by Depailler , was suffering from the dry heaves inside his helmet and somehow survived to win a race from which Niki garnered nothing . |
| 16 | She became school librarian , and always seemed to have a book in her hand . |
| 17 | Cutting staff , announcing record profits , and still intending to introduce a charge for directory enquiries ‘ to compete with the American cost of 50p a call ’ |
| 18 | This suggests that it may be difficult to maintain large power differences and still hope to keep a group happy . ’ |
| 19 | Mrs Davison was injured when she jumped from a bedroom window and still has to use a crutch . |
| 20 | Section 5 of the Business Names Act 1985 provides that where a person fails to comply with the requirement set out in s. 5 and thereafter seeks to enforce a business contract with a party in default by means of a court action , ( a ) if the person in default can establish that he or she has a claim against the proprietor , which due to the proprietor 's failure to comply with s. 5 he or she has been unable to pursue , or ( b ) if a breach by the proprietor of s. 5 has caused the person in default some financial loss , the proprietor 's claim shall be dismissed , unless it is ‘ just and equitable ’ that the proprietor should be allowed to continue the action . |
| 21 | The Dormouse woke up and quickly began to tell a story , but a few minutes later it was asleep again . |
| 22 | As they are hand reared these spiders become accustomed to Goblins and quickly learn to accept a rider . |
| 23 | ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’ |
| 24 | The group had held a press conference two days earlier at which they called on the Fourth Communist Party Congress ( Cuarto Congreso del Partido Comunista ) to instigate radical political reforms and also attempted to distribute a statement to this effect to Congress delegates . |
| 25 | Some poems were conventional love poems ; others were historical , recounting well-known stories about the Zuwaya past ; still others were comments on contemporary events ( sometimes compared to the historical ) which informed , and also helped to create a consensus of opinion . |
| 26 | Representatives from 29 countries , the European Communities ( EC ) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) met in Geneva on April 30-May 1 to discuss ways of encouraging Vietnamese " boat people " to return to Vietnam , and also agreed to establish a committee to consider " alternative and additional measures " to deal with those unwilling to return . |
| 27 | It neglects to take into account the possibility that people might also attach a comparable value to environmental protection , and similarly fails to attach a value to the contribution vehicles make to acid rain and greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 28 | It consists of a massive foundation , 1.8 m ( 6 ft ) deep and 9.7 by 10.3 m ( 32 by 34 ft ) , enclosing an irregular space about 4.3 by 4.9 m ( 14 by 16 ft ) , and clearly intended to support a superstructure of some weight . |
| 29 | Organising a public assembly and knowingly failing to comply with a condition imposed , taking part in a public assembly and knowingly failing to observe a condition imposed , or inciting another to participate in such a procession . |
| 30 | ‘ Sterilising ’ sinks : These are heated sinks usually in combination with a washing sink and thermostatically controlled to maintain a temperature of at least 82°C . |