Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | C might ignore the agreement , take coercive action and promote a conflict between itself and A and B. C can not be compelled to accept the terms of the treaty between A and B ; if C acts contrary to the treaty , A and B can not make that the basis of a claim against C. Equally , if the treaty between A and B was in C's interest , C could not enforce that interest through legal proceedings unless it was in fact more than an interest , and amounted to a legally protected right . |
| 2 | One recent theory says that the common ancestor of all living things was a bacteria that consumed sulphur compounds , and lived in a volcanically hot environment that was hot enough to boil water . |
| 3 | He was unmarried and lived in a superlatively untidy one-room flat quite near the lab , to which he travelled by bicycle . |
| 4 | ‘ On finding she had become hooked like a drug addict , she gave up the shoot-out paintings and moved into a more feminine world to explore female stereotypes ’ |
| 5 | Two years later , on finding she had become hooked like a drug addict , she gave up the shoot-out paintings and moved into a more feminine world to explore female stereotypes . |
| 6 | His father was an Ulsterman who emigrated to Scotland to work in the mines , where he married a local woman and presided over a strictly protestant household in which both parents were active members of the Orange Lodge . |
| 7 | She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin . |
| 8 | Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out . |
| 9 | So here he has erm quite a long discussion in the fact that if you have inexperienced people , they will often make the make a quick initial assessment of a situation which is being and rejected by a more experienced person . |
| 10 | They are shaped in uniform sizes to ensure consistency in weight and value and served in a specially seasoned breading . |
| 11 | As a result , rebel sources said that RAM had changed its name to the Nationalist Revolutionary Alliance and evolved into a more civilian-military association . |
| 12 | When that happens , it will be possible for anyone who needs an interpreter to contact one by telephone and know that , when the interpreter arrived , he or she was competent and worked to a nationally recognised code of professional practice . |
| 13 | Similarly , inadequate information about the siting of the jetty at Rothera meant that it had to be redesigned and repositioned at a relatively late stage , at an additional cost of £2 million . |
| 14 | She accepted greedily and bit into a slightly stale roll . |
| 15 | One evening we left behind the parquet floors and chandeliers of the Victoria and went on a jolly organised by Herr Platzer . |
| 16 | The search for subjects that would appeal to audiences narrowed the range of films made , and resulted in a sometimes excessive reliance on stories involving naughty boys , magic drinks , plucky dogs pursuing criminals and clothes left lying around for tramps to pick up . |
| 17 | I chose as my subject the person of the Buddha , tried to relate his teaching to Christians , expressed my deep admiration for him and pleaded for a more tolerant and positive attitude towards the religion which he had founded . |
| 18 | Bruin many years later became the CO of No 84 Squadron in Greece — that is before we were all thrown out by the Germans and , let me say at this stage , aided and abetted by a rather unmentionable faction of Greek insurgence . |
| 19 | Cranston was full of good cheer , aided and abetted by an apparently miraculous wineskin which never seemed to empty . |
| 20 | Cranston remained full of good cheer , aided and abetted by an apparently miraculous wineskin which never seemed to empty . |
| 21 | They have settled down , sorted out their personal problems , adjusted their lives to accommodate each other , found a way to cope with the pressure and emerged with a very strong successful partnership . |
| 22 | She locked the medical centre and emerged into a typically jolly Saturday night . |
| 23 | He looked closely at her and spoke in a slightly louder voice and more slowly . |
| 24 | He smiled and spoke in a highly cultivated English voice as he continued his sentence ‘ … for now in this 20th century the great nation of China is quickly being modernized . ’ |
| 25 | They both wore good suits and spoke in a very reasonable tone . |
| 26 | At this point the young man , who had been reading a folded newspaper , looked up and said in a slightly truculent voice , ‘ Excuse me , madam , but that 's my pudding you 're about to eat . ’ |
| 27 | Doris gave Wickham a cheerful smile and said in a pleasantly modified Cockney accent that she was positive it was MacQuillan she had seen . |
| 28 | She gave him a sullen glare and said in a very distant way did he know there was some awful peasant trespassing round the lake ? |
| 29 | The policeman pulled his cap straight and said in a very careful , very patient voice , ‘ Who you been staying with here in the area ? ’ |
| 30 | Suddenly , to my embarrassment , my three-year-old daughter brought my right back down to earth as she pointed and said in an extremely loud voice : ‘ Look Mummy , they 're all showing their bottoms ! ’ |