Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Improv provides business an professional users with a unique set of capabilities for dynamic viewing and analysis , and , for building spreadsheets that can be easily reused , modified and shared over a long lifecycle . |
| 2 | I saw the barrels begin to spin and that 's when I snatched up Barry and whipped out the trusty Smith and West Wittering . |
| 3 | It was the legacy of the previous form of uneven development based in the sectoral spatial division of labour ( high levels of unemployment from previously dominant sectors which had overwhelmingly employed men ) which provided the conditions ( regional policy grants , a ‘ green ’ , female labour force anxious for paid employment ) which attracted in this new form of economic activity and laid down a new form of uneven development . |
| 4 | The big moment came : she opened her hand and laid down the burdened flower by Maman 's plate . |
| 5 | She opened the door and gazed down a splendid vista of reception rooms that opened out one into the next , which Buzz had learned was typical of grand French houses . |
| 6 | FORTY-FIVE people were killed last night when an excursion coach careered off a Spanish motorway and plunged down a steep embankment . |
| 7 | Here too the distinction was not absolute , and hides many other differences ; but the bulk of the lower clergy were half educated at best , and led quite a different life from their superiors . |
| 8 | She lifted a hand to her face and wiped away a greasy sheen of sweat . |
| 9 | The eternal westerly swell rolled lazily across our wake and wiped out the last trace of our intrusion . |
| 10 | However , the Government 's approach , conditioned by the sole objective of reducing expenditure , was far too narrow and attacked only the soft underbelly without reaching the heart of the problem . |
| 11 | It was not itself a centre of manufacturing , but it outstripped all other ports as a point of transit for English exports and became thereby a major entrepot of international trade . |
| 12 | Once lodged in the realm of ‘ common sense ’ and sustained by ‘ practical ’ measures , state collectivism looked less and less like contestable belief , and became increasingly the broad starting point for argument , rather than its disputed conclusion . |
| 13 | His red , lumpy features were transfigured and he stopped being a badly assembled mass of fleshy fragments and became instead a vital man . |
| 14 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 15 | PREMIER John Major yesterday assured the Chancellor his job was safe and ruled out a festive Cabinet shake-up . |
| 16 | Then I returned to the tinker camp and sought out the same woman . |
| 17 | One occasion was when my daughter , who I had suspected was a better reader than she had ever let on , casually picked up The Wind in the Willows while I was unpacking after a house-move , and read out the first page with great expression and hardly any mistakes . |
| 18 | Even when compared with the 1983 landslide victory , the Conservative share of the vote increased in the South East ( including Greater London ) , East Anglia , West Midlands and East Midlands , and registered only a marginal decline in the South West ( albeit with a share of the vote still in excess of 50 per cent ) . |
| 19 | We now accept that the report was based upon inaccurate information and conveyed completely the wrong impression about Linford . |
| 20 | Lacking axes or crampons we 'd kicked steps up the snowy approach gully the afternoon before and checked out the devious ladders and chains forming the descent from the summit . |
| 21 | With Buddie 's orders ringing in his ears , he stood his ground and made not the slightest move to obey . |
| 22 | He resolutely refused to conform to local customs and made not the slightest effort to understand the people . |
| 23 | She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story . |
| 24 | She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story . |
| 25 | That may be so , but the prince was ousted from power by the Lon Nol coup back in 1970 , and made only a brief comeback as a Khmer Rouge figurehead in 1976 . |
| 26 | They were used mainly to provide public works and made only a marginal impact upon the distressed : the Poplar workhouse was severely overcrowded in both winters . |
| 27 | If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang . |
| 28 | Taken by surprise and fear of the other the boy lost his balance and tumbled down the grassy bank towards the stranger but to the boy 's incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air . |
| 29 | The preferred model , which allows individuals to treat sources of income receipts other than benefits and earnings differently , gave very good results , and passed both a statistical test and a theory check for consistency . |
| 30 | Then I switched the dim hall light on , and experienced again the initial impact of the tobacco wallpaper and chocolate paint , the threadbare linoleum , the high gloomy ceilings that you were reluctant to look at for fear you should see bats hanging there . |