Example sentences of "and [subord] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The designer is thus presented with information on the type of " failure " , its value , and where it occurred during the mechanism event . |
| 2 | Before then he had 14 years in charge of West Ham , the club he joined as a schoolboy player and where he progressed through the ranks . |
| 3 | It was to this much dive-bombed , shelled and strafed position — described as a forefinger poking into Rommel 's midriff — that Leslie came , and where he remained throughout the summer and autumn , constantly in action . |
| 4 | And so they went to the cinema . |
| 5 | And so they returned to the kitchen again ; and after the meal was put on the table Aggie went through the other room and from the door yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ just the once before returning to the kitchen . |
| 6 | The Indians were buried with as much wealth as possible , and so they strove with the utmost diligence throughout their lives to acquire and amass all the gold they could , which they took from their own land and were buried with it … |
| 7 | And so you came into the desert |
| 8 | Simon Kellett and Ashley Metcalfe were in a business-like mood and although they picked off the bad balls , they took few unnecessary risks . |
| 9 | The Tories were in some disarray after the association of some of their leaders with Jacobite intrigue : Oxford was impeached and sent to the Tower in 1715 , and although eventually acquitted in 1717 , his political power was effectively destroyed ; Bolingbroke fled abroad , and although he returned in the 1720s to play a leading role in the propaganda campaign against Walpole , he was not allowed to resume his seat in the House of Lords . |
| 10 | His parents are well-off farmers in Somerset , and although he went to the prestigious Ampleforth school , he spent only a year after taking his A levels at agricultural college before becoming a BMW car salesman . |
| 11 | And although she listened for the sound of his steps , she did not hear them . |
| 12 | And if one moved like the wind in branches , the other 's motion was a tower falling , a frightening , uncoordinated progression in which he seemed to crash forward uncontrollably at each stride , jerking himself stiffly upright and swaying for a moment on his heels before the next toppling step . |
| 13 | Whatever their basis in nefarious dealings , misunderstood intelligence , or dreams , noble things were being attempted , and if they came off the world would have cause to be grateful . |
| 14 | They could n't get back to the bank without treading on shifting , clutching , cloying marsh , which could trap them and draw them right down ; and if they stayed in the car , sooner or later they would go under with it . |
| 15 | And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead . |
| 16 | And if anything fell into the category of being impossible it was the former BR standard pacific Duke of Gloucester . |
| 17 | She already had her travelling companion , Swimmer of Lakes , and if she thought of the wild horses in the valley at all it was simply to wonder about the legend of the tamers : to subdue the spirit of the wild animal ; to be permitted to ride upon its back ; yes , magic would have been necessary in early thought , and cult legends certainly would have grown around the hunters who snared the fast , proud creatures . |
| 18 | And if she trod on the cracks , where the grass peered through , would they open up and engulf her and it would all be over , whatever it was ? |
| 19 | They were absolutely horrid and if I went on the beach , the first thing I did was to dig a hole in the sand to put the feet in and then just stay there all day … . |
| 20 | ‘ He wanted to develop his business on a private basis , and if he came into the glare of publicity as owner of Manchester United he would not be able to do that , ’ one of the negotiators said . |
| 21 | And if he knew of the wanton pictures chasing one another through her head his insulting opinion of her would no doubt be confirmed . |
| 22 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 23 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 24 | And if he lived on the other side of the world she would think nothing of flying to meet him , she said . |
| 25 | And if you went past the end of it with your hat on and you 're whoof |
| 26 | good , and if you rummaged over the details , if you look at the bottom er , you 'll see er account , total costs a hundred thousand , sixty hundred and forty four pounds budget ninety six , eight , seven , four , so that er there in fact it looks as though the actual costs were something erm nearly four thousand pound er more than the budget , do you see ? |
| 27 | He submitted that the order itself had made a compromise because it contained the words ‘ counterclaim withdrawn ’ and because it dealt with the rent so that the plaintiffs had no further claim in respect of it . |
| 28 | Well yeah and because he talked to the |
| 29 | Well , if you have a problem after , say , the tenth month after purchase , you will be too late for any claim under the Sale Of Goods Act , but you will still have a claim under your guarantee — as long as it is for more than ten months , and providing you sent off the registration card ! |
| 30 | Both girls were keen cyclists and since they lived near the road they could get out and about . |