Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worker , in contrast , has only his labour to sell and receives only wages in return . |
| 2 | If a raised body temperature promotes alertness and staves off feelings of fatigue , high body temperatures are obviously disadvantageous when we wish to get to sleep . |
| 3 | There are quite sufficient echoes here to direct the reader to Keats 's ‘ ode on a Grecian Urn ’ where he finds the urn ‘ With brede/ Of marble men and maidens overwrought , / With forest branches … ‘ and finds too scenes of love ‘ For ever warm and still to be enjoyed , / For ever panting , and for ever young — ’ as well as the heifer approaching the altar ‘ with garlands dressed ’ . |
| 4 | If it 's from Aubrey Debrace , or that other girl , Alice , he opens it straight away and reads out bits of news to me . |
| 5 | It is the system of requiring leave to appeal which rations the case load of the House of Lords and filters out cases for attention which involve issues of supervision . |
| 6 | It 's a 2-seater and sporty and brings back memories of youth . |