Example sentences of "in [adj] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that does n't mean we ca n't be true Christians in private and keep the Old Faith alive for the day when the Protestants see the error of their ways . " |
| 2 | The Belfast helped sink the German battleship Scharnhorst off Norway in 1943 and led the naval bombardment in support of the Normandy D Day landing at Juno Beach . |
| 3 | Although the Law Society took the steps to establish a Professional and Public Relations Committee in 1971 and employed the public relations firm , Saatchi and Saatchi , to improve its tarnished image , it did not seek to present the profession on any sort of economic/productivity basis . |
| 4 | Sandford pool was opened in 1935 and cost the then large sum of £16,000 . |
| 5 | Lamont now proposed a " substantial switch " from local to central taxation , amounting to about £4,250 million in 1991-92 and reducing the net yield of local taxation to around £7,000 million . |
| 6 | If the first punch is effectively blocked , then the attacker moves in nearer and unleashes the other fist . |
| 7 | When the Catholic hierarchy was restored in 1850 Shrewsbury , whilst defending the restoration in public and denouncing the Catholic peers who distanced themselves from it , felt that the triumphalist attitude of Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman [ q.v. ] |
| 8 | Fold it in half and use the folded edge as the centre of the band . |
| 9 | The White Wizard ( one of Bash 's predecessors ) originally entered the text-adventure world of Fantasia way back in 1985 and found the well-presented environment a mite too dull for his liking . |
| 10 | Sam Torrance was promised a bonus of £20,000 had he emulated his feat in 1985 and holed the winning putt at the Ryder Cup . |
| 11 | He was elected FRS in 1892 and gave the Croonian lecture in 1896 . |
| 12 | This compares with an inflow of £6.2 billion in 1990–91 and beats the previous record year of 1986–87 by £1.1 billion . |
| 13 | Wade will , of course , always be remembered for one special summer 's afternoon at the All England Club , but she was also world number two in 1975 and won the first-ever U.S. Open in 1968 . |
| 14 | Leeds were European Cup Winners ' Cup finalists in 1973 , European Cup finalists in 1975 and won the Old Fairs Cup in 1968 and 1971 . |
| 15 | CARE was formed in 1946 and helps the poorest of the poor in 38 countries in Africa , Asia and South America . |
| 16 | Bell acquired it in 1957 and undertook the two-seat conversion . |
| 17 | It was the fear of Labour which led the Conservatives to abandon the Lloyd George Coalition government in 1922 and to anticipate the new social policies of a ‘ new Conservatism ’ during the 1920s . |
| 18 | Liliane Lijn 's first Poem Machines were made in Paris in 1962 and exhibited the next year at the beatnik headquarters of La Librairie Anglaise . |
| 19 | The tour operator , Sir Henry Lunn , founded the Public Schools Alpine Sports Club in 1902 and began the British passion for speeding down the piste . |
| 20 | The poets and critics had played a considerable part in stimulating and organizing the first manifestations of the Cubists , but the connections between Orphism and contemporary literature were stronger and more direct . |
| 21 | Her independence and organizing ability had been displayed early when she joined the Girl Scouts in 1909 and formed the first Bournemouth troop of guides . |
| 22 | The other bull-running painting is the work of James Smeeton who died in 1883 and shows the 1839 bull being escorted by troops into Scotgate after its escape to Tolethorpe . |
| 23 | The old Eythrope house which had stood near to Bridge Lodge had belonged to the Earls of Chesterfield , who had pulled it down in 1810 and made the most of the high price of building materials then prevailing owing to the Napoleonic wars . |
| 24 | Undaunted by French bluster , she took Beirut and Acre in 1840 and played the major part in obliging the Egyptians to return home . |
| 25 | It is a solemn experience to sit in 1970 and watch the British people , seventy years before , being taught to ‘ think Imperially ’ . |
| 26 | The supreme court found in her favour in 1973 and declared the relevant section of the 1935 Criminal Law Amendment Act to be unconstitutional . |
| 27 | He had received a special trading privilege from Rudolf in 1592 and became the richest man in Prague . |
| 28 | This bought another East End brewery into the family tree , the Wenlock Brewery , in Wenlock Road , Shoreditch , just off the City Road , which had been taken over by Bass in 1961 and closed the following year . |
| 29 | He opened his own salon in 1923 and hit the big time in 1935 , when he designed the wedding dress for the Duchess of Gloucester . |
| 30 | Working-class voters had already elected one Labour government in 1923 and following the General Strike they elected another one at the first opportunity in 1929 . |