Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chen said in a message to employees that the Eau Claire , Wisconsin company had designed and tested a prototype of what would be the world 's fastest supercomputer , and industry executives familiar with the project separately told Reuter that the prototype appeared to be a viable machine with a solid architecture . |
| 2 | Steven Holmes , a pupil of Handsworth Grammar School in Birmingham , designed and painted a headboard which we carry on the front of the locomotive . |
| 3 | The whole festival is heavily dependent on sponsorship and for the last five years it has successfully attracted and maintained a number of business sponsors both locally and nationally . |
| 4 | Supporters of the Torness Alliance , committed to frustrating the building plans , had occupied and refurbished a derelict cottage on the edge of the site and renamed it after the local Half Moon Bay . |
| 5 | The men it seems , were utterly overwhelmed by the need to be thus entreated and made a response so gallant , ( alas , unrecorded ) that the ladies in return ( on June 26th ) offered the ‘ Ladies ’ Cup ’ trophy ‘ in recognition of the kindnesses received ’ . |
| 6 | AN angry hippo has attacked and killed a woman in South Africa 's northern Transvaal province , after it smashed its way through an electric fence in the Mabelingwe nature reserve , police said yesterday . |
| 7 | He was chased by fighters , but escaped , and during his return flight attacked and damaged a Z.506B floatplane . |
| 8 | Cuban-US relations had been inflamed on Jan. 31 , 1990 , when a US Coast Guard patrol boat , with the administration 's authorization , attacked and damaged a Cuban-chartered cargo ship , the Hermann , in the Gulf of Mexico , when its Cuban master had refused to stop for a drugs search . |
| 9 | The girl had grinned and taken a gulp of iced tea . |
| 10 | Just imagine a single garment that can be mixed and matched a million times to look different and devastating every time . |
| 11 | The project seems certain to have supplemented and accelerated a number of cross-curricular developments , not least by bringing departmental representatives together on the library committee and raising staff awareness of curricular innovation and pedagogical reforms . |
| 12 | Fig. 3 ( d ) A final 5 cm ( 2 in ) layer of concrete is then added and given a smooth finish with a plasterer 's trowel . |
| 13 | A final 5 cm ( 2 in ) is then added and given a smooth finish with a plasterer 's trowel ( Fig. 3d ) . |
| 14 | Following reinstatement Mr Dane has resigned and submitted a letter of resignation which has been accepted by the board , ’ it said . |
| 15 | Lignite Action Group ( LAG ) set itself a three-fold objective : to gather ‘ information concerning the future in relation to what major changes would take place ’ ; to participate ‘ in any discussions and decisions which are to be made concerning our lives ’ and ‘ to be consulted and have our fears and wishes for the future of the community respected and given a fair hearing ’ . |
| 16 | The thief was caught and given a two year prison sentence but the stolen property was not recovered . |
| 17 | In 1910 it was modified and given a sparse interior for the Czech Brothers who today , are the inheritors of the ideals of Jan Hus . |
| 18 | The Council have considered and approved a review of financial strategy for the Society to 1997 , the main aims of which are to : |
| 19 | The pioneer of this kind of approach is Kit Martin , who has successfully rescued and converted a series of great country houses including Dingley in Northamptonshire , Gunton in Norfolk , Callaly in Northumberland and most recently Tyninghame in East Lothian . |
| 20 | WHEN Ringo Starr announced himself in Cancun , Mexico , he was wined and dined , chauffered and given a week of radio interviews . |
| 21 | He is an internationally recognised expert in the economic and traffic impact of large developments , having presented and published a number of papers around the world . |
| 22 | I mean it could have been different it could have got out of control and then everybody would have turned and pointed a finger and that would have been awful . |
| 23 | When they had met and exchanged a few kisses , that would be time enough . |
| 24 | And what can there be about the arrangement of a few slices of sausage and a dozen black olives on a dish brought by the waitress in the seaside café to keep you occupied while your fish is cooking that makes you feel that this is the first time you have seen and tasted a black olive and a piece of sausage ? |
| 25 | Ramsey was not moved and printed a reply . |
| 26 | Gillian Darley has written and presented a series of books and television programmes . |
| 27 | we have written and published a new ‘ Good Wood Guide ’ to help stop the sale of rainforest hardwoods ; |
| 28 | During this period the Road Vehicles Department also expanded and implemented a progressive system of new building and repair . |
| 29 | She must 've sneaked into the pantry one day when nobody was looking and taken a bite out of that jelly . |
| 30 | To achieve this , the Museum has built and flown a fleet of replicas . |