Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [adv prt] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say it was a computerised letter which got through and they apologise in advance to any other tenant who might have got one . |
| 2 | The crossplank was then converted into a sliding rest which moved up and down and a central strut was included , to be positioned according to the size of the canvas . |
| 3 | The crossplank was then converted into a sliding rest which moved up and down and a central strut was included , to be positioned according to the size of the canvas . |
| 4 | Essentially , all the invention consisted of was an overhead vacuum cleaner which moved back and forth between the textile machines and which had attached to it a long vertical tube , reaching almost to the floor . |
| 5 | He shivered at the ‘ yip , yip ’ of a fox carried by the cool night wind and jumped at the screech of the huge bats which flickered up and down the castle walls . |
| 6 | To one side was a row of lights which flickered on and off like something you 'd get |
| 7 | Given that the rituals of circumcision and menstrual taboo , like the other blood rituals , would appear to have derived at least in their final form from the trauma of the exile to Babylon and the consequent restructuring of the Jewish community , we shall need to start our historical survey some centuries further back in time in order to locate and appreciate the profound changes which occurred in and around the sixth century BC . |
| 8 | The wheel dates from the 1955 Campaign for the Congress of the People which drew up and adopted the Freedom Charter . |
| 9 | As he peered through his mind 's eye it seemed rather that the deepest water changed into a different type of material which sank down and down forever , tossed by its own fierce storms , swayed by its own currents that were swifter than any ocean 's — until far off elsewhere there surfaced from this immaterium yet other seas of life , which were other worlds . |
| 10 | He was armed with a stout length of post , which came up and broke my blow . |
| 11 | On the way they were spotted by an Italian aircraft which came in and strafed them . |
| 12 | Marie had been putting her money in a machine which had a little silver crane which came down and swung round , grabbing at the prizes . |
| 13 | He had squirrel eyes which darted about and he took a good look at her legs beneath her short skirt . |
| 14 | Moore 's 1970 World Cup in Mexico was blighted by the wretched bracelet business in Bogota which smouldered on and on . |
| 15 | Luke put his books on the table where they toppled sideways against the milk bottle which tipped over and spilled milk across Flora 's music book . |
| 16 | The enemy had seen him : streams of light burst against the rocks , chunks of which flew off and rained down on Defries . |
| 17 | The present round of talks , which broke down and sparked the trade war between the US and Europe yesterday , has been going on for six years . |
| 18 | Belfast-born Chaim Herzog spoke of the links between Israel and Eire , the small countries which took on and drove out the ‘ common enemy ’ — Britain . |
| 19 | Adam found Rufus 's great endowment as disturbing as Mary 's naked breasts which lay round and creamy , soft and passive yet with hard , pointed nipples , between the open sides of her blouse . |
| 20 | He then built a machine for the piano which had a series of lights which went on and off ensuring that you played the right note — without ever having to understand what a sharp or a flat was . |
| 21 | Seven came back quite close together , then there was a heart-stopping silence which went on and on . |
| 22 | Ruth wanted , physically , to hit back at the storm– which went on and on , which was striking at her . |
| 23 | She nodded slightly , and he bent his head to give her a kiss which was meant to be fleeting , but which went on and on until they were breathless and shaken when he put her away from him at last . |
| 24 | There were seven flats in the building but the three main reception rooms and the hallway and gallery which went round and then , of course , up to the upstairs room , had been blocked off . |
| 25 | Only water — big grey waves with white tops , which went up and down , up and down . |
| 26 | Directly in front of them were the treadmills ; huge , fearsome , steel and mesh wheel-cages , stretching far above them , at least twelve or fifteen feet high , great roaring , relentless , nightmare machines which rotated on and on . |
| 27 | Students of our naval past may treasure those small books bound in wood salvaged from the Mary Rose , which heeled over and sank off Portsmouth in 1545 ; or brought up from the Royal George which , a tarnished monument to the neglect of the Admiralty , went down at Spithead in 1772 with nearly a thousand souls . |
| 28 | Mr Elson said : ‘ It was a domestic row which boiled over and , in the heat of the argument , the injunction came about . |
| 29 | New Zealand seemed to weather the loss of Hartland straight after lunch to one which bit back and had him lbw . |
| 30 | Thus there developed what became to be known as the War of the Roses , which raged on and off from 1455 to 1485 . |