Example sentences of "[noun] and [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research stressed political and administrative factors in isolation and never succeeded in analysing the way local politics are linked to wider social and economic processes . |
| 2 | Notes from this meeting were kept by Colonel Hossbach and later fell into Allied hands . |
| 3 | Our camera … got the closest shave and nearly crashed in the middle of the forest … |
| 4 | In spite of his gift to the sport , Keller was anxious not to abuse his status as President and never went to a rowing event unless invited . |
| 5 | A third point was that Crown counsel at the trial , Mr. Pantry , improperly tried to cross-examine the defendant and also commented to the jury on the defendant 's exercise of the right to silence and that the trial judge was wrong not to correct him . |
| 6 | This was not uncommon in some mining districts and even existed in the craft trade of hat making , the artisans who took in their wives to pick the coarse hairs from their material saving the 6 to 9s ( 30-45p ) a week which they would otherwise have had to pay from their wage . |
| 7 | Tsar Simeon II , who had succeeded to the throne in 1943 at the age of seven , had been forced into exile by the 1946 referendum result and currently lived in Madrid . |
| 8 | this was supposed to be celebrated after thirty years of rule and then tended to be held at more frequent intervals . |
| 9 | According to Houghton 's controller , Crabb had been brought on board the cruiser in a state of collapse from oxygen poisoning and later died in the sick-bay . |
| 10 | Sarah had previously suggested that they should try the effect of Queen Caroline 's ‘ Christmas trees ’ — young fir trees set in tubs and put upon the table or in a window seat and then decked with penny candles . |
| 11 | Her mind still racing , she glanced down at the map on the passenger seat and then headed towards the road that would take her to Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 12 | Mrs Wedderburn had been the piano accompanist , a reed of a woman who wore wire-framed spectacles and reputedly drank like a fish . |
| 13 | Baltic nationalism , which had been the least of the Tsar 's political worries and barely existed in 1917 , was nurtured by setting up independent little states as part of the quarantine belt against the Bolshevist infection . |
| 14 | As a boy , he was an excellent horseman and also became on good terms with a tribe of Sioux Indians . |
| 15 | This feeling was greatly strengthened when , six months later , Sir Robert was again approached about the Suez programme and again asked for it not to be shown . |
| 16 | Other girls at Group included ‘ Jolly Molly ’ — plump and good-natured ; Harriet , who was trying to improve her mind and always listened to the afternoon plays on BBC radio ( relayed to each hut over the Tannoy system ) ; Veronique , who was stage-mad and had a friend in the current London production of Lady Windermere 's Fan , and dough-faced Olive ( more about her a bit further on ) . |
| 17 | They placed bombs on two isolated aircraft and then headed for the hangars where they expected to find some worthwhile booty . |
| 18 | Sometimes , of course , all that had arisen was a lump of anxiety in her throat at being interrupted for so long in the middle of work which required a high degree of concentration and often had to be done to a deadline . |
| 19 | As most of the decisions are now taken in Brussels and merely rubber-stamped by Westminster , just what is the point in voting ? |
| 20 | I had a drink with the lads and then slept for a week — thinking about 4-irons and 5-irons ! |
| 21 | The Portuguese escudo joined the European exchange rate mechanism on Friday and yesterday shot to pole position , hitting the top of its 6 p.c. band , and heaping pressure on the pound which remains the weak man of Euro currencies . |
| 22 | Patients developing such features ( n=6 ) were excluded from the study and gradually weaned onto a normal unrestricted diet . |
| 23 | Graham climbed from the car and instinctively ducked as a mortar exploded in the distance . |
| 24 | Ben drew up the car and then glanced at Zoe . |
| 25 | The woman , whose hands were still bound , clambered from the back seat into the front of the two-door car and then struggled to safety . |
| 26 | She watched her mother get into the car , but she remained standing by the open door until Lizzie had turned the car and then disappeared down the drive . |
| 27 | Zak 's intended scene of investigation into Angelica 's murder had been upstaged by the reality of the Lorrimores ' car and then aborted by the long stop at Thunder Bay . |
| 28 | ‘ I had ridden Ile de Bourbon for trainer Fulke Johnson Houghton in all of his home gallops and also won on the colt in the King Edward VII stakes at Royal Ascot but when Piggott asked me had the horse made any improvement from then and before the big King George race I had to tell him that I was unaware of it just in case he might want to take over . |
| 29 | The woman ran to a friend in college and immediately went to the Police for help … she 's now too frightened to leave college at night . |
| 30 | Professor Fletcher went on to become secretary of the Royal College of Physicians working party on atmosphere pollution , smoking and health , and the resultant report was a best-seller for the college and ultimately led to the founding of ASH . |