Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the same idea of the Empire as a patrimony , or an estate , the source of a livelihood for the mothercountry , to which Chamberlain had appealed : ‘ I know how our forefathers … bore themselves bravely in the titanic strife with Napoleon and came out victorious . |
| 2 | Every now and then he lifted a finger off the wheel and pointed out some famous bridge or statue or museum . |
| 3 | Disconcerted , the young reporter re-crossed her shapely miniskirted legs and sat up straighter . |
| 4 | Tumilty , who was anxiously awaiting news of today 's Harp Senior League decider between Bann and Holywood , scored one of the goals and set up two others as George Blackwood 's squad moved to the top of the table overnight . |
| 5 | AFGHAN guerrillas have been infiltrating Soviet Central Asia with ‘ narcotics , arms and other instruments of subversion ’ in an attempt to overthrow Soviet rule and set up Islamic governments , according to the KGB chief in the Soviet republic of Tadjikistan . |
| 6 | AFGHAN guerrillas have been infiltrating Soviet Central Asia with ‘ narcotics , arms and other instruments of subversion ’ in an attempt to overthrow Soviet rule and set up Islamic governments , according to the KGB chief in the Soviet republic of Tadjikistan . |
| 7 | Taking a gamble , Seb bought a second plough and took on another ploughman . |
| 8 | He made up his mind and poured out some more water . |
| 9 | Then he ran his finger round his neck and held up three fingers of his left hand . |
| 10 | Tom made the tea and took down two large white mugs from hooks hanging by the window . |
| 11 | They were given a sumptuous tea and invited back any time they felt like coming . |
| 12 | Even if they locked him in a dark cell and pulled out all his teeth with rusty pliers , he must keep his promise to Sweetheart and tell them nothing . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's comin' on though , ’ Tam waved to the barman and held up two fingers . |
| 14 | Both King Robert II ( 1371 – 90 ) and his son Robert III ( 1390 – 1406 ) spent time at Rothesay and carried out minor building works on it . |
| 15 | The boys eased themselves carefully out of the back of the car and pulled out some of the stores with care . |
| 16 | Most African countries have , however , suffered economic crises and carried out economic structural adjustment in the 1980s . |
| 17 | BETWEEN rounds , two a day at that period , Cotton and Toots would stroll to the car park where the chauffeur unpacked the Fortnum and Mason hamper from the back of the hired Rolls and set up folding chairs and table for an al fresco repast of caviar and champagne . |
| 18 | Raspberry vinegar makes a wonderful salad dressing but is also used extensively in nouvelle cuisine for sauces and trickled over soft fruits ( sometimes with a little black pepper ) . |
| 19 | Upstairs Rachaela put on a tape of Brahms and laid out some leaves of lettuce and slices of tomato , a cold chicken leg from the deli . |
| 20 | The double-decker smashed through a fence and ended up perched precariously on a bridge parapet at Brighouse , West Yorkshire . |
| 21 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 22 | That was very interesting and I thought a good write up of and the things that he did , there to survive the World War Two and of course I go back to when the crews were formed and we flew together training at Pyo Texas and at er Dallasburgh , Tennessee and then from there went overseas , we went to er Scotville , Illinois and picked up new planes in Petermover and it was , we went to Stagen area . |
| 23 | With the help of donations and grants we have restored some of the lost opening hours , continued to purchase books and carried out urgent conservation work ; and we celebrated twenty years of exhibitions at the Heinz Gallery . |
| 24 | It was followed by the educational ‘ comic ’ , Orbit ( published by the Commission for Technical Education and Vocational Training ) , which was sold through schools and came out three times a term . |
| 25 | ‘ Thus we wind up this wonderful year , ’ wrote Horace Walpole on 30 November as the news of Quiberon arrived , the phrase heard on all lips and picked up that Christmas by David Garrick in the aptly named pantomime , Harlequin 's Invasion : |
| 26 | It would review risky areas and lay down appropriate safeguards , ensure compliance with accounting requirements , act as the filing authority and provide advice for trustees , employers and scheme members . |
| 27 | The controversy reached such a pitch last week that the local paper devoted a full page to a theory that friendly aliens in a flying saucer had landed in the village and handed over Nazi secrets to save embattled Britain . |
| 28 | Pepita bent back down to her work and checked off another crate of bananas that would be shipped to lands she had never seen and would never see . |
| 29 | There was nothing in the Bill which was in any way dramatic or spectacular , he said , rather it was the culmination of much work and thought over many years by people inside and outside the House who were concerned with the problems of crime and punishment and penal treatment generally . |
| 30 | Bodie entered the gallery and sat down next to Cowley , grimacing as he saw the open-heart operation below . |