Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the profession at large the most important thing is to be guided by the professional association and to act professionally and challenge attempts at censorship from whatever direction . |
| 2 | Previously it had laid back its ears and moved away when she approached . |
| 3 | Add the chicken breasts to the stock and simmer gently until cooked . |
| 4 | George heard the screaming and ran upstairs and slapped Dawn Allenby hard across the cheek . |
| 5 | Christina touched the side of his jeep and jumped away as it began to rock . |
| 6 | And so on , as I get her to the bedroom and changed again and into bed . |
| 7 | He has to watch the actor he would replace for signs of strain or imminent collapse and wonder nervously whether he could actually remember the lines if he had to go on . |
| 8 | Brian Faulkner , having lost control of the Unionist Party , had formed the new Unionist Party of Northern Ireland which could only field two candidates and won less than three per cent of the poll . |
| 9 | Thus the two and a half years between his resignation and the outbreak of the Second World War brought Baldwin , the epitome of a man looking forward to retirement , disappointment and anticlimax rather than satisfactory afterglow . |
| 10 | On more than one occasion he had had to remove a dead dog from the highway and take it in his barrow to the incinerator , and there were times when he had to take the place of a night watchman who had been taken ill on one of the larger roadworks and stay there until he could be relieved . |
| 11 | The children covered their eyes and turned away as the needle went in , but the squirrel only jerked slightly then lay still . |
| 12 | Ruth squeezed tight her eyes and swallowed hard as the aircraft soared up into the sky . |
| 13 | Luther looked deep into the boy 's eyes and smiled wickedly when he saw the truth lurking there . |
| 14 | The stranger might refuse to admit defeat and maintain simply that the person sitting on the bench was not I , that he was I , and that it was with him that the man who was now doubting his identity was having a conversation a moment ago . |
| 15 | This is not a tenable interpretation of rule 12.12 of the Rules of 1986 , given the clear language of paragraph ( 1 ) of the rule and given also that by their nature proceedings under the Insolvency Act 1986 can not be expected to be addressed by Ord. 11 , r. 1 . |
| 16 | ‘ He will hear a tune on a programme and go away and play it on a keyboard . |
| 17 | There 's an awful lot of females who go through the programme and get nowhere or have unsuccessful attempts . |
| 18 | Their faces snarled at him as he struggled vainly against their far superior strength , and a tall , broad-shouldered man came into the warehouse and walked slowly and deliberately towards him . |
| 19 | Just higher your chariot blades on a level with his neck and drive past when he 's not looking ? but do n't tell anybody I said so . |
| 20 | It looks at the ageing process with optimism and hope rather than despair . |
| 21 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 22 | Julia compared the food of the two parties and decided unhappily that she liked both the dish-of-herbs meal of this evening and also the elaborate deliciousness of avocado mousse , sole and boeuf en croûte of the previous day . |
| 23 | Toss the onion and carrots in with the butter into a non-stick saucepan and toss briefly until glazed , then cover and sweat for about 3 minutes . |
| 24 | Arch-rival Burger King in Newcastle 's bustling Northumberland Street was packed with Christmas shoppers and lost more than £1,000 in takings on one of its busiest days of the year . |
| 25 | The rescue package , financed by the three developers , involves felling 300 dead trees , clearing away undergrowth and planting more than 1,200 trees . |
| 26 | They should be carefully lifted in clumps , teased apart , and then pricked out into conventional plastic trays and submerged so that the compost is about 2.5 cm ( 1 in ) beneath the surface of the water . |
| 27 | Hermione Farthingale was one of the girls who had already been chosen and foolishly , I realized later , or maybe wisely , I partnered David and Hermione together because Hermione was extremely beautiful . |
| 28 | We should of just got in the car and left there and then , parked |
| 29 | A woman put her in a car and drove away and I did n't see Shelly again . |
| 30 | She walked round to the rear of the car and stood silently while he undid the boot and picked up her bag . |