Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were about twenty passengers ( this was no passenger ship ) and we slept in the mess , on benches and deckchairs , much resented by the crew , each of us with his possessions , or his secret , crushed like a lover in his arms and whispered to in all the languages of Europe … |
| 2 | How readers make sense of texts is dependent on their understanding of how texts are circulated and commented on in different settings . |
| 3 | On either side of the central aisle , heads nodded at the buildings and streets around them as a now livelier Ashenden continued , himself ( like the site , it appeared ) splendidly restored from whatever malaise had affected him over the previous two days , a malaise which had been noted and commented upon by several others of the group besides Mrs Shirley Brown — the latter sitting comfortably now in her usual seat , the effects of the sting having cleared up fairly quickly under the twin application of Mrs Roscoe 's unguents . |
| 4 | Five minutes treatment in a fresh water bath ( N.B. this must be dechlorinated , well-aerated and adjusted to within 0.2 pH units of the aquarium water using pH adjuster or sodium bicarbonate and an accurate pH kit/meter ) will cause the flukes to release their hold and drop off the fish . |
| 5 | After all , the concept of mass working-class adult education organised and taught from within existing institutions and existing budgets , is inherently unrealistic . |
| 6 | In his article 169 letter , the European Commissioner stated that it was important that the rail link and the station should be considered together in terms of the environmental impact assessment if the European Community directive , signed by the Government and agreed to by this country , were to be met . |
| 7 | Grading was done and agreed upon by four pathologists ( A. G. , R. P. M. , Q. H. , M. S. ) without knowledge of the patient 's diagnosis . |
| 8 | An employee denied such a statement may refer the matter to a tribunal which will determine the particulars which should have been included and referred to in such a statement . |
| 9 | In the latter case Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. referred to the ‘ wholly mistaken notion that it is somehow demeaning for the most senior judges to have their decisions examined and passed upon by those who are judicially their juniors . ’ |
| 10 | Silence ! the resolutions before you and the second , the working party and to consider and coordinate from to endless . |
| 11 | Not particularly these circumstances in an objective sense , but the way in which they are perceived and oriented to by black people . |
| 12 | In spite of the removal of smoke by roof ventilation , the scene of operations would be too remote for direct visual observation to provide a reliable indication of progress and no degree of artificial lighting , even if it could be provided and relied upon in these circumstances would offer adequate assistance . |
| 13 | Add the chopped , skinned peppers and peeled prawns to the onion mixture , and cook for about 1 minute to soften the peppers . |
| 14 | Trying to get in the ground the right way , I was stopped by a riot policeman 's shield and shouted at in Dutch : only the fact that I could reply in Dutch saved a potentially ugly misunderstanding . |
| 15 | Young Guard , one of the most popular of this type of journal , had a circulation of only 9,000 in 1922 , and dropped to between 5,000 and 6,000 an issue by 1926 . |
| 16 | They are even admitted to be absurd by Tertullian — ‘ Credo quia absurdum ’ — and believed in for that very reason ; but this is an argument which does not enable us to distinguish which absurd propositions we are to believe Freud thought . |
| 17 | Variations between local areas ' needs can be measured and compensated for in national grants . |
| 18 | We do n't see ourselves as special people and we do n't see ourselves as having specific financial credentials , although some members of our group , not myself , may have those , but we try by listening to the people who 've elected us and listening to in general comments that are made from outside the council , which is a terribly closed body . |
| 19 | The gallery above the ramp is divided into five distinct spaces for the Impressionist paintings inspired by Renoir and dating from after 1940 , the ‘ vache ’ paintings which occupied the artist briefly in 1948 and were the subject of a recent reassessment by Bernard Blistene , Director of the Musées de Marseilles , the rock or stone paintings , an important selection of gouaches and works on paper , and Magritte 's painted bottles and other objects . |
| 20 | I have given only a very rough and general indication of how the model of teacher mediation I have presented and argued for in this chapter might itself be made operational . |
| 21 | He saw Sir John set his mouth and glare from beneath bushy grey eyebrows . |
| 22 | Like a lot of people are really nomadic and living outside of cultural definition … |
| 23 | Never misuse tools : nuts , for example , are meant to be undone and done up with proper spanners . |
| 24 | Heavy rain had prevented an ; y play on the first day at Old Trafford , and though high scores were not expected when play got under way on the second day , few people could reasonably have expected that the contest would be over and done with in one day . |
| 25 | In a breakthrough case on 20 March this year , four policemen in Guatemala City were convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old street child and sentenced to between 10 and 15 years ' imprisonment . |
| 26 | One of the chief pleasures was seeing the reunion of many people who had first-hand experience of travelling or working on the Line , and met against after many years . |
| 27 | These were then filed and added to with frequent reports , letters , and documents . |
| 28 | Kidwelly was established within a short time of the Norman Conquest , and added to by various baronial families during the reign of King Edward I and later . |
| 29 | They deposit scent from the tip of their abdomen along the route from the food to the nest , and this trail is followed and added to by other ants as they return with food . |
| 30 | Here , the railway developed its headquarters when there was little money to spare and the buildings inherited in 1960 have been adapted and added to in piecemeal fashion . |