Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore the said Justice Depute by the mouth of Duncan McIlvory Dempster of Court adjudged and ordained the above named to be taken upon the twelfth day of this instant month of June being Monday next to the ordinary place of execution and then and there be hanged upon a Gibbet till he die the death and his right hand to cut off and to be affixed to the most conspicuous place of the tollbooth of Killvorow in Ila there to continue till it rot or wear away , and ordained his moveables to be confiscated . |
| 2 | SUNDERLAND Harrier David Clark scored a unique double yesterday when he won Durham City Nike Destiny Run for the second year running and became the first to break 20 minutes for the four-mile race . |
| 3 | Resist the temptation to offer your ideas , instead continue to probe , dropping clues and helping the subordinate to see new ways forward . |
| 4 | And when the day shall come in which King Bucar arrives , order all the people of Valencia to go upon the walls , and sound your trumpets and tambours , and make the greatest rejoicing that ye can . |
| 5 | They are very economical and remain a viable buy because of their extreme portability , especially for use in the car , where CDs — with their wider dynamic range — have little advantage . |
| 6 | I was in agony until a doctor came and passed a catheter to drain the urine away . ’ |
| 7 | In per capita terms , world fertilizer use quintupled between 1950 and 1984 , going from 5 kilograms to 26 and offsetting a one-third decline in grain area per person . |
| 8 | Mandingo has been promoted as a sire of tall , deep-bodied , show quality cows , and has a current converted production proof of +903kg milk , 27kg ( -0.11% ) fat and 23kg ( -0.01% ) protein . |
| 9 | Built just a few years ago it looks battle-scarred by usage and needs a good smartening up . |
| 10 | Anyone wanting to join has to apply and needs a two-thirds vote in favour to be allowed in , ’ says Mr Smythe , who lives at Green Bank , Heighington , near Darlington . |
| 11 | He 'd stayed there ( ‘ in Didcart ’ ) much longer than he 'd intended ; and when finally he tore himself away from the Cornish Riviera and the Torbay Express he 'd walked back to Didcot Parkway Station at about five o'clock , and caught the next train back to Oxford , where he 'd , er , where he 'd had a quick drink in the Station Buffet . |
| 12 | Johns made a second-half appearance for the Reserves in a goalless draw at Darlington and caught the next train back to London . |
| 13 | We crossed into France and caught the 12:15 ferry from Dunkirk to Ramsgate . |
| 14 | In Cato , above , the victim produced heroin and syringes and invited the accused to have a fix . |
| 15 | This special facility , initially set up effective 1962 and enabling the 11 to lend reserves to the IMF , was designed to meet balance-of-payment problems so serious that they could threaten the stability of the entire international monetary system . |
| 16 | In his final act as President , George Bush declares trade war on Japan over chip imports , and warns the Japanese to remember Pearl Harbor . |
| 17 | They knew of a fourth case , later confirmed to be that of Keith Parchment , and believed the fifth referred to the Brown case , which technically involved two separate trials . |
| 18 | Rather than target help on those who need it most , Mr Major may prefer to protect the middle class and let the poor get poorer . |
| 19 | In midweek , however , the stretch is reasonably quiet and I can conceal myself behind a clump of rushes and cast a big piece of luncheon meat on a link-leger rig right in the deep hole and let the current roll it under the roof . |
| 20 | Refill it by closing the draincock and restoring the water supply to the feed-and-expansion tank , and turn the system back on so you can pump the clean water round again and remove the last remains of the descaling . |
| 21 | The plaintiffs , A and others , who were customers of the defendants , obtained an injunction before Morland J. on 13 August 1990 restraining the defendants from delivering up or disclosing to the United States court or to third parties otherwise than in connection with and for the purposes of the business and trading of the plaintiffs , any documents relating to the plaintiffs ' accounts with the defendants , and ordering the latter to return to its London branch certain documents which had been removed from the jurisdiction . |
| 22 | ‘ For instance , there was one little overdubbing room in Air studios which was tiny — it was about as big as an armchair — but we used to put the AC30 in there and put the mic facing the window and get this amazing sound . |
| 23 | In the same match Malcolm Marshall , having fractured his left thumb , came in to see Larry Gomes , on 96 , to his century , and scored a four batting one-handed — — with a straighter bat than some of the Englishmen had shown . |
| 24 | Most of the birds that parasitise their own species lay one or more eggs in the nests of other birds , and then lay and rear a separate clutch themselves . |
| 25 | If you consistently — and by that I mean once or twice daily — follow this waist plan you will feel and see a definite toning up of the whole line . |
| 26 | They accuse the gay community of propagandising and leading the young to believe that , if they 're actively heterosexual , then they must be repressing their homosexuality . |
| 27 | To buy and run the above mentioned Cavalier and Mercedes-Benz , the two drivers would have to earn an extra £4900 and £10,916 respectively ( the calculations being based on cost-per-mile figures from industry analysts ) . |
| 28 | This one was in soft light green with a boxy shaped jacket and narrow skirt and the same green-and-white check material of the little sleeveless blouse had been used to line the jacket and face the wide reveres . |
| 29 | PLUG ARE a cheerful four-piece with a singer who likes to think he looks like Morrissey but actually bears a closer resemblance to a slightly wobbly Eddie Tenpole Tudor , and reveals an easy to spot Cud fixation . |
| 30 | Everything cooks very slowly in a slo-cooker because the heating element is extremely gentle and costs no more to use than leaving a light bulb switched on for a day ( a few pence ) . |