Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were not consulted , The Cabinet , had it wished , could of course have staged a revolt , But its collective mind was not nearly clear enough for that , and in any event , Chamberlain , embarrassed by his own self-interest , was almost the only minister who was both strong and wholly secure in his own job . |
| 2 | He ignored this and leisurely got into his undershirt . |
| 3 | The SPG was , however , highly controversial and widely criticized for its behaviour at demonstrations in particular . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the liberties taken with the human body , the overall composition and the way in which the figures are closely grouped together in shallow depth and intimately related to their surroundings , all these things indicate a debt , however remote , to the Cézanne Baigneuses . |
| 5 | He knows the precise needs of our hearts , in such a unique and personal way that we experience the remarkable conviction that we are being personally and intimately addressed by his word . |
| 6 | Did television marginalize the Alliance and thereby contribute to its failure ? |
| 7 | Liberalizing emigration was just part of Ceauşescu 's strategy to gain acceptance in the West and thereby access to its storehouses of wealth , technology and industrial secrets . |
| 8 | Advisers in feedback sessions made few references to the self-appraisal and mostly reported on their own visits . |
| 9 | This opened the issue of how nerve cells might communicate with each other and eventually led to our now-sophisticated understanding of neurotransmitters . |
| 10 | The careers of many great champions have been blighted and eventually ruined by their putting . |
| 11 | In his absence , Bel Macrae was befriended by the McGuires and eventually taken into their humble home to live as one of the family . |
| 12 | Prominent among the king 's clerks was Walter Stapledon who became bishop of Exeter in 1308 and eventually paid with his life for his loyal service to the crown . |
| 13 | Quickly , my aunt searched for , and eventually removed from her black suitcase a small , green metal tin , labelled ‘ Dangerous Drugs Box ’ . |
| 14 | Reid was repulsed after a bitter inter-union struggle , was charged and found guilty of disorderly conduct and eventually ejected from his office as branch secretary . |
| 15 | Amendments to the bill will be tabled — at the last attempt it collected more than 300 , and effectively sank under their weight . |
| 16 | THE death of the Dowager Duchess of Rutland has taken from us the last and most loved of our nieces ( for niece she was , although older than the present writers by five and ten years ) . |
| 17 | As part of the investigation into attitudes to mass electricity , the project explores the reception by the public of plans for a National Grid and looks at the way in which this programme was presented to those most likely to be environmentally and economically affected by its construction . |
| 18 | It is plain that staying home and looking after children is culturally and economically undervalued by our society . |
| 19 | And now the Enstrom was rattling above the towers and spires of Cambridge , and they could see the shining curve of the river , the bright autumnal avenues leading down through green lawns to miniature hump-backed bridges , King 's College Chapel upturned and slowly rotating beside its great striped square of green . |
| 20 | Michael Banks clutched at his chest and slowly tottered to his knees . |
| 21 | It begins with the fetid and claustrophobic ‘ Atrocity Exhibition ’ and slowly works towards its grave and deadly conclusion ; the dank and timeless sadness of ‘ The Eternal ’ and the twilight romance of ‘ Decades ’ . |
| 22 | He stands back while Serafin comes into the centre of the room and slowly revolves on his heel . |
| 23 | He was discovered and bitterly attacked by his former friends in the next parliamentary session . |
| 24 | Under the previous law the hooker was striking against no-one on his own ball and rarely competed on his opponents ball for he was involved in the eight man drive . |
| 25 | Father McGiff turned from the window and wearily sat at his desk . |
| 26 | Mr Henry was found asphyxiated and badly beaten at his home in Whalley Range , Greater Manchester . |
| 27 | Eldon Henry was found asphyxiated and badly beaten in his home in Grosvenor Road , Whalley Range , Greater Manchester . |
| 28 | Nizan 's life chances were clearly and inalterably inscribed in his family situation long before he was born in Tours in February 1905 . |
| 29 | The C2s ( skilled workers to lower management , broadly ) are courted , flattered and endlessly solicited for their opinions , since they are thought to be the deciding factor in the election . |
| 30 | Nurse del Puablo is widely and justly celebrated for her skilled hands , hot thighs and soft lips , her pretty belly , bad ass and good tits . |