Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ogled the portrait of Beau Brummell , and intimately massaged the full-length marble statue of George IV . |
| 2 | The incoming government proposed to diversify Codelco 's production and vigorously opposed the new law , from which the article restricting Codelco 's operations was ultimately removed . |
| 3 | They championed measures for the relief of Quakers in 1696 and after 1710 , and vigorously opposed the Occasional Conformity Bills of 1702 – 4 and the Schism Bill of 1714 . |
| 4 | As lord mayor ( 1732–3 ) he co-ordinated the City 's opposition to Walpole 's excise bill in 1733 , and vigorously defended the raucous jubilation that accompanied its withdrawal from the Commons . |
| 5 | Encouraged by the Labour government of 1964–70 and the attempt of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation to restructure parts of British industry , GEC took over AEI and English Electric and successfully reorganised the ailing electronics industry during the 1960s by rationalisation , elimination of duplication and elimination of excess capacity . |
| 6 | Hooker Phil Kearns , at only 24 , is undoubtedly going to be around for many years to come and successfully led the Australian under-21 team to victory over New Zealand under 21 's four years ago . |
| 7 | The government replied with the introduction of the ‘ Two Bills ’ , against seditious meetings and treasonable practices , and successfully aroused the contending arguments of conservatives and radicals throughout the land . |
| 8 | Last year , the Texas delegation in the House sided with American Airlines against repeal and successfully blocked the relevant bill . |
| 9 | The train stopped , and instantly passenger after passenger mounted the roofs , and thence saluted the Royal company with a united shout of welcome . |
| 10 | At this first stage , it is essential not to go too fast , but by now most people have already done so ; they have already jumbled the cube and thereby discovered the basic mathematical problem : how do you get back to where you started ? |
| 11 | The past approach — for instance , where they analysed statistics in terms of travel-to-work areas and lumped West Belfast and its massive levels of unemployment in with other areas and thereby diluted the whole thing down to 12 or 13% in the Belfast travel-to-work area which extended from Larne to Downpatrick — was n't helpful . |
| 12 | One was a technological convergence which raised productivity levels in European and Japanese industry and thereby diminished the absolute superiority of US industry . |
| 13 | The newly restored Japanese Emperor opened the line , and thereby scotched the bitter religious opposition that had been aroused against the building of railways . |
| 14 | They had second thoughts and eventually challenged the legal effectiveness of the memorandum . |
| 15 | The contest which followed involved parents , the school managers and their headmistress , and eventually implicated the local and central state . |
| 16 | The trail strayed round and eventually reached the small clearing . |
| 17 | The school later moved to Gower St , was granted a royal patent , and eventually became the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . |
| 18 | He founded an airline and eventually controlled the American company , TWA . |
| 19 | Typical summer weather marred and eventually curtailed the outdoor events , but in spite of this the day was a great success , with more than 800 attending . |
| 20 | By the time the foal had tottered and swayed and nuzzled at Firelight in all the wrong places and eventually found the right spot to have a slurp of milk , Nails was surprised to see that it was beginning to go light . |
| 21 | Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler 's revelations about the seamy underbelly of England 's public life rocked the government and effectively ended the Tory Party patriarchy : ‘ The upper-class … image of Mr Macmillan himself had acted as a catalyst for all the aggression that was to unleash the New England of Mr Wilson and the Beatles . ’ |
| 22 | The 1981 Transport Act enabled private investment to be introduced into the subsidiary companies of British Rail and effectively denationalized the British Transport Docks Board . |
| 23 | She returned with her new boyfriend on 17 March and effectively snatched the little boy , leaving the three little girls behind with their father . |
| 24 | America was fascinated by the Russians ' presence in their prettiest city , and duly ignored the real significance of what was going on . |
| 25 | But he dismissed such gloomy thoughts as he followed Angelina in full-skirted blue walking dress up the stairs to the top of the keep , and duly admired the magnificent view . |
| 26 | Viscous liquid oozed out like an alien blob and slowly enveloped the dented car . |
| 27 | I putted a few balls across the carpet and rather liked the satisfactory clunk which the putter made on impact . |
| 28 | Only when the last bullet had been fired and when Clint Eastwood had matter-of-factly and deftly dropped the six-shooter back into its holster , flicked the cheroot away and walked into the sunset , did the man in the old jacket and cords , legs dangling over the seat in front , get up and shamble slowly up the darkened aisle . |
| 29 | They were too eager for his hands , too ready to leap into a fierce throbbing as he groaned harshly in his throat with pleasure and delicately manipulated the rosy tips with his finger and thumb . |
| 30 | I certainly had had enough and so had the poor lady , judging by her slight breathlessness , flushed cheeks and waving handkerchief . |