Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We became part of GEC-Marconi Electronics and as managing director I reported to Sir Robert Telford and continued to run Hall Automation . |
| 2 | In Parliament he had been associated with a party which was out of favour with the King , and as Public Orator he had lauded the policy of peace when Charles , then Prince of Wales , was determined to make war on Spain . |
| 3 | Before that stage is reached , however , there will invariably have been at least one case conference with social workers , paediatricians , child psychologists and others and as Senior Solicitor it is my responsibility to ensure all important case conferences receive legal advice on the evidence available and the prospects of success . ’ |
| 4 | She had taken them out so that she could read the labels on the other bottles — and for super-safe keeping she had locked them in my drawer while she went through all the tablets looking for the ones she wanted . |
| 5 | But whenever something does not fit his " spirit of Greek art " , he has a notion — and for eighteenth-century aesthetics it is a disturbingly new notion — of development to fall back on . |
| 6 | Broomhead 's artfulness was working like a treat , and for good effect he rubbed his leg . |
| 7 | Ratting is second nature to a Jack Russell and through constant practice they learn the difference between a rabbit and vermin , knowing which they should kill and which they simply hold . |
| 8 | And after mutual agreement he went . |
| 9 | It is midnight and after great difficulty I managed with my little bit of French to convey to my dancing partner of the evening that I would like to see her home . |
| 10 | ‘ Umpires ’ reports are , and always have been , treated as strictly confidential and after careful consideration I have concluded the same should apply to the match referee 's report . |
| 11 | There would be ‘ real jobs ’ , to borrow Margaret Thatcher 's phrase of the moment , and of great significance they would be British . |
| 12 | In such a plate , visual language is being used to put across a theoretical message ; and like ordinary language it can become obsolete . |
| 13 | And when we talk later I 'll explain what really happened , and it wo n't be in the way he put it , ’ and with similar emphasis she turned the key ; but then allowed the car to glide forward . |
| 14 | His shoulder and arm were broken , and with great difficulty he managed to climb on the back of one of his brave rescuers , and followed by the rest of the herd , reached his home . |
| 15 | There was clearly a close friendship between them , and the Office gives a moving account of his efficacy in curing her of some kind of fit : He came and found her mute , but when he had seated himself at her window and they had eaten together , it chanced that at the end of the dinner the recluse wished to sleep , and oppressed by slumber her head drooped towards the window where God 's saint , Richard , was reclining , and as she was leaning a litle on that same Richard , suddenly , with a vehement onslaught , such a grave vexation took her in her sleep that she seemed to wish to break the window of her house , and in that strong vexation she awoke , her speech was restored , and with great devotion she broke out into the words " Gloria tibi Domine " , and the blessed Richard completed the verse which she had begun . |
| 16 | They remind themselves that it is all linked , one body of water , one mass of 329 million cubic miles of brine , and with unaffected simplicity they call it the World Ocean . |
| 17 | Suddenly he moves powerfully out and up , with no hesitation or doubt , to land by a tree at the top of the crag , and with equal suddenness I am climbing . |
| 18 | Also he accumulated extensive statistics of luminosities of galaxies and other parameters , and with notable resourcefulness he estimated their masses . |
| 19 | However , given the right kind of motivation and with proper training we feel that anyone can become a fully qualified Hawaiian Tropic Tanning Researcher . |
| 20 | The mast track is now a common feature on most boards and with proper use it can increase the board 's speed and manoeuvrability , particularly in strong winds . |
| 21 | Here we were , on schedule , and with considerable pride we unpacked our bikes and cycled the hundred yards from our parking space to the Llegadas Nacionales door . |
| 22 | She did as she was told , and with surgical precision he slashed four inches off the legs of the jeans . |
| 23 | As a Trainer she brought enthusiasm and inspiration to the courses held there , and with boundless energy she taught at courses and rallies all over the country . |
| 24 | Everything seemed ideal for his attempt , and with sudden resolution he hauled himself up on to the shelf above the door and manoeuvred around gingerly until he was able to stand up . |
| 25 | And with fine understatement it records where getting from A to B is virtually impossible : ‘ There are no rail services in Equatorial Guinea , few tarred roads , very few buses and no taxis . ’ |
| 26 | All the tools that you need are there and with intelligent use you should be able to manage on your own most of the time . |
| 27 | And from previous experience it was for some no longer a matter of automatic belief when Hitler declared that ‘ the Bolshevik hordes … will be smashed into oblivion by us in the coming summer ’ . |
| 28 | Finally and in total conclusion I must tell you what happened when we took Adam to a specialist to find out if he had a particular familial complaint . |
| 29 | The Report declared that ‘ the country can not afford this wastage , humanly or economically speaking , ’ and therefore ‘ in human justice and in economic self-interest we ought as a country to give that help ’ to working-class youngsters who under-achieve at school . |
| 30 | ‘ the transfer on its face was a perfectly regular sale and as against third parties taking a legal estate for value and in good faith it was within the ostensible authority of Mrs. Steed and can not now be repudiated against such third parties . |