Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community Land Scheme was complex , and became increasingly so as regulations , directions and circulars followed the passing of the two Acts . |
| 2 | The Law Commission in its Report on Civil Liability for Dangerous Things and Activities suggested the concept of ‘ special danger ’ — i.e . |
| 3 | Writhing bodies and contorted patterns of skis and sticks cluttered the terrain . |
| 4 | The Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries inspected the Collection , its staffing and funding , and a report was published by HMSO . |
| 5 | Asked about comments by Mr Sugar that if Mr Venables went and Spurs topped the League early next season , people would soon forget him , she said : ‘ I ca n't see us being top of the League without Terry Venables to be honest , and we would n't forget him anyway . ’ |
| 6 | Until May 1978 , all married women and widows had the right to rely on their husbands ' contributions and forgo claims to short-term benefits ( sickness , unemployment and maternity ) as well as claims to pensions in their own right . |
| 7 | A door slammed and footfalls hammered the hallway floor . |
| 8 | According to Domesday Book , no fewer than sixty-eight manors and estates had the right to receive salt from Droitwich , including Princes Risborough , some seventy miles away in Buckinghamshire . |
| 9 | The road curved and climbed and went through all the antics of a mountain pass to persuade you that the land was n't rather flat , and small clumps of trees and farmhouses aided the illusion . |
| 10 | Games were organised as curtain-raisers before major soccer matches , and experts provided the crowd with a running commentary of the action on the Tannoy system , a habit preserved to this day . |
| 11 | The interactions of X-rays with living tissues were studied in very few laboratories , perhaps because physicists working with the new rays were not usually well informed about the biological problems which might be worth approaching , and biologists lacked the background and training in physics necessary to use X-rays in their work . |
| 12 | We drank from the crocodile-infested river , and lions visited the camp every night . |
| 13 | The result was that the all-union bodies which carried out these functions were seen as Russian bodies , and Russians took the blame for their shortcomings ; while Russia itself , one of the areas whose numbers had been increasing most rapidly before the revolution , was threatened with depopulation . |
| 14 | Though the Cosgrave government then in power insisted on the appointment , the local population and authorities boycotted the operation of the library , and the government had to concede by moving the librarian elsewhere . |
| 15 | Deficiency occurred during prolonged sailing voyages in the eighteenth century , when lack of fresh fruit and vegetables produced the condition scurvy . |
| 16 | Stotland and associates analysed the effects of subsequent increases in prosecution and enforcement and concluded that ‘ a tendency toward an upward rise of home repair fraud was reduced by convictions … however , the increased sanctions did not appear to have completely reversed the upward movement of home repair fraud ’ ( 1980 : 262 ) . |
| 17 | Elf astrologers and geomancers studied the portents to divine the best time for the new king to begin his reign , and calculated the best time for him to pass through the flame . |
| 18 | On Tuesday , a group of MPs and peers met the Home Secretary on behalf of 17 people convicted in connection with the first two great IRA outrages on the British mainland during the present phase of the Irish troubles . |
| 19 | Popes and emperors disputed the city and the citizens attempted to assert the right to rule themselves . |
| 20 | In the early sixties building of new churches and halls gave the Guild much work to do . |
| 21 | Most media organizations and journalists accepted the argument that certain restrictions were necessary for security reasons , but some , in particular US journalists , expressed concern that the ground rules would be used to prevent coverage showing the horrors of battle . |
| 22 | The dangers facing Venice were brought to the world 's attention in 1966 when high winds and tides turned the city into a lake . |
| 23 | The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the proposals were still only at discussion stage . |
| 24 | Scores of shoppers and traders watched the fight spill onto the road stopping traffic . |
| 25 | Come with us to enjoy Mount Usher whose lilies , poppies and peonies gladdened the heart of William Robinson . |
| 26 | Interpretations , impressions , plans , developments , attitudes and postures filled the newspapers . |
| 27 | He refused to be dogmatic , occasionally wrote a modest puff for a friend , was incapable of brashness , and in judgement of people and books had the ability to suspend belief and disbelief . |
| 28 | Papers and books covered the table . |
| 29 | Tube travellers and shoppers shouted the news to one another . ’ |
| 30 | As it reached each tree in turn , the tree gracefully bent over , curving its trunk so that both roots and branches touched the ground . |