Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wartime bombers did n't seem to care what went up ; by contrast the PIRA did and cared so deliberately as to set out selectively to destroy what is now an illusion — the sanctity of hospital in which , regardless of loyalty or background , so many thousands of victims of our vicious little civil war have received care since those nights in August 1969 . |
| 2 | The following night Mr Newman went to the address , but was ambushed as he left his car and attacked so violently that half his face was battered beyond recognition . |
| 3 | The Community Land Scheme was complex , and became increasingly so as regulations , directions and circulars followed the passing of the two Acts . |
| 4 | He sounded agitated , and became more so when Gentle identified himself . |
| 5 | ‘ That is up to you , ’ said Fael-Inis , and without warning his eyes grew remote and fiery ; they became inward-looking , and slanted more strongly than before . |
| 6 | Benedicta 's eyes rounded in surprise but she smiled and agreed so quickly that the friar wondered if she , too , felt the kinship between them . |
| 7 | That vast tracts can be bought and sold as casually as a loaf of bread is immoral . |
| 8 | Leese considered the initials of the organization to be unfortunate , and argued quite logically that it was misnamed , as its platform had little to do with fascism . |
| 9 | I mean there , there are a lot of people , of people in who have lived here for a long time , and lived here ever since they were born . |
| 10 | Moving into summer , he took advantage of the dry weather and lived more outdoors than in , drawing the same subjects repeatedly if they appealed to him , toiling incessantly in an effort to improve himself . |
| 11 | Our aim is to ensure that food is wholesome , of high quality and produced as economically as possible and to ensure that , not only in the United Kingdom but in the export market , people have the benefits of an outstanding product . |
| 12 | At 7 p.m. on the twenty-seventh , another outbreak of fairly violent explosive activity occurred , and got progressively more and more vigorous until 11 p.m. when it started to decline . |
| 13 | In her view , women in rock fought against male supremacy and got little further than choosing their earrings , with the moneymen conspiring to craft an image suitable for their market . |
| 14 | Back at the head of Varanger Fiord , we turned off north on what we hoped was the road to Fuglafjell and got as far as the fishing village of Syltefiord . |
| 15 | I was going towards the North Stand and got as far as the All-Blacks ' 10-yard line . |
| 16 | It was delivered from Ford on a transporter to in Daybrook , run off the transporter , they did the P D I , she went to collect her brand new car and got as far as Kwik-Save in Sherwood . |
| 17 | In the final conversation he had with them , McQueen told Boswell and Johnson of his adventures in the 1745 Rebellion , when he had been part of Bonnie Prince Charlie 's invasion force of England and got as far as Derbyshire , and fought at Culloden . |
| 18 | To begin with she heard nothing to justify her fright , and got as far as the staircase between floors before the lift began to hum . |
| 19 | I slunk through the dealing room to Patterson 's office and got there just as he did . |
| 20 | He lengthened rather than quickened his pace — difficult to detect from behind — stepped into the alley and sprinted as hard as he could . |
| 21 | Secondly , and particularly in the Eastern District , the former , mutually supportive relationships between the Cambridge Board of Extra-Mural Studies and the District gradually shifted to become uneasy collaboration when the 1924 Regulations were interpreted and applied more flexibly as provision expanded . |
| 22 | A less obvious and regrettably a more common example is where students are presented throughout the course with bodies of facts and procedures to be remembered and applied as faithfully as possible ; then in the final testing they are assessed on their ability to apply their knowledge and skills to new situations , or to explain , justify and discuss the reasons behind procedures . |
| 23 | But the bricks were soft and crumbled uselessly away when he removed the moulds . |
| 24 | Joyce retired on April 2 after 14 years service and was delighted not only to receive gifts , including a hi-fi system , but also to be wined and dined on more than one occasion before her departure . |
| 25 | But I suppose the old house has pulled down under pressure and built on now but that was the only house going up through there in them days . |
| 26 | In the summer and autumn of 1348 the Black Death swept through France and southern England , and moved steadily northwards and westwards to reach Scotland and Ireland by the following year . |
| 27 | They guessed she was on a bad trip and moved in swiftly before she could hurt herself . |
| 28 | He was white faced and moved very slowly and painfully . |
| 29 | E. At present most coal is used in power stations to make electricity which can be transported and used more easily and cleanly . |
| 30 | Alexei followed Burun 's example , and knelt once more and prostrated himself . |