Example sentences of "and [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now she could see the charm , could read the meaning , of the observer 's role , a meaning inaccessible to a sixteen-year-old , to a thirty-year-old — for the observer was not , as she had from the vantage , the disadvantage of childhood supposed , charged with an envious and impotent malice , and consumed with a fear of imminent death : no , the observer was filled and informed with a quick and lively and long-established interest in all those that passed before , in all those that moved and circled and wheeled around , was filled with intimate connections and loving memories and hopes and concerns and prospects . |
| 2 | Later that same enemy had been bloodily counter attacked and neutralised as a threat for the foreseeable future . |
| 3 | But the commission accepts that since the simple offence would cover deliberate foolishness which caused cost and inconvenience but which did not damage property or seek dishonest gain , the penalty should be modest and limited to a maximum of three months ' imprisonment . |
| 4 | An executive President would be head of state ; holders of this office would in future be elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 5 | The head of state is the executive President , elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 6 | We welcomed the shift towards a plan-led system and commented on a number of structure and local plans . |
| 7 | Every peice like this child 's teaset will need to be photographed and catalogued on a computer . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've got it — signed , sealed and witnessed by a notary . |
| 9 | They are kindly , educated people many of whom have spent their lives helping others and to whom fate has dealt a cruel , unexpected blow , leaving them bereaved and frightened at a time of approaching frailty . |
| 10 | 25–9–1897 The Session had under consideration the subject of having a half yearly Communion and arranged for a service on 7th November . |
| 11 | Mrs Whitehouse was determined that something should be done , and arranged for a QC to visit the theatre and watch a performance . |
| 12 | ACM Sir Denis Spotiswood supported this solution and arranged for a survey of R5868 to be carried-out to assess its general condition and the work that would be involved to bring it up to display condition . |
| 13 | Entertainment was in the capable hands of instrument mechanic Dennis Brown , who acted as compere and arranged for a guest appearance by Blackpool duo Rendezvous . |
| 14 | Collections of small objects should always be gathered together and arranged in a group rather than being thinly spread around the house . |
| 15 | When extrapolated and heard as a song-cycle ( as intended ) , its light quasi-sardonic approach , and uncomplicated musical setting , is attractive enough , sung stylishly by Margaret Cable and Christopher Keyte , with the composer at the piano . |
| 16 | Daughter Alison , 20 , who co-starred with Clint in the thriller Tightrope , went off the rails earlier this year and checked into a drink dependency clinic in Arizona . |
| 17 | He kept his secret even from his closest friends and checked into a clinic for an operation under an assumed name . |
| 18 | Posing as a Lebanese cocaine buyer , he had flown to Los Angeles with a suitcase full of counterfeit US currency provided by DEA Nicosia and checked into a room booked for him by the DEA at the Sheraton Universal hotel . |
| 19 | She knelt beside the young mulatto , and checked for a pulse . |
| 20 | Tights , which Jane had to pay for herself , were made of thickish cotton and fastened with a coin each side and taped . |
| 21 | Eventually , he left it fully wrapped and fastened with a safety-pin . |
| 22 | If they believed they had ‘ natural ability ’ , they well knew that it had to be refined and fastened by a bridle of discipline . |
| 23 | Scrambling to their feet , they stumbled to safety , back to where their comrades had left their vehicles and gathered in a group , staring grim-faced at the roaring inferno . |
| 24 | Gradually , almost stealthily , all the brothers had crept out of their stalls , and gathered in a circle about this altar and the group debating at its foot . |
| 25 | Dona Marguerita sniffed noisily and spat into a bowl . |
| 26 | It bubbled and spat through a layer of brown scum that stained the outside of the pan , but it smelt good , almost as good as the dinners Frankie sometimes had at school . |
| 27 | Also , because as served in 99 out of 100 Chinese restaurants , they would arrive sticky with grease and boiled to a hue of nauseously vivid waxy-yellow . |
| 28 | It was n't until the early 18th century that this thick porridge became a solid , round pudding which was wrapped in a cloth and boiled in a pot . |
| 29 | Andrew was a cross between Dennis the Menace and Jean Paul Sartre , and in the late forties and fifties his flat was full of the aroma of coffee made with milk and boiled in a saucepan , and the company of people like Davy Donaldson , Alfie Avella , Bill Henry , Bet Low , Ernie , a motor bike philosopher who pre-dated Jack Kerouac by 1,000 years , and various other artists , and literati , who were encouraged by Andrew to give up their jobs driving buses or whatever and accept the roving hard-luck life of the creative . |
| 30 | An aquarium of 36″ × 15″ × 12″ should be provided , and furnished with a layer of coarse ( 10mm ) aquarium gravel , upturned flowerpots for refuges , and a piece or two of bogwood are all that is required |