Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rainbow disconnects her hand from Anya 's , rises , and goes to lean an elbow on the mantelpiece . |
| 2 | branded the penalty , which resulting in Courtaulds InterSpray slipping from first to last position in the opening stages of leg three before clawing back places , ‘ draconian ’ and has lodged an objection . |
| 3 | SCOTVEC has started the development process for its own staff and has prepared an outline programme to meet the other staff development needs which have been identified . |
| 4 | Federal Express Corp is to install ‘ several thousand ’ colour and monochrome X-terminals in its Memphis , Tennessee headquarters and local field offices by the mid-1990s , and has placed an order for the pilot stage of its upgrade programme with Network Computing Devices Inc . |
| 5 | The British National Bibliography Research Fund , established in 1975 , includes amongst its aims the promotion of research into the use of books and into reading habits , and has achieved an impact beyond its modest resources — as a glance at the bibliography of this book will show . |
| 6 | Wolfensberger in the United States has focused attention specifically on the implications for service delivery and has developed an assessment procedure aimed not at individuals , but at the quality of services . |
| 7 | The essay has since been listed in several bibliographies , and has exerted an influence which , when I composed it as a kind of riposte to the British Council 's purchase of the copyright of that crack-brained idea from its originator , C. K. Ogden , I could not have foreseen . |
| 8 | If a personal creditor of the heir has been sent into possession in order to protect his property , and has obtained an object left under trust to me , it is agreed that I ought not to be prejudiced by him in any way ; no more than if he had received that object as a pledge from the heir himself . |
| 9 | Apparently , Patrick Eggle has talked with manufacturers of quality , ‘ unfinished ’ furniture and has chosen an oil which not only protects , but also enhances the natural grain of the wood . |
| 10 | THE debate on the male gaze has continued ever since and has had an impact on feminist film-making as well as on theory and criticism . |
| 11 | ( If the reader doubts this and has had an accident driving a car , reflect again ! ) |
| 12 | The West has been grateful to Kundera , extravagantly so at times , and has shown an impulse to beat itself with his playful fictions . |
| 13 | It forms the centrepiece of Oxfam 's Front Line Africa campaign and has prompted an inquiry by the UK Charity Commissioners into the agency 's political campaigning activity . |
| 14 | The group at University College is attempting to build such a microscope , and has produced an instrument that is close to working . |
| 15 | Joe does earn some money on the after-dinner speaking circuit , and has addressed an assortment of lawyers , writers and bankers since his release . |
| 16 | He envisages the ambience of the place as ‘ discernibly British ’ and wants to see an element of ‘ commercial ’ use : private art galleries , bookshops and design studios would fit in very well , and there could be restaurants off the splendid riverside terrace , which would make a fine sculpture park . |
| 17 | The Group will co-ordinate efforts with established consortia pursuing related projects and aims to hold an interoperability demonstration in the autumn ; the group is operating out of Bell Atlantic 's Frazer , Pennsylvania base . |
| 18 | But one side branch shoots up very high and lets fall an avalanche of dark green pine needles . |
| 19 | The privately owned company , Ovation Inc , plans to begin advertiser supported programming nationwide in late 1994 and hopes to reach an audience of tens of millions within the most affluent sector of the U.S. population . |
| 20 | Following an exhibition of one Black Painting by Ad Reinhardt in the context of his theoretical writings , he is working with Allan Kaprow , celebrated for his Happenings ( 15 March-30 April ) , and hopes to show an installation of white-band Chevrolet tyres originally created by Kaprow in 1961 . |
| 21 | Out of a total of 58 conversational turns , he hesitates 13 times ( to varying degrees ) and fails to complete an utterance on 3 occasions . |