Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before independence , Zimbabwe competed for and successfully gathered what had been Zambia 's crown of regional leadership against South AFrica . |
| 2 | He was aware of making an effort to pass this question off as casually as possible and thereby knew he had failed . |
| 3 | The Judicature Acts of 1873–75 created a single Supreme Court of Judicature , comprising courts of both law and equity and thereby fusing what had previously been two separate systems . |
| 4 | Every Member I interviewed believed that television had increased public interest in Parliament and most thought it had improved public understanding of how the Commons works , It is even more important , however , that the House should be televised so that the public can follow the actual matters being debated in Parliament . |
| 5 | The child , possessed by wonder and nameless hauntings , tried to join together the heavings and creakings and groans and gasps and little cries he had heard as he lay on the floor , his mother 's disturbed concentration now , his father 's stillness as if felled , and the sticky warmth in which he lay between them , something more than the sweat that was there before , a substance he divined as elemental , mysterious , newly decanted , that touched his flesh and his senses with profound , unattainable meaning . |
| 6 | When she looked at him closely , Jill felt sorry for him and rather wished she had n't spoken so pointedly . |
| 7 | Hyacinth felt excluded from it all , and rather wished she had waited for Carole Swan , or for Angela Cartwright , the delegation 's leader . |
| 8 | Call The Helpline ( 0442 69123/4/5 ) ’ and rather wishes they had telephones aboard these rumbling cars . |
| 9 | She needed to keep up her continuity of male companionship , and humbly thought she had nothing to offer but sex . ) |
| 10 | I looked down and suddenly realised I had forgotten to bring my own umbrella to work that morning . |
| 11 | Many of the latecomers , especially as the afternoon wore on , were furious to find the doors locked , not having heard of the noon closure and so thinking they had all day . |
| 12 | And so saying he went into the tiny village police station with its distinctive blue lamp and the lettering chiselled into the stone above the doorway which said ‘ King 's Magnum Parva Police Station ’ . |
| 13 | And so saying he threw a stick into the water . |
| 14 | And so saying she gathered up her shawl , adjusted her mittens and scuttled from the room . |
| 15 | And so saying she led the way on to the terrace with its beautiful scents of honeysuckle , rose and jasmine . |
| 16 | No , not at all , and then , even in her confused state , her mind shied away from the reasons for her distaste , and she found herself saying even through her pain and shock , ‘ I will not think about that , I will not , ’ and so saying she stopped struggling and sank back into oblivion once more . |
| 17 | And so saying she helped herself . |
| 18 | I am so very very glad to have had that opportunity to help both Brian and SUSIE when they stayed that month with me — and only wish I saw more of her . |
| 19 | Her mummy had once shown her photographs of herself as a Brownie many years ago , and Angela had laughed at the funny straw hat and long frock she had worn . |
| 20 | The strange thing is that I ca n't say I was unhappy in the Service , and generally speaking I enjoyed myself , even coming to realise as time went by that it was an experience I would hate to have missed — and yet , for years afterwards I used to have nightmares about my life in uniform . |
| 21 | Jack enjoyed this work , but with so many less experienced pilots going to fight and not returning he wanted to do more than circuits and bumps ! |
| 22 | Thus , twenty years ago , and already bemoaning what had happened in ‘ the last twenty years ’ , the BMA was to be found rehearsing the familiar diagnoses of the ‘ new ’ youth problem — most of which appeared to have very little to do with medical science . |
| 23 | Well ac actually on it 's , looks absolutely horrible and just thought it looked really nice and I was , did n't feel comfortable in it all night ! |
| 24 | Carl Howard says he took it up at school and won … went on to county level and won and just found he had a natural talent … he 's always enjoyed sprinting and athletics |
| 25 | ‘ Leith Everett , ’ she stated down the phone , and soon knew she had been living in a fool 's paradise these last few hours . |
| 26 | She and Earl Spencer worked on a book for the Greater London Council called What is Our Heritage ? and soon found they had much in common . |
| 27 | She had the psychotic 's need to discharge the contents of the over-charged brain , and she notes how often she was ill when she was unable to dictate , and how much relieved , and physically improved she felt when she could . |
| 28 | Robyn enquired with as much derisive sarcasm as she could muster , deliberately blocking out the memory of how wonderful it had felt with Luke and how sordid and somehow dirty it had felt when Callum had touched her . |
| 29 | The twelves play like sixes and you could play an entire set on rhythm guitar with the white one here and hardly know you 'd done it . |
| 30 | ‘ Is Lubor Ondrus your research assistant ? ’ she enquired politely — and promptly wished she had n't . |