Example sentences of "and [verb] the [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail . |
| 2 | Dai Qing 's name was singled out as one of the ‘ tiny handful of people ’ who had ‘ colluded with foreign forces , ganged up among themselves at home and made ideological , public opinion and organisational preparations for years to stir up turmoil in China , overthrow the leadership of the Communist Party and subvert the socialist people 's republic . ’ |
| 3 | Oh I see they 'd put in for a new pair and sell the old pair ? |
| 4 | I was determined to see the world 's first dawn , and to greet the first people on the planet — true Pacific people at that — who were planning to take a stab at their day . |
| 5 | Turn in the sides again and make the first 7.5cm ( 3in ) fold in the hem . |
| 6 | Yours is one case I will always remember not for the large number of witnesses , but for the meeting of a man who right from the first impressed his lawyers with his innocence a conviction that grew and grew the more that one went into the case and met the many people who knew Andy Beattie so well . ’ |
| 7 | Press the cartridge ‘ freeze button ’ and unleash the powerful Graphics , Backup and monitor utilities . |
| 8 | New pockets are required for the snooker tables and to accommodate the smaller 10p coin adjustments will be necessary to the pool table . |
| 9 | New pockets are required for the snooker tables and to accommodate the smaller 10p coin adjustments will be necessary to the pool table . |
| 10 | Shall we pensioners form an aged assassination squad to fight back , to seek out and eliminate the callous people who create the cry be : ‘ The only good Tory is a dead one ? ’ |
| 11 | Nance Rashleigh ripped out entrails and flung the gutted fish accurately into a barrel four feet away . |
| 12 | United Distillers UK is based at Cherrybank , Perth , Scotland and has the largest sales team of any British spirits company . |
| 13 | We developed and built the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon , and the first satellite for geosynchronous orbit . |
| 14 | The offline operator is responsible for mounting and dismounting the offline media and inspecting media items for physical damage . |
| 15 | The offline process is carried out as a ‘ run ’ at a specified time and of specified duration , during which period the offline operator must be present to fulfil the demands for mounting and dismounting the offline media . |
| 16 | Both horses and people will use what they have learnt from their own species and expect the other species to understand . |
| 17 | Life in this part of Poland is changing rapidly and now is the right time to see it and to meet the Polish people who live here or those on holiday from the cities . |
| 18 | The memorandum stressed the PLO 's " legitimate right " to " confront these Israeli crimes and to discharge its responsibilities for defending and protecting the Palestinian people with all its means " . |
| 19 | However , we need the help and understanding of others able to welcome and value the younger people who can easily feel ignored . |
| 20 | In an army in peacetime you have to arselick and know the right people if you want to get on . |
| 21 | This can enable them to be ‘ fast-tracked ’ through the system reducing their waiting time and enabling the medical staff to be directed to the more seriously ill . |
| 22 | To base a property tax on anything other than capital values would be perverse — even if alternatives like imputed rents and floor-space footage were inherently sensible , which they are not — and ways to compile and update the necessary data have already been examined in detail . |
| 23 | These are not genetically the same as wild salmon , they breed and behave differently , and — the trust fears — they could outcompete and replace the native fish . |
| 24 | In a declaration published in the press on Feb. 7 a group of 62 retired officers , one of whom , Gen. Jacobo Yépez , was later arrested , accused civilian governments since 1974 ( when Pérez embarked on his first term of office ) of creating the circumstances for a coup by failing to fight corruption and provide the Venezuelan people with order and justice . |
| 25 | While a naval officer , he invented and designed the first-ever aircraft carrier , the Angus . |
| 26 | For one month you and your companions will live together on an uninhabited island to show just how resourceful , brave and fit the young people of this country are . |
| 27 | They also , it is said , beheaded a few pigeons and murdered the odd duck . |
| 28 | It 's no good having an in-depth knowledge of how to produce perfect aquarium conditions , if we mix and match the wrong fish . |
| 29 | When the whole side has been removed , pull off the backbone and cut the remaining salmon into pieces . |
| 30 | This is becoming less and less practicable as a philosophy of operation , and I believe absolutely that in the future it will be the company that conforms to the individual that attracts and motivates the best people . |