Example sentences of "and [adj] [verb] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , very often my wife goes out and digs one up on Christmas Eve and that has happened regular . |
| 2 | And er on the M forty between junctions four and five between High Wycombe and Stokenchurch , there are two narrow lanes in both direction with a contraflow system at Boulter End which might add to the confusion , and that 's got single line traffic running both ways . |
| 3 | Whilst the smallest kind of town can only have served as a market point , those with populations exceeding 500 usually provided more extensive services to their localities , and some had developed specialised manufactures even if on a modest scale . |
| 4 | These had been regular church-goers in the Caribbean but had not felt at home in the more restrained worship of the British churches , and some had felt cold-shouldered by the white members . |
| 5 | POLLUTION inspectors measuring emissions from cars and trucks in the Philippine city of Davao have found their hairlines receding and some have gone bald , the Manila Times newspaper said yesterday . |
| 6 | Of sympatric species , those flowering together deposit pollen on different parts of the bat body , thus avoiding interspecific pollination , and some have staggered flowering times . |
| 7 | Some have developed lusty connections with industries of one sort or another , and some have developed special international relationships . |
| 8 | ‘ After a longer period , donors and patients sometimes meet and some have become great friends . ’ |
| 9 | Instead of lengthening their bodies , like the caecilians , they have shortened it , their vertebrae having become fused together , and far from losing their legs , they have developed them enormously , and some have become prodigious leapers . |
| 10 | Considerable enthusiasm has been shown by the Association 's Areas , and some have initiated fund-raising to develop further Eagle Lodges . |
| 11 | One of the problems is that we have not found a way of doing it cheaply , and this has caused great anxiety . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We are at our wits ; end here ’ , say the airport management , ‘ and this has caused considerable upset and annoyance to the lady owning the number published ’ . |
| 13 | Indonesia has banned the export of raw rattan and this has encouraged other countries , like Sri Lanka , to emulate the rattan swidden' method . |
| 14 | Boss Esmond Bulmer says that cider sales ‘ continue to show great resistance to the slump ’ and this has bumped half-year pre-tax profits to £10.7m , a jump of 18% on the corresponding period . |
| 15 | In recent years the Sussex Ornithological Society has lowered the water level of one of the smaller lakes in autumn and this has attracted good numbers of waders . |
| 16 | There is thus now an excess of supply over demand which augurs badly for the UK as its North Sea oil is relatively expensive to produce and this has put certain marginal oil fields out of production . |
| 17 | Counties such as Berkshire , Hampshire , Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire have been faced with increasing government demands to provide more new housing and this has produced vociferous opposition from local residents who see their traditional communities under threat . |
| 18 | Most prefer market-seeking investments and few have created new exports . |
| 19 | Since April , 11 trainees have found jobs through the society and 12 have attained vocational qualifications . |
| 20 | All patients were volunteers and all had had previous vagotomy for benign duodenal ulcer disease . |
| 21 | Most of these bars have live music , and all have staggered happy hours ( or is it happy stagger hour ? ! ) , so with a bit of forward planning we make sure your budget goes as far as possible . |
| 22 | Snipers of all sides pick off civilians , and all have murdered helpless prisoners . |
| 23 | They will be marketed under the Rhodicare trade mark and all have controlled rheological features and the stabilising and thickening properties of xanthan gum . |
| 24 | But not that morning , not on the morning that the envelope marked Personal and Confidential had lain unopened in his briefcase . |
| 25 | Most of the speakers were women and many had prepared lengthy and detailed statements of their views . |
| 26 | Most projects had been efficiently run , and many had helped disadvantaged groups . |
| 27 | Local authorities have had to respond to a wide range of legislation from Brussels and many have received substantial financial assistance , from the EC 's ‘ Structural Funds ’ and other initiatives , for economic development projects ( such as training and infrastructure provision ) within their areas . |
| 28 | Seeds of biennials were sown on the programme in June , and many have made fine plants to fill borders , windowboxes and containers , which will grace our first programmes come next spring . |
| 29 | But Ron Morris is confident that those who have joined him have enjoyed proper training , decent wages ( above the industry 's going rate ) , and many have secured permanent jobs . |
| 30 | The First World War provided a similar test and again only the Labour and Unionist parties were able to meet it squarely , but the battles of 1912 and 1913 had given advance warning of what was to come . |