Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foremen are promoted from the ranks of production workers and as pivotal intermediaries they have quasi-managerial status . |
| 2 | The Taylors ' main aim is to make their guests feel very welcome and as committed Christians they are happy to see the Mount Hotel used as a retreat . |
| 3 | But we are not simply judges or police officials , we are also human beings , and as human beings we sympathize deeply and sincerely with the terrible situation in which the Miletti family find themselves , and wish to do everything possible to bring it to a swift and satisfactory conclusion . |
| 4 | Shareholders , however , own the firm and generally appoint managers to run it , and as residual claimants they will want to ensure that the value of the firm is maximized . |
| 5 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 6 | Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . |
| 7 | For children who encounter educational difficulties we have the services of our Learning Support Department and for all children we have Enrichment Staff who can extend their learning . |
| 8 | The child was allowed into the bedroom and for two hours she watched her father die . |
| 9 | She pressed her forehead against the cool glass and for two minutes she did not move . |
| 10 | So for a minute you have obviously got a hundred and eighty words and for two minutes it 's double that amount . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , and for two pins you 'd ask him to tea ! |
| 12 | This was her half-brother , and for two pins she would have hugged him . |
| 13 | There was no road to it , or track , merely a worn path , two fields ' distance from the farm ; but to us , big city born and bred , it was magical , the stuff of which dreams are made , and for two weeks we lived a life of unadulterated bliss . |
| 14 | She flung the fork down , looking daggers at him , and continued : ‘ The house she lived in during the war received a direct hit , and for two days she was buried alive nursing a glass vase belonging to her mother . |
| 15 | Food was short and for two days I was kept running round trying to buy up supplies , with the result that I had to retire to bed with blistered feet . |
| 16 | There 's a very good example of that some years ago er in one of these groups I had erm a student had a severe stutter problem and he said that he had hypnosis and for two years he was fine , he had no stutter and suddenly one day under stress it came back an and ever since erm then he was having some other kind of treatment I think , but er but that 's typical . |
| 17 | There is thus a duality between waves and particles in quantum mechanics : for some purposes it is helpful to think of particles as waves and for other purposes it is better to think of waves as particles . |
| 18 | And for 1,500 miles it was carried on the current without power , navigational gear or a radio transmitter . |
| 19 | Where written records do survive they are as a rule woefully incomplete , and for prehistoric communities they are by definition completely absent . |
| 20 | And for regular savings we can easily set up a standing order . |
| 21 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 22 | Aldershot 's neat football , in difficult windy conditions , kept them well in the game and for long spells they were firmly in control . |
| 23 | Vehicles are usually painted in the client 's livery and for major customers it is the preferred means of transporting their products . |
| 24 | Normally , the time is fifteen minutes , and for fifteen minutes it 's five fifty , so if you 've got a lot of hair , it 's quite coarse , it 's going to go on for several months . |
| 25 | She has always relied on instinct , and for 55 years it has served her well . |
| 26 | ‘ Friends , enemies , Englishmen , ’ I began , ‘ hear now the claims of Scotland ! ’ , and for four minutes I spelled out what I thought they were . |
| 27 | And for five minutes I quizzed this wretched bird without getting a single chirp out of it . |
| 28 | His name was Dr Georges Flandrin and for five years he had been treating the Shah for cancer . |
| 29 | Well she does and the hardest part , I think there is when she comes down in the morning and for five years he was there |
| 30 | erm local government , and I regret this , is probably going that way in that the demands upon Councillors are getting more and more , and for various reasons it is getting more and more difficult to find now in local government what I would call the amateur who who I think predominated in it , certainly outside the cities , up to nineteen seventy four . |