Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 During the period of the first Opium war ( 1840–2 ) Jardine pursued banking and insurance in London , and successfully stood for election in 1841 as the Whig candidate for Ashburton ( Devon ) .
2 So Jessie became a secretary to a Manchester solicitor and eventually fell in love with and married an officer during the First World War .
3 They became friendly and eventually fell in love .
4 I was lucky in my tutors and my college , and like so many young men before and since fell in love with the place .
5 It is essential that all equipment and instruments in use are inspected and regularly maintained , and effectively decontaminated after use .
6 Further , if Lawrence 's celebration of heterosexuality is dependent upon a repression of , a disavowal of , and a displacement on to , homosexuality , such passages are animated by a homoerotic desire consciously and artistically sublimated into heterosexuality .
7 Besides cleaning up the city 's litter , he was determined to cure its chronic pollution problem , and duly went to war on public and private traffic , proposing a total ban from some areas .
8 She turned round and slowly headed for home .
9 Clutching a hot water bottle prepared by Mrs Knelle , I finally and thankfully snuggled into bed .
10 There are 70 items , grouped into 7 blocks of 10 and loosely graded for difficulty .
11 In 1915 and ‘ 16 he had proved he had n't lost his old touch , and so died in bed at a great age , garnished with colourful honours , many of them from grateful countries whose soldiers he had n't got killed even on purpose .
12 Nadir pressure was referenced to the prevailing midoesophageal body pressure in that second and so took into account changes of basal oesophagela body pressure produced by common cavity episodes .
13 The history of the game is littered with talented players who were never capped and so defected to league .
14 His son Charles was also wounded in the battle and only escaped with difficulty . ’
15 It operated at 4,800bps and only came with DOS software , including a huge TSR program , over 200Kb in size .
16 This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial .
17 These are now privately owned and only emerged from obscurity again a few years ago : sphinxes and winged sirens , the heads of minotaurs and owls , personifications of night and masks with invisible eyes .
18 Only this : it is misleading to suggest that a socialist alternative qualitatively different from the actual record of 1964–70 existed in potentia and merely went by default , on account of a failure of political will .
19 Lisabeth and Fenella were being moved out of the way and generally harried from pillar to post .
20 Something in the back of her mind was saying : shock , , you 're in shock , Bernice snap out of it , woman , but she tuned it out and just stared at Ace until the world came back into focus around her and she heard Bishop saying calmly :
21 Kraal could hardly believe his eyes as the Keeper carried Minch into the cage , and just stared in amazement , for once saying nothing at all .
22 I went into London and I picked up this Tokai and just fell in love with it — it just had the perfect neck .
23 I walked up to these fellers , a few paces , and just stood in front of them , looked at them — they knew what was wanted — ‘ Clear off ! ’
24 The real researchers found themselves as restricted as the employed technicians , and soon left in frustration .
25 One 's heart bled for Cowdrey , for he looked desperately nervous and soon succumbed without scoring .
26 From here we carried on along a river and soon arrived at Sokol which has just one house — a traditional forester 's cabin with deer antlers above the front door .
27 The propertyless proletariat , exploited and progressively immiserized in line with Marx 's expectations , are in the less developed countries .
28 It is appropriate to recall that Elementary Matrices ( 1938 ) was printed nine times in U.K. , several times in U.S.A. , was translated into Russian and Czech , and finally republished in hardback in U.S.A. in 1983 .
29 Presently , relaxed and generously anointed with body-lotion , she wrapped herself in a fluffy towelling robe and went back downstairs .
30 Wee Charlie shrieked a last time , and promptly vanished from view .
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