Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | In 1167 his army had been decimated before Rome by an outbreak of malaria ; and he had been chased over the Alps in humiliating disaster ; but still he plotted and planned to return to the task . |
2 | With regard to the industry budget as a whole , there is a cash cut of £16 million in real terms between the net planned outturn and planned spending for the coming year . |
3 | At last a long despairing cry rose from the back of his throat and screamed shatteringly across the churchyard as he threw the baton away and clung sobbing to the angel . |
4 | Constituency parties had to be wound up and re-formed to conform to the new boundaries . |
5 | She was rescued by James Spicer , a vice-chairman of the Party , and led blinking into the foyer . |
6 | At the major shows , winners are often exposed to the glare of television lights , and expected to parade for the cameras as well , before journeying back home after a long day . |
7 | A major life-extension programme was carried out on nearly half the Class 37 fleet , with a number of variants designed specifically for freight haulage and expected to survive into the next century . |
8 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
9 | In the Commons , Opposition leader John Smith provoked Tory shouts of fury when he asked : ‘ Is n't it inappropriate for the inquiry to be set up and asked to report to the very regional health authority whose own actions may be the subject of the inquiry ? |
10 | The crew was accused of trespassing and asked to leave by the police , who were called by the vicar when they arrived |
11 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
12 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
13 | On returning to the ward somewhat shaken myself I made the patient as comfortable as I could and asked to speak to the ward sister , who was fortunately very experienced and prepared to believe what I told her . |
14 | Later that evening Heathcliff 's servant Joseph arrived and asked to speak to the master . |
15 | They let us off after our three Santa Clausesses mobbed them and asked to play with the red furry pandas they had clipped to the aerials of their radios , on condition we played ‘ Saints ’ until out of sight . |
16 | He read widely in all spheres of learning and became inspired with the idea that he had a mission to introduce the learning of western Europe to his countrymen in Serbia . |
17 | Presumably the synthetic oligonucleotide was taken up by the cells and became bound to the complementary sequence on the viral RNA . |
18 | The right of the painter to move around an object and combine various views of it into a single image , first stated in writing by Metzinger in 1910 and elaborated a few months later by Allard , was quickly adopted by most critics as a central feature of the style , and became related to the conceptual or intellectual aspect . |
19 | Practically every device of the movies started as a special effect and became assimilated into the everyday language of film , just like metaphor in language . |
20 | Some bacteria , such as the one that causes syphilis , have flagellae ; and it seems likely that flagellae and cilia originated as parasitic bacteria which , instead of causing disease , remained and became incorporated into the cell as the relationship was mutually beneficial . |
21 | When made into handbags , the leather ceased to exist as separate goods and became absorbed into the handbags . |
22 | All biological life thus adapted its metabolism to the level of solar warmth , and became adjusted to the strength of solar radiation prevailing at the time . |
23 | The pots were heated and the essential oils rose in the steam and became lodged within the wool . |
24 | Young people were afraid , wondering if they would have time to have their children , and became agitated at the racheting-up of international tensions in East and West . |
25 | He then moved to Westminster as a consulting engineer and became engaged in the survey , design , and construction of many large schemes for canals , railways , docks , and harbours , including those at Port Talbot , Ipswich , Penzance , and Neath . |
26 | Some of the poems were written down and became known to the outside world before the end of the eighteenth century . |
27 | The work on the atomic bomb , which had been carried on in the British Isles , was transferred , in 1943 , to the United States of America , and became known as the ‘ Manhattan Project ’ . |
28 | Following its days of silk production , it was turned over to piano making , and became known as the Evans Piano Factory . |
29 | The breed expanded into other Scottish counties and became known as the Ayrshire by the early nineteenth century . |
30 | Kelly was the striker who helped little Leatherhead embarrass a succession of League sides in the mid-70s and became known as the ‘ Leatherhead Lip ’ . |