Example sentences of "and [vb past] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the businessmen sniggered and whispered a comment to his neighbour , who burst into raucous laughter . |
| 2 | He fought Christ 's battles there for ten years — it must have been like our brave missionaries now going into the wildest and most uncivilised parts of Africa — because the pagan King Morken was his enemy and envied the fame of Kentigern . |
| 3 | Eardwulf met and countered a succession of threats from rival aethelings in the first years of his reign . |
| 4 | A third party should be entitled to assume that a person in an authoritative position within an organisation is competent to bind the organisation , and the organisation should not be able to plead violation of an internal rule unless ‘ that violation was manifest and concerned a rule of its internal law of fundamental importance . ’ |
| 5 | The origins of this legislation were particularly protracted , and concerned the question of rural amenities ; ‘ town and country ’ now became the customary title for Planning Acts . |
| 6 | From January to July my contacts with the family were infrequent and concerned the progress of the two older boys . |
| 7 | I think that I must assume the existence of some person in the defendants ' employment who accepted and appropriated the money with a full knowledge of all the facts , particularly the discussion which had preceded the institution of the action , and the pending of the action itself , who knew and realised that the right of the defendants to receive the money was at the moment sub judice , and indeed on the point of coming before this court for decision . |
| 8 | The eight youths had each drunk up to 15 cans of lager and shared a bottle of Pernod before rampaging through the village of Alverstoke , Hants . |
| 9 | A down-at-heel English journalist , Charles Beadle , lived nearby and shared a passion for gardening with Beatrice . |
| 10 | They left Oxford in 1921 , with seconds in modern history , and shared a flat in London while establishing parallel careers . |
| 11 | Riven blinked , and shared a glance with Bicker . |
| 12 | We danced , and shared the can of champagne . |
| 13 | and shared the disappointment of the dolphins |
| 14 | They strolled outside again and he led her to a relatively quiet spot and they drank and shared the cake between them . |
| 15 | What crisis ? ’ statement — may have been , in his eyes , a rational assessment of the situation and the media 's tendency to exaggerate , but it ignored and misjudged the impact of media imagery and , consequently , the public 's desire for reassurance and for the problem to be ‘ resolved , . |
| 16 | However , in February 1925 , only a few months after entry to the rue d'Ulm , he was suffering from nervous depression and planned a trip to a Swiss sanatorium . |
| 17 | Over confident after their quick victories , the Japanese began an invasion of the Solomons and planned a landing at Port Moresby in south-east New Guinea . |
| 18 | So I was persuaded , and planned a start at dawn . |
| 19 | ‘ They obviously knew Mr Gascoigne was away and planned the raid like professionals , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Finally he jumped up , when he thought the appropriate moment had arrived , and whipped a blast of abuse across the table . |
| 21 | They generally support the notion of a European dimension to the curriculum and voiced a commitment to working cooperatively together . |
| 22 | It openly evoked the example of the Soviet dissidents , and voiced the despair of liberals of varying shades at what had happened to the fabric of British society since 1979 . |
| 23 | He stepped back and chanced a look at Madra . |
| 24 | Low morale among poorly paid health workers has led to strikes and lessened the quality of care . |
| 25 | He waved a hand at the company in the circolo , this time higher , but still with the palm towards his breast in farewell , and laid a tip for the boy on the varnished wooden table . |
| 26 | I watched for the gas station on Harvey 's map and turned off on to an unmade road that kicked up stones against the underside of the Rambler and laid a film of dust across the tinted windscreen . |
| 27 | Kimber and Sharp continued to correspond until Sharp 's death in 1924 , and when Cecil Sharp House was built in London , Kimber helped to lay the foundations in 1929 , and laid a course of bricks . |
| 28 | She blushed charmingly and laid a hand over his . |
| 29 | Elinor turned to him and laid a hand on his head . |
| 30 | When they reached the bank of the river Nathaniel Sherman motioned his son ahead into the waiting dugout canoe and laid a hand on Devraux 's shoulder . |