Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cells were plated out at a maximum initial density of 510 cells per dish and incubated overnight to allow separation of adherent cells ( fibroblasts and macrophages ) from inflammatory cells . |
| 2 | Note that all assignments in IF/ALT programs are final ( i.e. occur at the end of a program 's run , just before it terminates ) and made only to free variables . |
| 3 | Entrenched positions may be established easily between the two with the result that claims are prepared and argued merely to prevent loss of face when in reality the matter could and should have been settled by discussion on site when the problems arose . |
| 4 | Son of a head of ideology on the Communist party 's Central Committee , Legasov became a chemist and rose rapidly to become deputy head of the Kurchatov Institute of nuclear science — and a friend of the powerful . |
| 5 | ‘ And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries . |
| 6 | Having designed the Commodore International Ltd PET Personal Electronic Transactor , and moved on to found Sirius Inc , later Victor Technologies Inc until he was caught out when the world discovered that ‘ runs MS-DOS ’ did n't mean ‘ IBM-compatible ’ , Chuck Peddle hopes that he 'll soon be back with a bang . |
| 7 | They forgot about Tavett and moved on to discuss Pascoe and how , when they came to think of it , he had looked very like a man waiting for a major heart attack . |
| 8 | The trucks eventually swung into the camp 's orbit and moved off to unload stores . |
| 9 | The government , reversing the uncompromising stand of the previous government of President Virgilio Barco [ see pp. 36844 ; 36889-90 ; 37119 ] , had already offered to reduce sentences and promised not to extradite traffickers who surrendered and confessed , in the hope that this would halt a cycle of drug-related violence and killings . |
| 10 | He flung the guitar on to a chair , and bent down to pick Shelley up bodily instead , lifting her as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're so exquisite , ’ he murmured throatily and bent down to trace kisses from her belly up to her mouth . |
| 12 | We just kept our heads down and tried not to make mistakes . |
| 13 | Milton and Pooley caught each other 's eyes and tried not to register disbelief . |
| 14 | He shook his head , then took a plate and wandered off to choose cakes for his tea . |
| 15 | The man who rose from behind a large polished desk on the far side of the room , and came forward to shake Robyn 's hand , was smaller and more ordinary-looking than she had expected . |
| 16 | She got out and came round to open Kee 's door . |
| 17 | He lowered the horse 's left foreleg and came back to lift Isabel to the ground . |
| 18 | Taking a hint from the fame and antiquity of Egyptian flax working , Roberts went off to the banks of the Nile to study the Temple of Karnak , and came back to build Mr Marshall a factory in like fashion , which soon became known , naturally enough , as the Temple Mill . |
| 19 | He set off into the fog to find out where he was , and came back to find Tess fast asleep . |
| 20 | One spring evening we had been out to dinner and came back to find Clare bounding downstairs with excitement . |
| 21 | To save precious fuel , sheep were occasionally used on the front field instead of a motor-mower to keep the grass in check , though it probably did not matter too much , as for a short period the field could no longer be used anyway for Games , owing to the telegraph poles and other obstacles laid and dug there to thwart landings by German gliders and paratroopers . |
| 22 | Japan 's post-1868 rulers utilized this nationalistic focus and claimed throughout to exercise power in the name of the emperor . |
| 23 | He said he heard a car engine racing behind him and turned round to see headlights . |
| 24 | Dawn 's life was saved because two trained paramedics , travelling in the opposite direction in their private ambulance , noticed the sports car travelling at high speed , then realized it had crashed , and turned round to offer help at the scene . |
| 25 | They set off , passed under St John 's Gate and turned right to join traffic heading northwards . |
| 26 | He took a steadying breath and turned back to face Mick , ticking off points on his fingers . |
| 27 | Any human being who has eaten a bad oyster , spent a night in agony , and vowed never to touch oysters again , will understand this . |
| 28 | She went to the top of the stairs , then spun round and rushed back to hug Maggie Byrne with spontaneous affection . |
| 29 | By seven days after returning to the low sulphate diet , breath CH 4 concentrations had increased again and returned almost to control levels by the end of the study . |
| 30 | In this instance , for example : The corner shop is to be closed and knocked down to make way for a multi-storey car-park . |