Example sentences of "and [vb past] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) That , although the scope of Code C of the Codes of Practice ( 1985 ed. ) extended beyond persons in detention , it was intended to protect suspects who were , or thought themselves to be , vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers , and applied where a suspect was being questioned about an offence by a police officer acting as such for the purpose of obtaining evidence ; that , since the appellants were not being questioned by police officers acting as such and conversation was on equal terms , there could be no question of pressure or intimidation by the officers as persons actually or believed to be in authority ; and that , accordingly , Code C did not apply in the circumstances and the judge 's approach could not be faulted ( post , p. 237C–E , H ) . |
| 2 | Soldiers of the Special Presidential Division were flirting with a barmaid and objected when a security guard , a karate instructor identified only as Ekofo , offered her a drink . |
| 3 | It is equally important that the human capabilities be recognized and used where a computer is not so suitable . |
| 4 | He jacked it up and watched as a station logo which meant nothing to him appeared on the screen . |
| 5 | Ben stood and watched as a moth , its wings like the dull gauze of an old and faded dress , its body thick and stubby like a miniature cigar , fluttered towards the grid . |
| 6 | As she stared entranced at her own image , Folly felt a warming in her cheeks , and watched as a flush spread down from face to neck to breasts , dying the tender peaks a deeper hue . |
| 7 | A MAN plunged more than 200 feet from a tower block … and survived when a car broke his fall . |
| 8 | Since coming into the possession of the Society of Archers , the arrow has been stolen , gilded , pawned , left on a park bench all night and lost when a captain had a mental illness and lost his reason . |
| 9 | He married the daughter of Aunes , one of the early colonists , and died when a landslide at Cabo Girão crushed his boat as he was returning from Funchal . |
| 10 | Maxim pressed the entryphone bell for Winkelmann and waited until a man 's voice rasped : ‘ Bitte ? ’ |
| 11 | It started as baby Thomas was lowered into his high chair — and ended when a dollop of Ready Brek left his plastic spoon mid-grapple to go flying over both breakfast-time combatants . |