Example sentences of "and [vb past] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New York : THE United States ' worst winter storm of the century killed at least 66 people and paralysed the east coast of the country , closing motorways and airports and leaving millions without electricity , officials said last night . |
| 2 | Aluminium poisoning became famous in Britain when on Wednesday 6 July 1988 a 20-tonne lorry-load of aluminium sulphate was poured into the wrong tank at Lowermoor treatment works and polluted the water supply of Camelford in Cornwall . |
| 3 | The Tsarevich Nicholas , the future Nicholas II , on a visit to the Far East , cut the first sod and laid the foundation stone of the rail-way station at Vladivostok on 19 May 1891 . |
| 4 | He closed his eyes as he set it down on its place , flattening it open under his left hand , and laid the index finger of his right hand upon the exposed page . |
| 5 | Without a word she folded it shut and laid the pencil flat beside it . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , he designed and wired the control panel and delighted both in his consultant capacity and also in being again involved in his life 's obsession on what to him was virtually home ground . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'll never give in ! ’ said Our Gracie , and led the auditorium audience of 10,000 in several rousing verses of ‘ Land of Hope and Glory ’ and ‘ There 'll Always Be An England ’ . |
| 8 | He initiated and led the search party which found and buried the bodies of Scott , Edward A. Wilson [ q.v. ] , and H. R. Bowers , retrieving the diaries , drawings , and letters that revealed the epic story of their fate . |
| 9 | Just as the motorcycling clubs became safety orientated and led the training initiative , so should the climbing clubs recognise their responsibility , even to idiots . |
| 10 | The superintendent tore off a piece of nan and wiped the curry sauce from her plate . |
| 11 | At breakfast together Fisher exploded and attacked the Church Union and all that it stood for and said that they had done great harm and ought to apologize . |
| 12 | The following year John advanced to the Sudanese frontier and attacked the Dervish position at Galabat . |
| 13 | The Derwent was probably built by Alfred alone , who bought out his brother , took over William Lister 's foundry next door , and attacked the railway market . |
| 14 | But they struck just outside Narok township and attacked the District Commissioner , Major Buxton . |
| 15 | He ran out of coins and asked the company secretary to ring him back . |
| 16 | ‘ I was aware of the presence of a stranger and asked the stage manager to ‘ see him off . |
| 17 | The Northern responded to three newspaper advertisements placed by people selling the sought-after vouchers and asked the selling price . |
| 18 | and asked the post office clerk |
| 19 | He had worked on the optical specificity of certain enzymes ( one may remember that problems of optical activity first drew Pasteur from chemical to biological problems ) but was also devoted to music and became the music critic of a Berlin evening paper . |
| 20 | In order to facilitate the development of the programme a Public Health Nurse was assigned full-time in each designated area and became the Family Development Nurse ( FDN ) for that area , her role being one of facilitator , monitor , guide motivator , communicator and resource person for Community Mothers . |
| 21 | Incidentally , this enterprising lady took a course in typing and became the practice secretary ( she could use an amplified telephone ) . |
| 22 | He had never achieved a rapport with the automobile and avoided the driving seat when he could . |
| 23 | for Liz , while Liz went into the house to get something , and someone came down Hurst Road , misjudged it , and scrapped the car door , bashed Lizzie 's side and scraped along side of her car , as she drove past . |
| 24 | As soon as the mortaring finished we crawled out to the entrance to the trench , and manned the Bren gun . |
| 25 | Near Hawthornden Castle is Ben Jonson 's Tree ; the newly appointed Poet Laureate , Ben Jonson walked from London to Hawthornden in 1618 and met the Poet Drummond under this particular tree . |
| 26 | I came over it below the farmhouse and hugged the side wall like I 've seen them do in the movies until I could peer round into the farmyard . |
| 27 | In fact he was under par each day and he led the tournament from start to finish and equalled the Championship four-round score . |
| 28 | People like to pull out the job supplement in the middle and , you know , they 've got to be able to do that easily 'cos they throw the rest away , you know , and read the job supplement and they well . |
| 29 | Mrs Abigail took a soup-plate from a cupboard and emptied the rice pudding on to it . |
| 30 | He did not have mother 's shrewdness , nor her education , and lacked the family support given to mother by her parents . |