Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a number of cake tins and Melanie opened one and found last night 's currant cake . |
| 2 | Zeno and Pascoe faced each other , Pascoe circling to try to get advantage from the light . |
| 3 | In 1887 , he hit 151 for England against MCC at Lord 's in the Centenary Match , he and Shrewsbury adding 266 for the first wicket . |
| 4 | Louisa and Horrocks exchanged anxious glances . |
| 5 | On the same day an agreement was signed between the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) and Czechoslovakia settling remaining issues concerning the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia ( completed in June 1991 ) . |
| 6 | Riding round and round the big Flame-tree , Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben looked marvellous . |
| 7 | The contrast between the mondaine world of Beatrice Hastings and the ghetto of Jewish painters from Eastern Europe could hardly have been greater , and Beatrice had little patience for Modigliani 's gauche , unsophisticated friends . |
| 8 | I witnessed the entire episode during injury time and Bassett showed commendable restraint after being subjected to a torrent of personal abuse by Chelsea 's yob element . |
| 9 | And always she and Doyle made sure that their bodies were shielded by the other two . |
| 10 | He was also an old man , now , and Doyle pointed this out . |
| 11 | The important thing is , they 've moved well away from the relegation area ; poor old Watford and Hull , things looking very bleak for them , they 're trailed seven points behind Leicester , ten points behind Oxford , both Watford and Hull have twenty six points . |
| 12 | The lawyer , the printing works foreman , and Beryl had each of them offered facets of the old man 's character which suggested not only a cynical vein of humour and a streak of malice but a disdainful attitude to at least some of those closest to him . |
| 13 | From 1951 divisions were allowed a slightly greater say in designing power station layouts and in the placing of small contracts , but Hacking and Pask opposed any further decentralisation . |
| 14 | Minor bombing incidents in Buenos Aires and Santiago caused little structural damage and nobody was reported to have been injured . |
| 15 | Or had Washington and Moscow reached some grand design in which Iran divided between them as part of a plan for world condominium . |
| 16 | Getting home from the office , she found Violet and Perdita having another screaming match . |
| 17 | To use such language under Cromwell 's government was to court persecution , and Taylor spent some time in the Tower of London as a result . |
| 18 | Kettlewell and Taylor escaped unhurt after the accident outside Middleham on the way to the races . |
| 19 | A United States congressman , Mervyn Dymally , chairman of the House of Representatives subcommittee on Africa , visited Liberia in early May and urged Amos Sawyer , interim President of Liberia [ see p. 38134 ] , and Taylor to attend new peace talks in Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire , on May 23 . |
| 20 | Meanwhile people living in areas such as Guisborough and Middlesbrough received cold weather payments on temperatures taken at RAF Leeming . |
| 21 | Central defender Alan Kernaghan equalised two minutes from time and Middlesbrough survived two late scares as Pompey pressed for the winner in a tense finale . |
| 22 | The Tribunal rejected appeals by lawyers acting for the Marcos 's heirs , including his wife , Imelda Marcos , against earlier decisions by the Swiss cantons of Fribourg and Zürich to give legal assistance to the Philippines government in its efforts to recover the assets , variously estimated as amounting to between $330,000,000 and $500,000,000 . |
| 23 | No mention of the fact that between them , Newcastle and Swindon had 34 shots at goal ; not even a reference to the one and only Glen Hoddle , who in the entire match misplaced only one pass . |
| 24 | Welcome back : The Anglo-Italian Cup … a new football competition which gives first division teams the chance to play in Europe kicks-off at the Manor Ground tonight with Central South rivals Oxford and Swindon playing each other … |
| 25 | a vital ingredient of any team is spirit … and Swindon have enough of this to win the title … take it away John |
| 26 | Between James and Jason playing bass and me playing rhythm guitar there 's just too much ; we 're super-heavy and you ca n't hear any chunk ! ’ |
| 27 | PIONEERS : Kylie and Jason grabbed young fans |
| 28 | Robert Vertue died late in 1506 and William continued various jobs started by his brother . |
| 29 | It was fortunate that she and William had such a flexible relationship : they could do as they pleased , and not necessarily together ; each of them was still an individual . |
| 30 | Edhi and Bilquis have four children — two sons and two daughters . |