Example sentences of "and [vb past] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These cars once graced the highways of mid-America and cruised the strips of countless towns and cities across the United States . |
| 2 | Groups from Long Sela'an are still blockading Samling 's logging roads , declaring that the company has scared away the game and polluted the rivers . |
| 3 | Two years later he joined Simon of Montfort when the latter returned to England and reimposed the Provisions . |
| 4 | Francis & Francis and concerned the police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 . |
| 5 | Tudhoe St Charles primary school won four of the six events in the last cross-country race of the season for youngsters from Spennymoor and Ferryhill , and shared the honours for two other events with Rosa Street school . |
| 6 | I have been helped by mentors , women and men , at various stages in my career and I have a very strong network of people who have given me advice and support when I 've needed it and shared the ups and downs . |
| 7 | Every member was both producer and owner , all provided labour power and shared the products of their labour . |
| 8 | I ca n't imagine how we would have reacted if our teacher had identified herself as a practising heterosexual and shared the secrets of her lifestyle . |
| 9 | He not only comes from Brixton but , for many years , inhabited the landscapes and shared the hopes and anxieties of the indigent respectables living in a largely Labourist collective ethos . |
| 10 | ‘ It was all about cooperation ; people worked together and got results and shared the spoils . ’ |
| 11 | He leant back and laid the papers down . |
| 12 | Churchill 's Iron Curtain speech in March 1946 at Fulton , Missouri , and Montgomery 's discussions in September with the American Joint Chiefs of Staff , on the Potomac river in the yacht Sequoia , articulated the threat and laid the foundations for Anglo-American cooperation in the defence of Western Europe . |
| 13 | More recently the land belonged to the Bute family who rebuilt Cardiff castle in the nineteenth century and laid the foundations for Cardiff 's prosperity as a coal port . |
| 14 | Starting from scratch in July 1945 , the Government had embarked on a huge legislative programme and laid the foundations for another big instalment in 1946–7 . |
| 15 | Bell , therefore , not only saved the deaf class in the school from closure , but also introduced the oral method of teaching and laid the foundations for the present day Garvel Centre for the Deaf ( as the unit is called ) . |
| 16 | New selling aids and point-of-sale material were presented by Michael Saulet , Marketing Director Ralph Ellis , Managing Director , concluded the conference with a review of the trading year in which he re-affirmed the company strategy for the Autumn trading period and laid the foundations for the future . |
| 17 | Leading a protest outside the Scottish Office , Campbell Christie , the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , said : ‘ It 's time the Government took a lead in addressing the unemployment crisis and laid the foundations for long-term sustainable economic growth . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And scrubbed the floor , swept the house , and laid the fires , too . |
| 19 | Previously , sources said , SunSoft required an up-front payment of $120,000 to qualify for a 55% discount , a practice that worked against small reseller and laid the seeds for a grey market developing . |
| 20 | The committee met at the Swan Inn on March 11th 1803 and recommended the appointments of : |
| 21 | She wrapped it round my shoulders at once , ignoring my protests , splashed the nice smell around , propped up a couple of magazines to combat the gloom , and divided the grapes into two bunches . |
| 22 | True , evacuees milled and wept and choked the stations , mobilization added to the confusion , the Cabinet dithered — but all that was preordained . |
| 23 | The discovery of 24 Sam-7 anti-aircraft missiles in the debris of a light plane which crashed in El Salvador last month threatened to wreck the summit and led the Salvadoreans to suspend relations with Nicaragua . |
| 24 | The discovery of 24 Sam-7 anti-aircraft missiles in the debris of a light plane which crashed in El Salvador last month threatened to wreck the summit and led the Salvadoreans to suspend relations with Nicaragua . |
| 25 | The Shah was naturally delighted , and led the dinners in clapping enthusiastically and smiling brilliantly at Jimmy Carter . |
| 26 | Instead of simply handing his mother the handkerchief , he held her chin with one hand and wiped the tears from her cheeks . |
| 27 | She blew her nose and wiped the tears from her eyes . |
| 28 | The priest took his handkerchief out and wiped the beads of sweat from his brow . |
| 29 | Miss Honey went on , ‘ People brought stolen cars to your father 's workshop where he changed the number-plates and resprayed the bodies a different colour and all the rest of it . |
| 30 | ‘ Or that they both escaped and duplicated the crimes they were originally arrested for . ’ |