Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Community Land Scheme was complex , and became increasingly so as regulations , directions and circulars followed the passing of the two Acts . |
| 2 | Poland and Czechoslovakia co-sponsored the resolution , whereas the Soviet Union voted against it . |
| 3 | Actually Michael and Ben laid the nets with me ’ assisting ’ by taking photographs . |
| 4 | Ben , 13 , from Sheffield , and his father Alan made an early start to bait up a north Nottinghamshire lake with fish flavoured boilies and Ben landed the common on a size 8 hook hair rig . |
| 5 | The Law Commission in its Report on Civil Liability for Dangerous Things and Activities suggested the concept of ‘ special danger ’ — i.e . |
| 6 | When occasionally they asked her what was the marketing strategy or the business plan and she said , openly , that there never had been one , her patent naturalness and honesty made the whole thing appear even more of a fairy story . |
| 7 | The movement broke the spell , and a hubbub of laughter and shouting replaced the silence as one woman after another jumped gleefully into the pool . |
| 8 | Chaucer worked in the first Customs House , and Pepys saw the building of the first wet dock at Blackwall . |
| 9 | Barney Moss stared at Doyle through the intervening glass-topped door , and Doyle felt the hostility like tiny knives . |
| 10 | Tug and the girl slithered out and Doyle jerked the gun towards the narrow squeeze-stile in the drystone wall beside them . |
| 11 | Bodie had talked to the caretaker of the first , and Doyle tackled the surly old man who resided in the basement apartment of the second . |
| 12 | By the time the work had finished two internal walls had been completely destroyed and Crook took the decision to set fire to the flat in the hope Langbaurgh Council , which owns the block , might rehouse him . |
| 13 | A joint declaration issued in New Delhi and Moscow described the treaty as " one of the most important factors of peace and security in Asia and worldwide " . |
| 14 | A lemon-yellow half-moon was hanging overhead as he and Perdita left the restaurant . |
| 15 | So they stood and their hands clasped at the baggage rack above their heads , and Millet saw the eyes of a fellow traveller flit to the girl 's features as if they were staring at those magazines on the high shelf behind the newsagent 's counter . |
| 16 | The police were told and Taylor admitted the offence . |
| 17 | Five minutes later skipper Alan Kernaghan was carried off with a knee injury and Middlesbrough delayed the introduction of substitute Jon Gittens for five minutes . |
| 18 | A Celtic move set Mowbray up for life financially , and Middlesbrough hit the jackpot with a seven-figure profit for a player from the junior ranks . |
| 19 | Writhing bodies and contorted patterns of skis and sticks cluttered the terrain . |
| 20 | Massive multi-coloured electronic charts and maps plotted the vacillating movements in known trouble-spots , computer print-outs updated existing material and VDUs displayed detailed information on known criminals at the touch of a button , feeding off the thousands of names stored in the system 's central memory bank . |
| 21 | After accidental drain removal , the abdomen distended rapidly and ultrasound showed the presence of ascites . |
| 22 | Such dreary teaching could be eliminated if literature were separated from language , theory from practice , and literature became the chosen subject only for those who had a particular aptitude for it , or a desire to learn to criticize and analyse . |
| 23 | The Matra-Ford proved even more reliable the following season , as car and driver swept the board with six wins which gave Stewart the first of his three world titles , winning by 26 points from Jacky Ickx ( Bel ) . |
| 24 | On board , though , a party of bridge players in first class found themselves short of a fourth , and Annesley filled the gap . |
| 25 | Men from the British cruisers London and Curlew protected the foreigners who were concentrated in the neutral zone of the Hotels Reid 's , Atlantic and Savoy . |
| 26 | This broke at speed , Oenomaus was thrown and killed , and Pelops got the princess and the kingdom , and gave his name to the Peloponnese . |
| 27 | No other aircraft were produced and Harlow passed the war years in subcontract work . |
| 28 | And Dad and Mum staked the claim so they have Galactic rights . |
| 29 | When the wheels were finished they taped them to the four corners of t ] he bed and Mum spread the red blanket over the covers . |
| 30 | They were out at work often till late evening , but gave us the run of the house and William had the chance to get on with some schoolwork . |