Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He finds it difficult to describe his feelings and says at first ‘ I just walked out . ’ |
| 32 | He was pale and composed at first , his features rigidly set . |
| 33 | The conclusions , headed " SUBJECT : Definition of Russian Nationals " , were summarised in the form of an order , signed by Brig Low with distribution to all units and copied to Eighth Army , and we shall refer to this as the " 21 May Definition Order " . |
| 34 | A straw poll by The Bookseller last week revealed that Octopus , Bloomsbury and Macmillan were among publishers who closed for Christmas but reopened before New Year , and that publishers taking a 10 day break — closing on Christmas Eve and reopening on 4th January — included HarperCollins , Transworld , OUP , CUP , Orion and Dorling Kindersley . |
| 35 | Svend thanked her warmly and talked about next year ; she would see the exhibit then , and he would welcome any suggestions she had for its display . |
| 36 | Anyway , that meant that the whole thing was top secret , because they did n't want to risk any leaks in case somebody followed up the work and got in first with a patent . ’ |
| 37 | She began to feel a little differently , though when less than an hour later they entered Ven 's hotel suite and as she turned , about to give him her polite but none the less sincere thanks as they halted in the middle of the room , Ven looked down at her and got in first with , ‘ Are you tired ? ’ |
| 38 | What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale , predictable . |
| 39 | PRIZE PAIR : Nigel with the borrowed gown and Brix at last year 's ceremony |
| 40 | Her assessment of me changed from one of total hostility to a slightly puzzled statement that my experience with these doctors , in her own words ‘ may prove , after all , not to have been a bad thing for this peculiar chap — half high principle and half unashamed pragmatism — to have been brought into personal dealings with this autocratic profession and to experience at first hand the kind of behaviour that has been driving Ministers of Health to despair for years ’ . |
| 41 | A number of incidents , some more significant than others , brought about that change ; a late night confrontation with Camilla Parker-Bowles ; Diana 's behaviour following the avalanche in Klosters , Switzerland which nearly claimed her husband 's life ; comforting a grieving stranger in a Nottingham hospital , and deciding at last to seek treatment for her chronic eating disorder . |
| 42 | The poem , addressed in its final form to Charles Lamb , followed his friends in imagination as they walked first ‘ along the hill-top edge ’ , then descended to the waterfall in the ‘ roaring dell ’ at Holford , and climbed at last high into the Quantocks , from where they looked out upon ‘ the many-steepled tract magnificent ’ of the coastal plain . |
| 43 | The dogs howl and whine at first , then realize that they have finished for the day . |
| 44 | Not only madrigals but canzonette and balletti , under anglicized names , were modelled sometimes all too closely on Italian originals and printing at last gave them to the public . |
| 45 | At a rally orchestrated by a housewife and inspired by last weekend 's IRA bombing in Warrington , a series of speakers echoed pleas for an end to more than two decades of terror . |
| 46 | I mean I said to him oh er what he 's really got to get really is a cooker erm cos I said to him , I , I said to him if you really want to try and move in next week then you have n't got another week 's money to pay for that , you know |
| 47 | The mushrooms I have already mentioned but in addition and all for free were blackberries , elderberries , crab apples , bullaces ( the original plum — rather like a damson but sweeter ) , hazelnuts ( if we could outwit the squirrels and get in first ) , bilberries and sloes . |
| 48 | ‘ We are now 11th and aiming for sixth place . ’ |
| 49 | Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach . |
| 50 | ‘ We would expect calendar year 1993 , based on the early performance and based on last year , to be a good solid year from a profit perspective , ’ Roach told the news wire . |
| 51 | Earnings per share in the period were five p but after taking into account exceptional Carpet Right gain this is reduced to two point eight p and compares to last year 's pro forma earnings per share of one point four million which included losses on the closing down of our operations . |
| 52 | There has been no point in British history at which the prevailing method of government has been completely swept away , allowing those in power to sit down and create from first principles a new and clearly delineated form of government . |
| 53 | Indignant denials were interrupted by the call-boy knocking sharply on the door and calling for Second Act beginners . |
| 54 | It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last … |
| 55 | Glyn was a lawyer , a partner in Rushton and Clarke , a firm who had been the family solicitors for several years , since her teenage years when she and her mother had come here and stopped roaming and moving at last . |
| 56 | David Pyper was also among those battling in front in the early stages but eventually dropped back and settled for fourth . |
| 57 | July 1945 , and continuing until 1st . |
| 58 | Luton 's loss FOOTBALL : Luton 's annual reports and accounts for last season yesterday showed they made a trading loss of £254,000 , which would have been nearly £1.6 million if they had not sold players . |
| 59 | The darker humour associated with ED 209 , which does indeed look quite large and threatening at first ( and not at all like a model only one foot ( 30cm ) high , which it is ) is typified when it , in error , riddles a young executive with machine-gun bullets on its first official presentation and the stunned silence is broken by a cry of ‘ Someone send for a paramedic ! ’ |
| 60 | HOLIDAY CLOSURE The Office will be closed during the week 9 – 13 October while is away and re-open on 16th Oct . |