Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gladys Hill writes ( aged nearly 96 ) that she enjoys reading a wide range of subjects and appreciates having some of the books from her days at Oxford . |
| 2 | No and like they 're , like Mr was like taking the piss yeah right , everyone was clapping and cheering about something in the class , yeah , and Mr opens the Mr opens the door and goes stop that clapping , and shuts the door . |
| 3 | This is as true of child protection work as of any other field , and indeed perhaps the very dangerousness of the work ( for professionals and clients alike ) and the appalling nature of some of the cruelties and neglects make such professional jealousy and prejudice all the more likely . |
| 4 | Real concrete problems , such as the fact that Germany is the biggest trading nation in Europe , 50% more populous than France or Britain , that she holds half of the Soviet Union 's debt and has lent more money in government-guaranteed credit to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , can not be made to disappear with words . |
| 5 | The majority of work on structural semantics has remained philosophical or at best highly theoretical , and has inspired few computational implementations . |
| 6 | Dr. Elliott has devoted something like 35 years to Carver 's cause , and has enabled many to appreciate the composer 's quality and beauty of thought , but in the case of this particular work I have to say I find the results a little drab , making a somewhat downbeat conclusion to this invaluable series . |
| 7 | Following his talk , Mr Denton has kindly agreed to let us publish a map containing his outline for a Shropshire Metro and has contributed some notes . |
| 8 | Moira , of Town Farm , Middlesbrough , is well-known as a first aid instructor and has trained many people . |
| 9 | Youth unemployment has since the mid-1970s been a central fact or a central fear of many young people , and has affected many others . |
| 10 | Keith is known to his colleagues as a quiet man , however he has hidden talents in that he writes poems and has penned many about his time with Rentokil . |
| 11 | He has not missed an England match since the friendly in Hungary last May , and has scored all five of England 's goals in the seven internationals since . |
| 12 | The Book of Kells has not survived the centuries complete and has lost some of its printed pages , or perhaps the plan for the illumination was never completed . |
| 13 | Alameda has worked with the navy for a long time , and 8,000 jobs would go if it closed ; Everett expects 6,000 sailors and their families to arrive when it is finished , and has built most of the infrastructure . |
| 14 | She will be continuing her TV career with a new series of Fantastic Facts and has received several offers from other companies . |
| 15 | Allen stresses that HAH , which takes about 400 patients a year and has received some help from Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts , enables some people to by-pass the local hospital altogether . |
| 16 | He deals much more with national issues rather than local ones and has received less media attention as a result . |
| 17 | By spreading total daily consumption more evenly , society reduces peak demand and has to devote less resources to building power stations whose number is determined by peak usage . |
| 18 | It has brought into that area of Belfast a vast number of new businesses and has revitalised that area of the town . |
| 19 | Professor Alan Goodship at Bristol University is currently doing extensive research work on tendon injury and repair and has presented several papers on his work . |
| 20 | The Holy Spirit has broken through all the man-made obstacles , and has incorporated all types and backgrounds of people in the messianic community . |
| 21 | French television and film output is of poor quality and has achieved little success worldwide . |
| 22 | For thirty years , Clark has been obsessed with sex and death and has achieved some notoriety for his books Tulsa ( 1970 ) and Teenage Lust ( 1984 ) , in which his nude models have portrayed , in turn , lust , despair and boredom . |
| 23 | Groupe Speciale Mobile communication in France is more expensive and has achieved less penetration than in Germany , and cellular overall has much less penetration than in the UK . |
| 24 | The Environmental Investigation Agency ( EIA ) , a British conservation group , has made a close study of the wildlife trade and has revealed some horrific transport practices . |
| 25 | But , although some doctors consider that the baby has genuine physical pain , others believe that this is an example of the baby reacting to the tensions of the mother at the end of a hard day : and they believe that the crying stops after 10 to 12 weeks because by then the mother has become more competent and confident in her handling of the baby , and has communicated this new calmness to the baby . ’ |
| 26 | The employer has considered what employees at all levels will contribute to the success of the organisation and has communicated this effectively to them . |
| 27 | Then Lady Walters and Miss Rosamond Wynn-Pope who is the indefatigable honorary organiser , and has run this ball so efficiently for the past fifteen years , drew the winning tickets for the raffle . |
| 28 | But ex-Preston Grasshopper Hayton has plenty of big time experience for he formerly skippered England Colleges and has played several times in the first team . |
| 29 | It has conducted an assessment of the various statistical packages for the manipulation and analysis of large-scale hierarchical data sets and has applied some of this work to the dissemination of very large , government-generated data sets ( see below ) . |
| 30 | The house was then bought by the island 's MP and has seen many worthy visitors in its time — Lord Louis Mountbatten and Douglas Bader , to name but two . |