Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [vb pp] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It would certainly include : the physical lay-out of the houses we live in and of the settlements of which they form a part ; the general pattern of conventional procedures by which foodstuffs and other necessities of life are produced and distributed and finally consumed ; the way children are brought up ; the way tasks are allocated to different members of the household ; the ideas we have about the nature of reality and of the cosmos , our sense of what is the proper way to behave towards kin and neighbours and persons in authority ; the kinds of clothes and the styles of language which are appropriate to different occasions , etc . |
| 2 | She lifted the blue-grey towelling from its hook , and sniffed delicately at the material ; it was clean and odourless with no man-animal scent , as if it had been bought and hung but never worn . |
| 3 | When judgement has been obtained against a man in respect of any debt or liability , it will be enforced , if need be , by execution , i.e. the court will make an order , under which a sufficient part of the debtor 's property is seized and sold or otherwise made available for payment . |
| 4 | And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed . |
| 5 | As a mother I warm to someone who observes that so many of the modern theories on childcare ‘ show utter contempt for women 's judgement ’ , and who points out that , when it comes to smacking , ‘ if we were talking about any other activity which was so widespread , people would say this was a method which was tried and tested and obviously worked . |
| 6 | The fortress at Silves has a courtyard that was lined and pinned and partly excavated by the time we arrived in the pouring rain to look at it . |
| 7 | All doors are shut and locked unless otherwise stated . |
| 8 | ‘ We had planned and plotted and fortunately found garages at the right points . |