Example sentences of "and [verb] [noun] that [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1950s , the flourishing Society decided to add the acquisition of art and antiquities to its activities , and began an omnivorous phase , accepting and pursuing works that had virtually no connection with its founders ' goals . |
| 2 | In one of them he found a collection of cheque stubs and account books that went back to the 1940s . |
| 3 | The logic is clear and has roots that go back as far as Adam Smith , the father of economic liberalism or free market capitalism . |
| 4 | Xerox Corp 's Xerox Engineering Systems in Rochester , New York has come out with the Xerox 8812 plotter , which Adobe Systems Inc says is the first computer-aided design desktop output device equipped with PostScript : the 400dpi 8812 can be used as a laser plotter for engineering and architectural renderings , and as a PostScript Level 2 desktop printer for documents that combine CAD drawings , text and graphics ; it is bundled with 51 resident Type 1 fonts , Adobe Type Manager font scaling software , and print drivers that support both Macintosh and Windows systems ; it costs $7,000 with the PostScript software and with one paper tray . |
| 5 | Have at least six done , and wear clothes that do not hide your shape . |
| 6 | And in that flare and roar of lightning , Cardiff saw a hideous face straining to look directly at him as huge and ravaged claws that had once been hands thrashed inwards on the brick face of the basement , seeking purchase . |
| 7 | ‘ Them stuck in there , all they can see is bars , an' us saying ‘ Look at them , are n't they sweet ’ , and them with legs that can run a hundred miles and skin made for boiling heat standing there in cages in rain and snow and hailstorms and having babies that 've never seen the bush and the jungle and the step — ’ |
| 8 | The data underline the fact that you are more likely to succeed with people if you think about your behaviour and select and use behaviours that help rather than hinder progress towards your objective . |
| 9 | In doing that , we should beware of too much partisan debate , of playing the race card and of charges and counter charges that sweep away reason . |
| 10 | At last he can cut down on teaching , write a personal travel book about the lesser Antilles and write novels that need no longer return to his own , blasted childhood . |
| 11 | Open-sprung and continuous-sprung mattresses are the cheaper type and have springs that link together , offering less precise support . |
| 12 | On the whole , the evidence points to these Mesara round tombs having been roofed ; the surviving wall stumps are very thick and have faces that slope inwards , and there are sometimes fallen wall blocks in the interior , suggesting a collapsed beehive vault . |
| 13 | Now , however , almost a decade later , it did not seem nearly so large and he found himself remembering the good things — the warm , cosy atmosphere of Mrs Appleby 's kitchen ; the wonderful view across the garden and pastures from all the south-facing windows ; the pungent smell of the horses , so well loved by Uncle Cosmo , in the well-kept stables ; the fascinating portrait of his handsome father in the gallery ; the stamp collection and lead soldiers that had once belonged to his father in the shabby old nursery , where he , a homesick boy , had secretly penned so many letters to Alice . |