Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'm a big , noisy fellow and had always felt out of place in those discreet British restaurants with their strict dress code and moody staff who 'd be looking at their watches every five minutes from 9pm onwards . ’ |
| 32 | They were dropped by their record label Phonogram after the hits dried up , and had actually split up after a gig in Jersey . |
| 33 | The legend recounted how seventy translators had worked in independent cells and had all come up with the identical version of the sacred text . |
| 34 | Leading figures in the RCM like the Marchioness of Reading , who had been born into a Jewish family , converted to Christianity and had now converted back to Judaism ; Elaine Blond , Sigmund Gestetner and Lola Hahn-Warburg quickly caught on to the message that the best chance of currying public favour was to play down the religious factor . |
| 35 | Perhaps , thought Robert , he had simply been playing for time and had now come up with a credible answer . |
| 36 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 37 | Mr Major and his cabinet are in disarray and have evidently run out of ideas and of steam . |
| 38 | Many Christians can recognise secularism and have boldly stood up against it . |
| 39 | That would mean she could buy eggs for supper and pay something on the grocery bill and have enough left over for the vet . |
| 40 | I am making good progress — slow but sure — and have now graduated on to walking sticks , although I feel very wobbly on these having had the crutches for a month . |
| 41 | ‘ And have now come out to the barn to convince me of it ? |
| 42 | ‘ They have had their ins and outs and have all got back into the side , ’ he says . |
| 43 | Bonn still refused to recognise East Germany 's existence and remained diplomatically cut off from countries in Eastern Europe who did recognise her , but trade with Eastern Europe was expanded . |