Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even afterwards , when I was a teenager , I paid for my bad timing , coming just too early to enjoy the fun and freedom that waited round the corner . |
| 2 | In the preamble to the final version of the Declaration released by Egyptian officials , contracting parties reaffirmed their " rejection of the aggressive course and alignment that occurred during the Iraqi aggression and occupation of the state of Kuwait " and recognized that it had " destroyed many of the concepts and achievements of joint Arab action " . |
| 3 | She gave us parties and disapproved of me teaching : Jennifer darling , surely you can get a job in a nice private girls ' school But when I was 14 and had awful tonsillitis she brought me lemon and honey and sat on the edge of the pillow holding my damp hand . |
| 4 | Finding an empty space at one of the cafés , she ordered coffee and a smørrebrød — a large buttered open sandwich — covered on this occasion with her choice of salmon , smoked eel and shrimp and garnished with a variety of delicious accessories . |
| 5 | He snatched the trousers and sweater that hung from a hanger on the wall , and threw them at her , the gesture violent . |
| 6 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 7 | She picked it up between thumb and forefinger and strolled into the garden . |
| 8 | There is intense speculation that the massive cloud of dust and debris that shot into the upper atmosphere last April when the Mexican volcano , the El Chichon erupted may be to blame . |
| 9 | Predictably , you seem to be getting all the flak for the Bill Davis/Alan Coren years of stagnation and complacency that led to the Punch you inherited a while back . |
| 10 | Then they went to bed again and drank and loved two nights away and then they had a party and then they made a giant salad of mushrooms and tomatoes and sweetcorn and ham and avocado and lettuce and hibernated for a week . |
| 11 | France 's regional structure , one of the glories of the Mitterrand years , quickly became government of the local bigwigs , for the local bigwigs , by the local bigwigs , and it was rage against patronage and pork-barrelling that led to the rejection vote in the French elections . |
| 12 | Despite the significance of the nuclear arms race , the mutual hostility and rivalry that developed between the superpowers ( the Soviet Union and the United States ) and their allies was not primarily a military conflict , but was founded on the mutual incompatibility of socialist and capitalist economic systems . |
| 13 | In conclusion , it is clear that from this examination of the state of weaponry and warfare throughout the reign of Barbarossa , and given that he lived to the age of 70 , he must have experienced many of the gradual changes and improvements in arms and armour that occurred during the twelfth century . |
| 14 | " Armed strikes " decreed by Sendero Luminoso throughout Central Andean provinces had reportedly paralysed business and transport and led to the voting period being extended by two hours . |
| 15 | The offensive was launched on 18 June but was deeply unpopular with much of the rank and file and collapsed in the first week of July . |
| 16 | Hatchard put down his notebook and ballpoint and reached for a cigarette . |
| 17 | The , finally remembering all that I had been told , I capsized myself and grabbed onto the canoe and paddle and headed for the nearest bank . |
| 18 | All the relevant facts were before the two magistrates who were weighing them up to decide whether it was more likely than not that there was prejudice and unfairness that led to an abuse of the process . |
| 19 | Thick was the snow on field and hedge And vanished with the river 's edge , Where winter skilfully had wound A shining scarf without a sound . |
| 20 | Geikie developed a talent for paying particular attention to individual traits of feature and form and character that appeared in the men and women he met . |
| 21 | The term ‘ New Criticism ’ is usually used for the literary theory and criticism that began with the work of I.A. Richards and T.S . |
| 22 | Scraps of soap were saved , grated , moistened with a little oil and water and pressed into a block . |
| 23 | The pessimistic thing was , the Hobbesians always looked back to the past , some golden age of order in the past , you know , when , when people knew what to do and er , and er , things were right as it were , and th they tend to want to restore some ideal state of order and authority that existed in the past , which was much better than now , because civilization has gone to the dogs , and been corrupted and so on . |
| 24 | Cream the butter and sugar and beat in the eggs , one at a time . |
| 25 | Cream the margarine and sugar and beat in the eggs . |
| 26 | Colleagues said last night that the speech marked a change of gear — as Mr Kinnock moved away from party organisation and policy and accelerated into the election campaign . |
| 27 | He not only read widely about German government and trade but worked as an apprentice for a week or two each with painters , weavers , dyers and smiths . |
| 28 | In historical terms , he wants to re-establish the late 18th century symbiosis of research and economy that led to the growth of Germany 's industrial giants such as AEG , Bosch and Siemens . |
| 29 | Some family and friends arrived — someone brought a bunch of red roses — and we drank sparkling wine and beer and cheered at the screen . |
| 30 | The orogeny caused deformation and tectonism and culminated in the emplacement of the high heat flow , Cornubian batholith which extends for 230 km from the Scilly Isles to Dartmoor . |