Example sentences of "and [noun sg] and [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 4 | She picked it up between thumb and forefinger and strolled into the garden . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | " 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Hatchard put down his notebook and ballpoint and reached for a cigarette . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Scraps of soap were saved , grated , moistened with a little oil and water and pressed into a block . |
| 12 | Cream the butter and sugar and beat in the eggs , one at a time . |
| 13 | Cream the margarine and sugar and beat in the eggs . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Some family and friends arrived — someone brought a bunch of red roses — and we drank sparkling wine and beer and cheered at the screen . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A germ found in Farmoor Reservoir near Oxford has resulted in dozens of cases of stomach pains and diarrhoea and led to an order for all drinking water to be boiled before use . |
| 18 | The fifth man is , he was a gunner and armourer and flew in the and the man furthest on the right standing is from Chualar C H U A L A R California , he was a waste gunner for two waste gunners on the each end of the standing group . |
| 19 | evidence , er I would however like to point out this is n't included into the report , but much of these have these days that incidence of complaints received er by organization such as ours from the general public and I 'm happy to report this indeed can be verified factually that the incidence of complaint against the highway service has dropped off enormously in the last two or three years , certainly within the last two years when we concentrated so much of our time and effort and improved in the quality and immediacy of the service of practice , er the level of complaints these days , and these are general complaints , not |
| 20 | She turned away from the window , closed her case , caught up her jacket and bag and walked to the door . |
| 21 | Henry passed her some thin , crustless brown bread and butter and listened to a long story about fox-hunting . |
| 22 | She showered and shampooed her short dark hair , combing it into its neat bob , then she made toast and coffee and sat for a few minutes before her kitchen window which enjoyed the same view as her bedroom . |
| 23 | But colleagues , five years ago I looked forward to the merger between G M B and Apex and predicted by the year two thousand there would be only four major unions in Britain , call them the four super unions . |
| 24 | They are shaped in uniform sizes to ensure consistency in weight and value and served in a specially seasoned breading . |