Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The red army fought in the courts and Swindon were given a second chance in the 2nd division .
2 Annie and Chuck were having a huge row .
3 NIXDORF and Tandem are developing a fault-tolerant mini based on Risc ( Reduced instruction set computer ) chips from Mips Computer Systems and the Unix operating system .
4 Jack and Alison were having a hasty conversation on the landing .
5 By then , Westminster had merged with National Provincial and Wanless was offered a new job working in market intelligence for another King 's graduate , David Lomax .
6 ‘ Antonio and Susanna are having a big party at their house in the Hamptons .
7 The wind is about Force 4 here and Ken is using a large sail .
8 Clothes were strewn on the sofa and chairs and Faustina was dragging a silver lame belt along the carpet .
9 Hick pouched his fourth catch with the ease of a Hammond , and Pakistan were denied a 200 total .
10 Gurder and Angalo were having a blazing row when Masklin got back .
11 The fall is real enough ( remembering my earlier distinction between real and literal , p. 36 ) , and to take out the story of Adam and Eve is to make a terrible hole in the gospel .
12 But clearly , by the late 1940s , an entirely new approach was required , and Blom was given a free hand to bring everything as up to date as possible .
13 Others such as South Korea , Taiwan and Brazil are developing a diversified manufacturing base and are collectively known as New Industrial Countries ( NICs ) .
14 POTATO farmers in Byelorussia , Ukraine and Russia are to use a biological pesticide to protect their crops from an assault from the Colorado beetle .
15 For example , Brazil and Argentina are developing a free trade agreement , due to be completed by 1994 .
16 This does not mean as some modern writers have assumed — that Richard and Philip were having a homosexual affair .
17 Before I can summon up some energy , we 've parked near the Old Dungeon Ghyll and Gordon is hoisting a huge frame rucksack onto his back , packed with his Hasselblad medium format camera and various other photographic gizmos .
18 When Ako Adjei , Adamafio and Crabbe were given a second trial they were condemned to death : but the sentence was commuted by Nkrumah to life imprisonment .
19 Collier and Rosaldo are linking a particular mode of production ( ‘ brideservice economies ’ ) with a specific type of politics ( ‘ sexual politics ’ ) and a particular theory of personhood ‘ ( Man the Hunter , Warrior , Life Taker and Giver ’ vs .
20 Many of these are drab little fish of minimal significance in the hobby — but surely , no-one wishes to see any species go extinct , and Derek is performing a remarkable service in keeping these going alongside his more lucrative fish .
21 But Middlesbrough and Cleveland are sending a strong squad , including Steven Helm , Kevin Mace and Glen Harland , while Sunderland 's Dave Clark is also expected to be in the thick of the action .
22 And Nils was planning a major operation on our engine .
23 It was an enormous humiliation and Galileo was left a broken man , almost mentally deranged by the months of pressure .
24 I am sure myself that Europe is stronger when Britain , France and Germany are working together , and Britain is paying a full part at the very centre of the European community .
25 Many determined publishers and printers from the USA , Germany , Italy and France are taking a keen interest in this enigmatic country and in the limitless market , trying to decide how best to break into this Klondike .
26 Watson was given a 180-hour community service order for burglary and Dolan was given a 12-month supervision order .
27 Her birthday fell on a Sunday and Sandra was having a big barbecue lunch party .
28 ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years , ’ Mrs Smith said .
29 ‘ I know David and Cath were planning a normal family Christmas at home , the way it has been for several years .
30 Westmacott could not follow as he was under attack by the Bf109s , but the Controller later reported that the bomber 's ‘ plot ’ had disappeared from the radar screen halfway to Sicily , and Westmacott was awarded a probable .
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