Example sentences of "and [art] [num] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A number of significant changes have occurred in British society since 1979 , and the one centred on in this book has been the emergence of an underclass .
2 Cornelius put his arm around his friend 's shoulder and the two gazed off towards the lands of the east , wondering once more what the fates held in store for them .
3 After a bit of clowning around , Frank drops his bucket twenty floors and the two fall out of the cradle , with Ware holding on to it and Crawford below him , gripping his ankles , as they dangle perilously in mid-air .
4 She held out her arms and tried desperately to grab at Jones 's reins , but three quarters of a ton of racehorse hit her head-on at nearly forty miles an hour and the three went down in a heap .
5 The flight 's delayed but only slightly ; I change at Gatwick in breezy sunshine and the 146 touches down on Jersey in relatively balmy conditions .
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