Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ambulance came and I was filled with delicious brandy but was instantly sick when I got to Imtarfa Hospital . |
| 2 | My mother found me floating face downwards and I was saved by artificial respiration . |
| 3 | My mother called an usherette to have me removed , and I was handed into strange-smelling arms behind a bright beam that dazzled me . |
| 4 | Do n't use a varnish finish unless the door is very well protected by a porch and you are prepared for regular and frequent maintenance to keep it looking good . |
| 5 | Her international trade negotiations are already hindered by Norway 's attitude to whaling and sealing , and she is blamed for poor results . |
| 6 | The one unshaded light bulb shone continuously down at her , and she was kept in complete silence . |
| 7 | She considered her fear , and with it the probability that before long Johnny would find her again , and she was shaken by unreasoning panic . |
| 8 | Her bright hair was hidden under a sunhat , and she was disguised with dark glasses , but no one had shown the slightest interest in her . |
| 9 | All our goods are handmade and we are committed to natural materials . ’ |
| 10 | It only takes a visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Japan , for example , and we 're inundated with Japanese tourists in Britain . |
| 11 | The talk that night was about experiments carried out to explain why people behaved as they did , and we were told of different types of neurotic people and how they could be classified . |
| 12 | Summer had turned into typical Hebridean winter by this time and we were greeted by high winds and driving rain as the ferry berthed . |
| 13 | It 's laid out but the plants look healthy and they 're kept in healthy conditions . |
| 14 | So , I had a look at the powers of the police authority and they 're restricted to financial and administrative responsibilities and if I took that argument further , of course the Chief Constable has to take that into account . |
| 15 | These two conceptions of the state provide a familiar antithesis in the history of political thought , and they are repeated in various forms , often tacitly conveyed , in modern political science . |
| 16 | At present special requests have to be submitted and justified if calls are to be made ; they are made in the presence of an officer and they are charged at far in excess of the ‘ normal ’ rate because of the need to ask the operator to ring back with the cost — for which a surcharge is made . |
| 17 | Secondly are systems of complex disorder where there are large numbers of components and therefore of variables but only weak linkages between them , and they are handled by probabilistic methods of statistical mechanics . |
| 18 | Sportsmen are not born : they are made and they are made through social processes . |
| 19 | The results also cover much longer periods than are possible with modern experimental field studies and they are based on direct evidence of intercomparable past conditions . |
| 20 | These sandstones form the bulk of the stark Assynt peaks : Quinag , Canisp , Suilven and Ben More Assynt ; and they are topped with sparkling quartz of the Moine Series , thrust to the surface by the tremendous geological forces which shook planet earth some 430 million years ago . |
| 21 | Students ' previous mathematical knowledge is extended and they are introduced to new areas of mathematical studies such as probability and statistics , the application of statistical methods to the collection and analysis of data , computer programming and the use of custom-built software packages . |
| 22 | With his parents and sister involved as well , Larkins Brewery produces up to 30 barrels a week ( each barrel is 36 gallons ) and they are sold to discerning pubs in Kent and Sussex . |
| 23 | Sessions last one hour and they are grouped with similar children as far as possible . |
| 24 | And so , as predicted , two buckets of pigs blood were poured over the two of them and they were received by hysterical laughter . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , these historical manifestations of class action took many different forms , their effects were diverse , and they were related in various ways to other social movements and groups . |
| 26 | Both families had ties with greater men , who were more concerned with affairs of State , and they were affected by political turmoil , particularly the Stonors , who suffered forfeiture in 1483 for rebelling against Richard III , but both had come through the earlier phase of the dynastic struggle with relatively minor scars . |
| 27 | On 13 December 1991 emergency protection orders were made in respect of two children , D. , born on 20 February 1990 , and R. , born on 12 October 1991 , and they were placed with foster parents . |
| 28 | The band was two accordions and the tunes were chaloupés and javas valsées , penetrating , jerky , fast , and they were danced with extreme devotion and virtuosity . |
| 29 | Well they were ma and they were made with vegetarian suet . |
| 30 | But from the sides of their mouths projected the glistening tusks of boars , and they were crowned with great , bristling manes of stiff hair that ran down to the base of their spines . |