Example sentences of "and [vb past] an [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Even if it does happen , it does not force the conclusion that speaker 1 has monitored speaker 2 's speech and made an assessment of how often speaker 2 uses that variant . |
2 | Classic Cinemas Ltd ex parte Blackburn , the jury considered the film 's predecessor , Language Of Love , and returned an acquittal after only seventeen minutes . |
3 | Rampur was created in the late 18th century and encompassed an area of about 890 square miles , 150 miles north of New Delhi in the United Provinces ( now Uttar Pradesh ) . |
4 | Incidentally , the 2nd Duke of Montrose ( 1712–1790 ) was also deaf , unable to speak , and for the last thirty years of his life from 1760 onwards , totally blind as well and needed an interpreter for even everyday communication with his wife . |
5 | There she had a row with her mother after which she went to her bedroom , wrote a note saying how much she loved her boyfriend , and took an overdose of approximately 30 aspirin tablets and cut both her wrists superficially with a razor . |
6 | In the 1770s Sir Christopher Sykes literally ‘ clothed the wolds ’ , a bleak stretch of land 500 feet above sea level , and set an example of how to plant trees and how to create farmland which has never been surpassed . |