Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relieved Rangers manager Walter Smith knew it would need something special to break Marseille 's French resistance , and McSwegan provided it by finishing off a superb move started by Ian Durrant . |
| 2 | His sympathies lay with the independents such as Henderson and Nixon ( who at one point in the 1930s constituted , in the absence of the nationalists , the official opposition at Stormont ) , but the Unionists had not yet shown the degree of liberalism they were to show under O'Neill in the 1960s and Paisley confined himself to promoting various ‘ ginger group ’ enterprises on the margins of politics . |
| 3 | His tanned , muscled legs were dangling in the water and Ruth steadied herself by grasping them . |
| 4 | While Raymond of Toulouse remained in Outremer , Stephen and Hugh disgraced themselves in escaping from the siege of Antioch , and Robert Curthose , no matter how gallant , at least in his lifetime failed to impress , Robert II 's prestige soared to the skies . |
| 5 | He helped Calamy list the ejectees of 1662 , and Strype thanked him for supplying transcripts . |
| 6 | They co-ordinated diaries and Jay congratulated herself on refusing to smile . |
| 7 | The waitress made off again , and Dimity applied herself to pouring out the tea . |
| 8 | The value was set as of Oct. 22 at ECU1=NKr7.9940 , and Norway committed itself to remaining within the narrow 2.25 per cent fluctuation band . |
| 9 | But the overall Australian performance contained a number of false notes , and Messrs Sawle , Benaud ( J. ) , Higgs and Simpson extended themselves by dropping two from the squad , the doughty vice-captain Marsh and the toast of cricket a year ago , Mark Waugh . |
| 10 | This was an insensitive remark , and Ayling shamed her by suggesting that the things one ought to be able to do were often impossible . |
| 11 | England has an excellent crop of young players , but my role as Captain and Selector precludes me from naming them in these pages . |
| 12 | Gransden and Eykyn chide us for mentioning kanamycin , which has been superseded in Britain by newer drugs . |
| 13 | Denis patiently instructed Joey in what to do and he and Michael kept him from talking too loudly . |
| 14 | Chairs at that time were not well endowed , and Smith supported himself by continuing to teach at Balliol . |
| 15 | The report cited numerous examples of arbitrary arrest , torture and extra-judicial killing and called on Indian politicians to use the general election of May and June to commit themselves to ending seven years of " rampant human rights abuses " in the state . |