Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones was handed the biggest fine in FA history on Tuesday and given a suspended six-month ban for his part in the video ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men ’ . |
| 2 | In order to draw this out of him , he wrote a vastly elaborate commentary on the Lay , softening the blow of his harsher criticisms by inventing the personae of a whole group of scholarly editors who are debating the text in the way that scholars have disputed over Homer or Beowulf It would seem that Tolkien took a great deal of notice of Lewis 's invented editors , for he rewrote his Kay and incorporated a high proportion of their emendations . |
| 3 | Erm the council erm , the welfare and associate advi advice centres since nineteen seventeen eight however , until March of this year erm the staff the counter staff within the advice centre were divided into to two departments er , the information and community services department reported to committees and , as a result of the general move within the council and the service department to er neighbourhood erm offices and called the support services . |
| 4 | Although Henslow 's teaching was not part of the undergraduate curriculum , interested students were taken on field trips and given a good grounding in the science of the time . |
| 5 | He was made an honorary member of the club and given the promise of free beer for the rest of his life . |
| 6 | For example , during its mad dash his plunging horse had burst through some bushes and disturbed a she-bear with her cubs , but had gone on before the bear could react . |
| 7 | What had been intended as a warning shot across the government 's bows has sunk a government that had given Poland a year of political continuity , maintained budgetary austerity against populist opposition and taken the first steps on two essential reforms that now go into limbo . |
| 8 | But Mr Fallon said the Government had already funded Two Castles and given the council £27.8m in revenue support grant . |
| 9 | Signe wrapped her yellow oilskin arms around my neck and planted a kiss on me . |
| 10 | Lang has also played a part in the admission of rock and graffiti to the cultural fold and given a helping hand to the young unemployed with subsidies for their participation on archaeological digs . |
| 11 | The woman had lashed out in fear and given the bird a fatal blow , feathers everywhere . |
| 12 | This Act , however , allowed the establishment of forest reserves and marked a change in attitude to the nation 's forests which had hitherto been considered as inexhaustible . |
| 13 | and given them a dish of trifle I think a lot would have just eaten the trifle , had a cup of tea and taken the rest home . |
| 14 | He had been lifted from a detention cell and given the job of English teacher because the Colonel liked a boy who could smile into the face of an interrogator who wielded a rubber truncheon . |
| 15 | His patience exhausted , he called another agent and booked a dearer ticket . |
| 16 | One patient complained of heartburn and required the administration of H 2 antagonists to relieve it . |
| 17 | For an afternoon 's work , it was hardly going to be Tosca and given the raw materials no one would have minded had they chanted ’ What a Load of Rubbish ’ . |
| 18 | First , an enraged she-bear had barged through the undergrowth and taken the throat out of his horse with one swipe of her paw . |
| 19 | As well as acting as a surrogate mum to the hedgehogs , Christine has also given physiotherapy to tortoises and given the kiss of life to a pet rabbit , which everyone thought had gone to the great hutch in the sky . |
| 20 | They suspect that because they are not really wanted , they are put into estates , overcharged in the shops and given no recreational or community facilities . |
| 21 | I went up the shops and changed a pound . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the results of the meeting , although not legally binding , carried considerable moral and political force and marked a formal commitment by the East European countries to Western-style free markets and convertible currencies . |
| 23 | Already his men would have heard his words and taken the appropriate action . |
| 24 | It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems . |
| 25 | they 'll have rung all your branches and given the results |
| 26 | It was a policy which reinforced traditional methods in the older sectors of industry and placed a premium on short-term production at the expense of innovative development . |
| 27 | This means people with As at A-level , first class or good 2.1 honours degree , first time passes in chartered accountancy , or graduates who 've held down a managerial post in industry and done an MBA . |
| 28 | She flinched as Stephen laid his hands on her naked shoulders and planted a hungry kiss on the side of her neck his fingers fumbling in the thick folds of the towel , seeking her breasts . |
| 29 | Sharpe looked down the high street , half expecting to see French Dragoons galloping into the small village , but it was only the Prince of Orange who had abandoned his carriage and taken a horse from one of his escort . |
| 30 | Police said the thieves had broken through a rear entrance and stolen an electric typewriter , an answering machine and £40 cash . |