Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaves are narrow , bright green , tapering to a point at the tip , wavy or crinkled and with a bold midrib with two parallel veins on either side of it . |
| 2 | The records must contain day-to-day entries of all money received or expended and of the matters to which that related and a record of the company 's assets and liabilities . |
| 3 | And shall there insert every persons name that shall be wedded christened or buryded And for the sauff ( safe ) kepinge the same boke the parish shale bonde to provide of these comen charges one sure coffer with twoo lockes and keys where of the one to remayne with you and the other with the said wardens , wherein the said boke shalbe laide upp Which boke ye shall every Sonday take furthe and in the presence of the said wardens or one of them write and record in the same all the weddinges , christenyngs and buryenges made the hole weke before , And that done to lay upp the boke in the said coffer as afore . |
| 4 | In circumstances such as these , it would be open to a jury to find that the girl had not consented even though no violence was used or threatened and despite her knowledge and understanding of the nature of the act . |
| 5 | Clearly many of you are anxious lest the essential qualities of Medau be jeopardised or lost and on that particular point I would like to give reassurance . |
| 6 | Arrangements were made for regular ‘ round table ’ discussions between representatives of the relevant Committees in both Research Councils , for the regular exchange of information about research planned , commissioned or completed and for continued co-operation where appropriate . |
| 7 | It was the 1730s before the government stumped up compensation for those whose houses had been damaged or destroyed and among them was one James Sharp , ancestor of Jane , my great-grandmother , whom I still remember being taken to visit as a child . |
| 8 | Under these circumstances potential consumers will simply shrug their shoulders , walk away and do without goods they needed or wanted and for which they were ready to pay . |
| 9 | She looked down at hands that trembled and for a moment she considered taking the dress off and forgetting the whole idea . |
| 10 | The incident that occurred and of all people me . |
| 11 | At the A.G.M. , the committee meeting that followed and at the Annual Dinner that evening , contributions for Judith 's leaving present were asked for and it very quickly became apparent how highly Judith had been regarded . |
| 12 | It would have had a beginning in the big bang , about fifteen billion years ago , and it would come to an end for a star that collapsed and for anything that fell into the black hole the collapsing star left behind . |
| 13 | The draught oxen breeds already had the advantage of size but it was weight that counted and in particular the volume of meat in proportion to bone . |
| 14 | They have found that the soils are thin and leached and in places covered by boggy upland peat ( see page 78 ) . |
| 15 | The social security system is also one of the main mechanisms through which the income inequalities between older women and men are both generated and reinforced and by which the dependence of women on men is encouraged . |
| 16 | But he listened and learnt and for next winter he has harnessed Hollywood-style glamour to make evening wear that really works , adapting his tailoring to sequined , beaded and embroidered jackets of unbelievable opulence . |
| 17 | He went past the bo , my brother wanted dropped off , it was a one way street he went the way down came back up and parked and by the time he come up and parked it was thirty P extra ! |
| 18 | It took all the courage he had to thrust his head and shoulders into the mouth of that entrance , but he closed his eyes and twisted and turned and after a time tumbled out into a great stone chamber , lit with a soft light of its own that dimmed the glitter of his shining key . |
| 19 | Large numbers of the Communist Party members who have risen almost in complete isolation against overwhelming odds , large numbers of them are actually killed in the fighting , many more of them are arrested and executed and in this way , the destruction of the Communist Party , particularly in the major cities , is to a very large extent completed by their own mistakes . |
| 20 | Although he had not recognized her immediately Fleury had noticed Chloe a moment earlier as she came trotting into the clearing ; since he had last set eyes on her Chloe 's golden curls had grown foul and matted and in places mange had already begun to remove them ; a cloud of flies followed her and every few yards she stopped to scratch . |
| 21 | He remains a non-executive director of the north London club he has played for and managed and in a statement last night said he would proceed with his petition to buy out Mr Sugar ‘ unless advised by my lawyers not to do so . ’ |
| 22 | Emily felt a flash of irritation , she had insisted that the shoemaker 's daughter take the boots away to be soled and heeled and at the same time she 'd had a fitting for some new slippers . |
| 23 | This was many years ago now ab ten years ago I guess , so I went and saw and of course , erm Mr was dead and his son was running it and had sold his shares . |
| 24 | The candidate must be proposed and seconded and after being proposed and seconded he must obtain the signatures of eight assentors , except in the case of a parish , town or community council election where assentors are not required . |
| 25 | Through research on this and other natural signed languages , greater understanding of the universal features of language , of how languages are created and learned and of how minority language groups relate to majority culture will be achieved . |
| 26 | On Feb. 15-16 , 1990 the synagogue in Oradea was broken into and desecrated and during May Jewish graves were vandalized in Bucharest , Galati and Tirgu Mures , prompting the Chief Rabbi , Mozes Rosen , to warn of the dangers of an outbreak of personal violence against Jews . |