Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bring what you will , poverty or reviling and with a wave of my wand I will turn it to good . |
| 2 | But then , unexpectedly , he finds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the world reappears in brilliant colours , full of delightful prospects . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I could n't make up my own mind whether to get him to lengthen or shorten and in consequence I did n't make his mind up to do either and we floundered over it untidily , his hooves rapping the wooden frames , my weight too far forward … a mess . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | awareness of the cross-addictive nature of many substances , including mood-altering medications that are legally prescribed , dispensed or sold and including the possible cross-addictive nature of sugar and white flour , caffeine and nicotine . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Because the style ‘ Pountney and Goldney ’ lasted only a few years , and because the scenes depicted are still very attractive , good examples , without chips , cracks or staining and with the recognised mark , often fetch high prices at auction . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In April 1991 a new compliance classification of effluent analysis was adopted by FRPB whereby ‘ borderline ’ ie 20% of consent figure was abandoned and compliance means absolute limits ie Pass or Fail and over the last four samples on the new basis Whitburn New had 0% compliance . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The girls took advantage of the boys ' sudden inability to catch or shoot and before long the game was over and the girls won 12–8 . |
| 16 | There are plenty of facilities for waterskiing , windsurfing and paragliding and alongside the beach runs a palm tree lined avenue of shops , boutiques , bars , open-air cafés and restaurants , all making for a lively , bustling atmosphere . |
| 17 | There are plenty of facilities for waterskiing , windsurfing and paragliding and alongside the beach runs a palm tree lined avenue of shops boutiques , bars , open-air cafés and restaurants , all making for a lively , bustling atmosphere . |
| 18 | I was going to do it this morning and bring and for the box that they have the old prayer I think going up to Yugoslavia soon |
| 19 | It can be a clasp that grips and devours and from which there is no escape . |
| 20 | They have found that the soils are thin and leached and in places covered by boggy upland peat ( see page 78 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Frantic parents continued to hassle and swear and at last the stoat grew tired and bounded off into the cover of a pine tree windbreak . |
| 23 | Immune to sound and smell and in no hurry to escape , he pauses at every bale of raw wool , every bolt of half-finished cloth , tugging at it , scrunching it up , letting it slip through his fingers to satisfy himself that all is well . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | By the international financial structure we mean the system by which in a market-based economy , credit is created , bought and sold and by which , therefore , the use of capital is determined . |
| 28 | Whilst acknowledging that today 's six-year-olds are tomorrow 's workforce , what they require of their teachers is the opportunity to begin to learn how to think critically , to question , and to challenge and at the same time acquire the learning skills appropriate to particular academic disciplines . |
| 29 | " I 've thought and thought and in the end I decided I 'd have to leave . |
| 30 | And then you get getting neeps and getting and onto the ploughing and than . |