Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Imagination and reality fused and for a second the sense of foreboding intensified . |
| 2 | I am now installed and with a maid-of-all-work with me named Maria . |
| 3 | At the request of local residents the Parish Council has also asked for street lighting to be installed and for a speed limit to be introduced along part of this road . |
| 4 | In this last stage self evaluation is included and in a commentary on the White Paper on teaching quality ( DES 1983a ) , John Elliott 's characterization of three levels of professional development through self-evaluation was quoted as an argument against assuming that government policies of dealing out more doses of in-service education would improve teaching quality ( Slater 1985 ) . |
| 5 | The tallest Turk has resigned and in a fit of unparalleled generosity the Commander has ruled that his uniform should be sent instantly to a fast dry cleaners . |
| 6 | The vocational training in engineering and technological skills which young people receive in West Germany is more thorough , better organised and of a higher standard , the young people receive in this country . |
| 7 | The forced march through Siberia becomes increasingly desperate and hallucinatory ( in fact Ypsilanti is , from the outset , clear in his own mind that they will never find the emperor ) : when the regiment comes to cross the tajga in July 1918 , the forest takes on the appearance both of a paradise regained and of a place of horror , endless in extent , haunted by marauding tigers and ghostly tribes . |
| 8 | In this society the means of production are communally owned and as a result oppression and exploitation disappear . |
| 9 | Food is a particular highlight — always beautifully presented and with a huge choice at every meal . |
| 10 | But mainly these diseases have now been er controlled if not completely eradicated and as a result the world 's population is er is likely to zoom up as you can see right off the top end of the , of the graph and we 're expecting something like eight billion people er and , and still rising at the end of the , of the century and it 'll be some time way into the next century before the world 's population actually starts to er er to level out . |
| 11 | IT DIDN'T. 1988 is widely perceived as Reading 's nadir , poorly attended and with a woefully average line-up , even by Reading 's by now hopeless standards . |
| 12 | But with , say , twelve to twenty people , a highly interesting combination can be selected and by a little judicious manoeuvring the different elements set to interact . |
| 13 | You would n't call it the best buildup you ever seen and after a little bit of scrappy play which Pisa failed to get the ball away , it fell inviting on the edge of the area , and he struck it with all the confidence and aplomb a a player who 's been planting 'em in the back of the net all season . |
| 14 | So for various reasons slightly different sorts of detective fiction came to be written and after a while came to be acknowledged as viable in their own right . |
| 15 | ‘ School governors have been given increasing responsibility in recent years , but they have n't been adequately prepared and as a result children have n't been properly protected against abuse by teachers , ’ NASWE general secretary Sue Allen told delegates . |
| 16 | When a plaintiff is injured and as a result is paid no wages his immediate real loss is that part of his net earnings that were available for current expenditure . |
| 17 | In fact the unlawfulness of indiscriminate attacks was generally accepted and to a great extent maintained : although London , Coventry , Hamburg and Dresden were bombed , Paris , Rome , Oxford and Edinburgh were not . |
| 18 | organizes the games to be built and with a team of three — and — is responsible for the amazing new constructions which appear each year . |
| 19 | Despite CBoT/CME cooperation thereafter , several launch dates for the new electronic global trading system have been missed and as a result other exchanges have lost interest in the concept or decided to develop their own in-house electronic system . |
| 20 | George did a lot of things to keep Lennie well fed and in a happy mood . |
| 21 | Since then the demand for cotton has grown and after a trial range , they now produce more cotton than wool and have even added fancy cottons to their range . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the SPG still exists , albeit reorganized and with a new name ( the Territorial Support Group ) . |
| 23 | Of the highest quality , generously made and with a wide choice of rigid baths and fittings . |
| 24 | This serves as an explanation of changes already made and as a warning of those still to come . |
| 25 | Fixed-price contracts have been normal for production contracts but on occasion this has led to claims that excess profits have been made and in a few cases repayment of the excess has been enforced . |
| 26 | The engine stopped and for a moment there was the silence that can only exist in a forest . |
| 27 | The interference mysteriously stopped and through a clear line Frau Nordern 's voice boomed with all its usual authority , as if the ghost had miraculously become embodied with all the solidity of human flesh . |
| 28 | In 1955/6 budgets were generally overspent and by a larger margin than in earlier years . |
| 29 | Now more clouds were being arranged and for a moment he could swear that a shrouded figure was distinguishable , arm outstretched , pointing , accusing , a lamentation of rage . |
| 30 | Now the driver of the car had been traced and in a few minutes would be appearing at committal proceedings in the Magistrates ' Court on charges of dangerous driving , failing to report an accident , and failing to stop at the scene of an accident . |