Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government disclosed and repudiated a project of the previous military regime to build a nuclear bomb and signed with Argentina a treaty of nuclear non-proliferation [ see p. 37914 ] . |
| 2 | During 1909–1910 , Charles Fletcher , Works manager , designed and built a monoplane and a biplane . |
| 3 | It was six years ago she was approached and offered a job as casting director for a planned new soap opera … |
| 4 | Further to the first point of order , is it an order for the press to hear about the proposed rise in prescription charges before this house and would n't it have not been better if the Secretary of State to come and made a statement and we could have questioned her about it . |
| 5 | It kept him occupied and brought a bit of money in , but not much , because fairs were going through a lean patch , too . |
| 6 | She designed and made a gift to the village of a beautiful war memorial — a font cover in bronze and silver of a mother and baby . |
| 7 | Using scrap metal and steel porter 's barrow , they designed and built a trolley specifically for the job which carries not one but two sets in perfect safety and with greater manoeuvrability . |
| 8 | She winced and put a hand to her head . |
| 9 | Corbett rose and filled a goblet of wine . |
| 10 | Even more annoyed by that intrusive thought , Guy scowled furiously as Isabel rose and took a beaker from the table , filling it with water from the pail . |
| 11 | After spending a quarter of an hour in the heat of the sauna , Agnes rose and took a dip in a small pool filled with ice-cold water . |
| 12 | Later in the year British exports to the EC rose and left a gap for the NZ product ‘ and this is where our strategy over the past few years paid off . ’ |
| 13 | As midnight chimed from her sliver of a wall-clock she rose and proposed a toast . |
| 14 | For five days , the Baltic town of Rostock was under siege as several hundred hate-filled youths attacked and stoned a refugee hostel housing hundreds of Romanian and Vietnamese men , women and children . |
| 15 | ‘ He and a Ukrainian Nazi attacked and killed a woman during the Russian campaign . |
| 16 | The Germans have counter attacked and inflicted a hell of a lot of casualties on the Black Watch . ’ |
| 17 | There were already colonies of maggots at work on the body , particularly , the Doctor noticed , on the stump of the right wrist , and on the hand which was severed and lay a couple of feet away . |
| 18 | Walking over to Ashley he bent and dropped a kiss on the top of her head . |
| 19 | There was a copper canopy over it and Alain bent and put a light to the logs that were already there . |
| 20 | He bent and pulled a knob or two , turned the key . |
| 21 | He bent and threw a log on to the fire . |
| 22 | WE GUARANTEE THAT THE PRICE OF YOUR HOLIDAY WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY SURCHARGES ONCE YOU HAVE MADE YOU BOOKING AND PAID A DEPOSIT , THEN THE COST OF YOUR HOLIDAY CAN NOT BE INCREASED . |
| 23 | He stopped and unlocked a door . |
| 24 | A massive great big flask of coffee and when we got there we stopped and had a sandwich and a coffee , and we 'd go in the club , set all up and we 'd sit quiet and then we 'd have a quiet drink would n't we ? |
| 25 | He even stopped and had a tinkle . |
| 26 | He stopped and had a cup of tea himself and explained to the Covent Garden porters , who wanted to know what he 'd got in the back , that it was the Sleeping Beauty . |
| 27 | And I 'm sick of seeing what it 's doing to Peter — ’ She stopped and took a breath . |
| 28 | He played quickly , and then tranquilly ; once or twice he stopped and retook a phrase . |
| 29 | On the first landing he stopped and stole a glance down the Nightingale Gallery , so engrossed he jumped when Allingham suddenly touched him on the shoulder . |
| 30 | At first the gunmen fled in their getaway van towards the village but stopped and did a U-turn , before driving back again and past the spot of the killings . |