Example sentences of "[vb past] and [art] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is envisaged that these arrangements shall remain in force until initial expressions of interest have been received and analysed and a decision taken regarding the handling of the next stage of the formal sale process . |
| 2 | There were virtually no drugs to be had in Teheran in those days ; the doctors dithered and the family prayed around the bed . |
| 3 | Nuadu stopped and the Robemaker stopped with him , as if he might be saying : well , Wolfprince ? |
| 4 | As we dismounted and the grooms hurried about gathering the reins of our horses , Benjamin continued his low-voiced description of the fallen order . |
| 5 | Casual vacancies in the membership of a board may be filled by the election of a duly qualified person at the first meeting of the appointing council after the vacancy occurred and the person elected holds office to the next election of the board . |
| 6 | She sat back on her heels and watched with pleasure as the flames surged and roared and the twigs sparked and crackled up into the wide opening of the chimney . |
| 7 | Portsmouth soon equalised and a stalemate followed in the second half , although Alton had some good chances . |
| 8 | She put on some music while they ate and the conversation moved from the complexities of the dysfunctioning family to fertility rites to developing acting styles to the persistence of Aids to Harry Roy to the nature of joy to the repressiveness of English Fascism to the astrological outlook , and , finally to Lee , herself , to her tendency to withdraw from the group , but , ultimately , to her graciousness as their hostess and the deliciousness of her food . |
| 9 | If the provisions were to work , there had obviously to be a clear definition of the institutions to whom they applied and the institutions chosen were mainly those for which the Bank of England had supervisory responsibility under the 1979 Banking Act , expanded by a few additions . |
| 10 | Leonora flew to do his bidding , feeling better once she was back in bed , her face sponged and the tangles brushed from her hair . |
| 11 | All over the city church bells tolled and the locals hurried to Mass , while groups of tourists crocodiled after their guides , already appearing hot and tired and largely indifferent , snapping innumerable pictures simply because Venice was on the day 's agenda . |
| 12 | New merchant and professional classes arose and a proletariat developed out of the peasantry . |
| 13 | It should hardly be necessary to mention that every partners ' meeting should be duly and sufficiently minuted and the minute approved at the next meeting . |
| 14 | Within a few days most of the patrols had either been killed or captured and the enemy occupied their rendezvous at Bir Fascia . |
| 15 | But the weather deteriorated and the wind increased to around 30 miles-per-hour by the time Jack was out and shot a 76 , giving us a three-stroke advantage over the Bear . |
| 16 | The door opened and a servant called in , |
| 17 | The bathroom door opened and the girl identified as Maggie came out . |
| 18 | The door opened and the Adjutant entered with a large file out of which he produced several sheets of foolscap . |
| 19 | She 'd been wanting to slip away today , away up the river and over the hill to a clear pool where the girls swam and giggled and the boys shifted like shadows among the trees . |
| 20 | And that euphoria lasted quite 4 minutes until the first siren wailed and a bile settled in my gut that lasted until my Commander-in-Chief sent me a signal : " Personal for Station Commander from C-in-C — Hostilities cease at midnight tonight . |
| 21 | The godly had some success in severing their connection with the church by banishing them from the churchyard , but the old festal calendar survived and the activities associated with it — mumming at New Year , dancing at Candlemas , football and other games at Shrovetide , and maypole dancing on Mayday — were relocated in and around the village ale-house . |
| 22 | Responses to the attitude items were factor analyzed and the factors rotated to an orthogonal solution . |
| 23 | ‘ After a while the sun beat down upon the mist and filled it with light and warmth , and a wind blew and the mist thinned and cleared . |
| 24 | I would be grateful if you could arrange for clause two to be completed and initialled and the documents signed and returned to us for signature on behalf of the Press . |
| 25 | Quiet country lanes became battle zones as hunts men cracked whips , hounds squealed , sabs hollered and the police grabbed at the noisiest among us . |
| 26 | The gulls mewed and the sand shifted and the swan hurtled down and it was easy . |
| 27 | The profitability of LBOs fell and the premiums paid to shareholders rose . |
| 28 | Henry Smith was in fact Irish , having been born in Dublin on 2 November , 1826 , but within two years his father died and the family moved to England . |
| 29 | At about that time his father died and the family moved to Glasgow ; soon afterwards Robertson decided to become an engineer . |
| 30 | She blinked and the shape resolved into a broad stunted man with hands that almost touched his knees . |