Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] and [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Second World War , the number of aircraft in and over the county increased dramatically . |
| 2 | Penson gave David Davies the job of preparing the foundations , embankment and approach road for the iron bridge over the Severn in the ‘ top sawyer 's ’ home town of Llandinam and was so pleased with his work that he recommended payment of an additional £15 over and above the contract price agreed . |
| 3 | Colberg galled him most — the officer 's gentlemanly aplomb helping him to swim like an eel under and between the weapons of a thousand angry people . |
| 4 | Come the next general he 'll be able to judge the value of that crass statement himself as he and the rest of his cabinet are replaced by a Party that has policies to develop real training and employment opportunities for the people of and for the country , and that will be a Labour cabinet and a Labour Government . |
| 5 | Normanby Park steel works and rolling mills were , in their heyday , one of the most viable processors of steel in the world and provided employment for thousands of people in and around the Scunthorpe area . |
| 6 | There were quite a lot of people in and around the pool , all suntanned and all drinking the Sunday morning liveners — Bloody Marys , boilermakers , highballs , iced beer . |
| 7 | Developers of big blocks of flats designed for successful young people in and around the big cities and for wealthy pensioners in Florida and California are worried . |
| 8 | If I was being cynical I 'd volunteer Mark 's car to get people to and from the town . |
| 9 | changes in income due to movement of people on and off the community charges . |
| 10 | Where possible , some overlap of working between the staff employed in the old and new locations can help to ease this difficulty although such arrangements do present their own problems in terms of transporting staff to and from the old or new buildings . |