Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THIS is usually the jolliest month of the year because you can justify buying up the High Street and nursing lots of hangovers . |
| 2 | Zakopane , Poland 's leading mountain resort , is open throughout the year and offers lots of facilities for holidaymakers of all ages . |
| 3 | We found out that the sitting room had a timber panelled ceiling which had been papered over and given lots of coats of whitewash . |
| 4 | Suppose , for example , Bill is very forthcoming and has lots of ideas on possible criteria . |
| 5 | The people in Nepal are Hindus or Buddhists and they believe that they can get to God by going and praying lots of times , chanting , putting special dye on their cheeks , on their erm foreheads and making sacrifices . |
| 6 | And expect plenty of spills this Bank Holiday Monday at Kingston Bagpuize near Abingdon . |
| 7 | 5029 is due to remain at Bury until the end of February , and is subject to a six steamings a month agreement , so it should see extensive use , and provide plenty of opportunities to experience GW ( four-cylinder power in Lancashire ) . |
| 8 | But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat . |
| 9 | Mum had been so kind and prepared lots of meals for us all so there was n't much in the kitchen to be done at the time . |
| 10 | cos in New York they sort of like they have a chat and the wo they 've got some nice looking bird , right , and some sort of normal bloke off the street and they just sort of talk about New York and show lots of pictures of it |
| 11 | Yorkshire Bank , a regional bank owned by National Australia Bank , put its clearing out to tender and received lots of bids ; RBS retained the business . |
| 12 | And put plenty of newspapers down . |
| 13 | Lenin tirelessly reiterated Clausewitz 's dictum , ‘ war is a tool of policy ’ , not only to establish the subordination of generals to politicians , but to legitimise war and divest it of taboos . |
| 14 | Jacques loves history and collected lots of brochures to take home with him . |
| 15 | Glossily produced and containing lots of advertisements from local businesses ( eighteen of the thirty pages were advertising ) , Looking Right delighted in flippancy . |
| 16 | ‘ It has become clear that people know there is a very real choice between the Tories who would privatise the National Health Service and starve it of funds and Labour who would invest in it and modernise it , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Soldiers searched all voters as they entered the school gates and relieved them of pocket-knives , heavy belts , walking-sticks and a few more obviously offensive weapons . |
| 18 | Bandage the knee in a slightly flexed position and allow plenty of turns , especially below the kneecap . |
| 19 | I was dabbling with drugs and doing plenty of drugs and also I 'd become very arrogant . |
| 20 | But is it true that we learn just by virtue of being busy and having lots of experiences ? |
| 21 | The replicase apparatus immediately gets to work and manufactures lots of copies of the newly introduced RNA molecules , which spread through the test-tube . |
| 22 | And do lots of things that I knew he was capable of doing . |
| 23 | So , go for skeleton notes — and leave plenty of margins and space round your notes . |
| 24 | Well I really you know , felt that that was a good experience , to see people who were normally classed as powerless , having erm that kind of strength within themselves and and the the power to push on and to face lots of difficulties . |
| 25 | This saddened us all , but I suppose it was inevitable , and reminded me of things I saw during the 1940 Blitz on London when living in the northern outskirts of the city but working near Hadley Wood , with weekly trips down to our offices at Kings Cross railway terminus . |
| 26 | I got your first letter to Nanking on Saturday , and had plenty of letters at Sian — I 'm not sure that I got them all , in particular I got a letter from Tom sent on March 23 , but I 'm not sure whether that 's the one you referred to , anyway I 'm grateful to you all for keeping me in touch . |
| 27 | ‘ He was very likeable and had lots of friends . |
| 28 | ‘ We kept in touch regularly by long-distance phone call , and wrote lots of letters . |
| 29 | They should be advised to avoid sudden cold , hypoxic conditions and infections and to take plenty of drinks , especially when hot . |
| 30 | And lost lots of dogs . |