Example sentences of "and [be] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twice he 'd lost sight of them and been obliged to put on speed or else run the risk of failing to see them as they took some minor road or turn-off . |
| 2 | Darren had always been a good and well-behaved boy but once he had returned home he had been waking repeatedly in the night and been difficult to manage in the day . |
| 3 | Nevertheless there was a chance , perhaps , that a French government might have been so far-sighted or faint-hearted that it would have ordered a cease-fire , entered into serious negotiations , abandoned its insistence on membership of the French Union , accepted , at least by instalments , an independent , more or less communist state in a presumably close relationship with either the USSR or the Chinese Communist Party , or both , and been prepared to rely on Vietminh goodwill , such as it might be , for the preservation of whatever position they chose to accord France . |
| 4 | Er , some some translations will put it tha that , that a , that a great storm blew up , but he word that is originally used there is the wi i , conveys the idea that this is no ordinary storm , this is just a , a sudden squall that has blown and in a , in a short while will blow itself out again , but it 's a strong word that 's used here , a word that would , that would denote a whirlwind or a tempest , something above and beyond the ordinary course of events that these disciples , many of them experience fisherman , would have known and been able to cope without any problem . |
| 5 | The Sargasso Sea is also said to have been the site of the ancient lost island of Atlantis where the eels could have once again found fresh water and been able to feed after spawning in the nearby sea . |
| 6 | According to its own market forecast charts , Data General Corp 's next-generation Motorola Inc 88110-based AViiONs will deliver from 200 MIPS to 800 MIPS , retail from between $200,000 and $350,000 and are due to arrive by next spring . |
| 7 | Peace talks began in Atlanta , Georgia , last month and are due to resume in Nairobi on 18 November . |
| 8 | Two 10-year-old boys have been charged with abducting and murdering James , and are due to appear at Preston Crown Court later this year . |
| 9 | So far fifteen men and women have been charged with drugs-related offences as a result of the Brafield rave and are due to appear before magistrates in a month 's time . |
| 10 | The Schoos have been charged with abandoning the children and cruelty and are due to appear in court . |
| 11 | The Romans probably introduced the geared watermill and are first recorded in England during the last quarter of the twelfth century . |
| 12 | They represent ( below ) a spaniel on a cornucopia — symbols of fidelity and prosperity — and are first recorded in a drawing by a Barcelona goldsmith in 1603 . |
| 13 | There is a problem getting people to see the products but they have a mutually beneficial relationship with Palm , who are experts at handling the Gore-Tex products and are easy to get to down the M4 . |
| 14 | While a large number of the items taken from Germany are held in special State-run storage facilities and are easy to work with , the majority of works removed from Russia were scattered over the world in the post-war period ’ . |
| 15 | The others will carry gas to central Russia , and are all scheduled to be completed by 1985 . |
| 16 | It is assumed that all trains are of equal length and are all moving at the same speed , so that they each take p seconds to pass the crossing . |
| 17 | Designed especially for young hands , from age three upwards , the puzzles have 24 extra-large pieces , and are all based on popular nursery rhymes — including Humpty Dumpty , Hey Diddle Diddle and Old MacDonald 's Farm . |
| 18 | The Cottages accommodate up to 6 people and are all equipped to a very high standard . |
| 19 | Women suckle and tend the physical needs of their young , and are available to play with them and respond to them . |
| 20 | ‘ There are people who have lived here for more than 20 years and are proud to come from here . |
| 21 | The defendants are an authorised institution under the Act , and are anxious to comply with the section 39 notice , but are concerned that compliance might breach the terms of the injunction . |
| 22 | Detectives have launched a massive manhunt and are anxious to speak to her on-off boyfriend David Ashworth . |
| 23 | Contract negotiations between the trust and consortium , which pays for patient care in the area , have reached deadlock and are likely to go to arbitration . |
| 24 | However , an attractively designed computer is less likely to fall within the scope of registered designs because a person buying a computer is more interested in the performance of the computer ; its appearance is not important to a material extent , although it must be acknowledged that the Design Registry and the courts took a fairly liberal attitude prior to the changes to the 1949 Act and are likely to continue to be generous in this respect . |
| 25 | The resources available for safety have increased from £140 million to about £200 million for the current year , and are likely to continue at at least that level . |
| 26 | However , Robert Brusca , chief economist at Nikko Securities , said February 's figures were inflated by seasonal factors and are likely to prove to be temporary . |
| 27 | There is also the problem that the researcher 's observations can be subjective and are difficult to record in a systematic way . |
| 28 | But all of these are rather conspicuous by day and are difficult to hide in the way that spotlights can be masked by plants . |
| 29 | Macro lens are expensive and are hard to come by secondhand . |
| 30 | Licentiate by experience are deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Professional Certificate and are eligible to enrol on the Diploma Programme . |