Example sentences of "and [prep] [noun pl] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual stages whereby the financial provisions of the 1947 Act were decided were extremely tortuous ( Cullingworth , 1975 ) and the interplay of forces within the Government , between ministers and between officials had their effect too on the much more straightforward development plan provisions . |
| 2 | Devlin made an excellent landing and within minutes had his suitcase and a trenching shovel out of the supply bag , a dark raincoat and trilby . |
| 3 | They seemed to have a different attitude to the lecturers and were not afraid to go to them for elucidation of points they did not fully understand , and in tutorials showed their wider knowledge , and their readiness to think for themselves rather than just reproduce what they had learned from textbooks and lectures . |
| 4 | Busacher had his cloak pulled round his legs and at intervals held his hands in front of the fire to thaw them out before playing again . |
| 5 | Under the Poor Law many children found themselves bound to either masters or mistresses who exploited them and at times treated them with great cruelty , while our own age has learned with shame of the extent of ill-treatment even within the family . |
| 6 | They made a demand of our waste , without offering any allowance for the same ; and by degrees did we tamely submit , we should be brought under a yoke , which would have some affinity to that of the Egyptian Bondage . |