Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [conj] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His hands met a furry body and claws that flailed at him . |
| 2 | Many writers have noted the widespread change in ideas and attitudes that occurred between 1939 and 1945 [ Addison , 1977 ] . |
| 3 | The cables and accessories that came with MainLan were of the cheap and cheerful variety . |
| 4 | But topping the event , which drew a large crowd to Banbury Stockyard , were cattle from noted breeders J Close and Sons that sold to 1800gns . |
| 5 | He was born deaf , dumb and blind and was also mentally-deficient , and died in 1902 before he could accede to the bewildering duties and titles that went with the Dukedom of Norfolk , Earl Marshal of England . |
| 6 | They stole cash and gems and escaped in the parents ' Mercedes . |
| 7 | Mouth-watering thoughts of all the fish and vegetables that abounded in the Egyptian delta soon produce an irresistible craving . |
| 8 | In this paper we shall argue that the Act must be understood in terms of themes , issues , developments and conflicts that emerged in the 1970s , and worked themselves out in the 1980s . |
| 9 | Amongst its advantages were a series of paid watchers who warned of approaching police , as well as numerous exits out into the warren of houses and warehouses that backed onto the Thames . |
| 10 | It was almost certainly the growth of dissatisfaction with this arrangement in the other republics and provinces that led to the abandonment of the retention ratio system at the end of 1985 . |
| 11 | Yet within Oxford her energies and charm were employed chiefly in defence of the home students , a growing society that included mature students and foreigners and prospered under her quietly autocratic but kindly regime . |
| 12 | She had also read about old people 's homes that ruthlessly exploited their pensioners : unscrupulous proprietors grabbed all they could squeeze from the social services but gave little back to the residents ; they cut corners on staff , food , laundry , and amenities and added to their profits by pocketing the difference between their sparse expenditures and the sums they actually received . |
| 13 | The high street stores , and even the designers , are finding there is great value in maintaining , shapes , colours and styles that worked for them in previous seasons . |
| 14 | He 'd been right when he told Alison that he was n't overlooked , because he could only see a narrow slice of his lounge from here ; but when he got down on his hands and knees and peered through the wrought ironwork the angle improved and he could see almost half of the room . |
| 15 | Better than that was riding on his back while he went down on hands and knees and neighed like a horse . |
| 16 | The cubes can be added to soups and sauces or thawed for use in puddings and cakes . |
| 17 | The majority of the budget consisted of relatively uncontrollable expenditure ; uncontrollable in the sense of outlays for entitlement programmes , such as social security and unemployment benefits , and outlays that arose from previous electoral obligations . |
| 18 | Deletions were cloned as described in Materials and Methods and transfected into F9 cells by electroporation . |
| 19 | It was several days later that he found himself rising through the complex of dripping wet catwalks and steps that ran around the Power line . |
| 20 | As they went they heard the clatter of feet in the porch of the church , and voices that spoke in reverent undertones , but not from awe of the holy place . |
| 21 | The men drew to a halt , removed their hats and caps but stood regarding him in silence . |
| 22 | She cooked me egg and chips and sat by me while I ate . |
| 23 | Lord Grubb knew well enough that Algy dreaded her visits , and to let her off the trial of breakfasting with her mother he had installed a complicated route of strings and pulleys that led from her second-storey bedroom to the basement . |
| 24 | He went unannounced , many times , braving the bottles and firebombs that rained on his military convoy and donated his fees , to the Army Benevolent Fund . |
| 25 | She took off her dress and shoes and lay beside Joshua on the narrow bed . |
| 26 | I pulled on some socks and shoes and ran to the iron door . |
| 27 | The fourth editions and specials that rolled off the presses until dawn every day … |
| 28 | ‘ Have these done by next week , ’ he said , and in class that day wrote a special sum for Endill involving long division , multiplication , logarithms , complicated geometry and fractions that stretched out the door and into the main corridor . |
| 29 | From here he controlled a web of spies and informers that ran from Madurai to Attock , from the beaches of Malabar to the mangrove swamps of Bengal . |
| 30 | Remembering that a couple of kilometres back we had seen a huge moose lumbering across the road , I peered fearfully through a slit in my tent to see this massive reindeer with bloodshot eyes and antlers that appeared to be three metres across . |