Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would stop Muslim and Croat forces moving into the areas vacated by Serbs , and so meant that the fourth objection to the plan had been removed . |
| 2 | She was knocked down just last week and only survived because the car was n't breaking the 30 mph limit . |
| 3 | Of course , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , there may be nothing to leave , nothing to explain , nothing to understand , even though I have prepared long enough and only started when the time was ripe , even though I began full of confidence and managed to persuade myself , for a while , that I was well under way . |
| 4 | It was during his second year at Manchester that he was offered the West Indies captaincy for the visit by Pakistan , but decided that his studies had to come first ; he had a strong sense of predestination and apparently felt that the leadership would be his eventually . |
| 5 | It should hardly be necessary to mention that every partners ' meeting should be duly and sufficiently minuted and the minute approved at the next meeting . |
| 6 | When my chap turned to confront the Manston sentry — who was on guard with a rifle and one round , and obviously felt that the chap on the wrong side of the wire could be one of those attacking his airfield — my chap said sharply something to the effect : " Can you get us out of here ? " and explained that he only meant his oppoes , not the Stirling . |
| 7 | One person is placed in the middle and momentarily blindfolded while the children hide the ring under their hands . |
| 8 | Most of his contemporaries in Oxford and elsewhere assumed that the only appropriate approach to Jewish studies was through Semitic philology and biblical studies , and Roth never received in Britain the academic recognition that his publications and his international standing ( especially in America and Israel ) merited . |
| 9 | Nathan thought hard and finally wrote that the Volvo was ‘ old and depressed ’ . |
| 10 | Her husband averred that doubtless the orchestra and the pipers would arrange things to their own satisfaction , and further opined that the Duchess should leave the ball 's arrangements to those who were paid to worry about the details , but the Duchess was insistent on voicing her concerns this afternoon . |
| 11 | It was provided and further agreed that the widow would pay to the executors ‘ the sum of £1 yearly , towards the ground-rent , payable in respect of the said dwelling house , ’ and would keep it in good repair . |
| 12 | The government , publishing its reply on the same day , stated that it had no legal liability to pay compensation , rejected the report 's assertions that actions fell short of the standards appropriate to the regulator , and further asserted that the general handling of the licensing of the Barlow Clowes partnership was careful and considerate . |
| 13 | She has also observed Sri Lankans using pineapple as a skin cleanser and later discovered that the natural enzymes present in the fruit act on the skin to remove dead cells , making it an effective cleanser . |
| 14 | He denied that the Sudanese government was concealing widespread famine from the public , and also said that the Sudanese Foreign Minister had in fact held several meetings with Sir Allan . |
| 15 | A more recent summary of profit trends arrived at similar conclusions and also showed that the decline in profitability in the UK was sharper than that in other countries , as Table 5.3 indicates . |
| 16 | In A Second Beacon Fired by Scintilla ( 1652 ) he described his own apprenticeship and career , lamented the hardship caused to stationers by the civil war , and now argued that the availability of popish and heretical works showed that the press was too free . |
| 17 | Whilst Hooker defended the Church 's beliefs and practices in the name of reason , Andrewes went further and boldly asserted that the Anglican Church was part of a Catholic and Universal Church and was maintaining its true traditions which had been corrupted by Rome . |
| 18 | Following Mary 's death , observers at home and abroad realized that the papal connection with England would once more be severed by her successor . |
| 19 | As she reached the outskirts of the town she stopped to ask the way , and then discovered that the traffic on the road past the White Lion was being diverted because of an accident . |
| 20 | The Party ordered 30,000 leaflets , capable of being used as window posters , and then discovered that the ‘ imprint ’ publisher 's details which must , by law , be openly displayed was on the wrong side . |
| 21 | A brilliant bird alighted on the opposite branch , cocked its head to show the jewels set within it , settled , and then realized that the boy was there , a mere span away . |
| 22 | To obtain a measure of potential performance , Buzzell and Chussil selected ‘ look-alike ’ businesses from the PIMS data base , split them between ‘ winners ’ and ‘ losers ’ , and then assumed that the potential performance of each business in the study was mapped by a gradual increase from its initial ROI up to that achieved by the ‘ winners ’ by the end of the period . |
| 23 | In Warsaw , meanwhile , office rents first rose in anticipation of a similar flood from the West and then fell when the westerners failed to appear . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's 17 April , ’ I said and then wondered if the church was booked because the canon suddenly looked preoccupied — he seemed to be somewhere else entirely for a minute . |
| 25 | The assessor will observe the trainee performing a unit of competence in the work environment , ask any relevant questions and then decided whether the candidate is competent by judging the performance against the recognised criteria laid down in the NVQ standards . |
| 26 | ‘ It must be the full moon , ’ Lee grumbled , melting butter in a saucepan , and then remembered that the moon had been but a sliver the previous night . |
| 27 | He opened his mouth to make an acid retort , and then remembered that the sura which permitted captives to be enslaved also went to considerable lengths to provide laws for their welfare . |
| 28 | With judicious use of hot water , I enjoyed four cups of tea , and then found that the rain had stopped . |
| 29 | He did not arrive there until 2nd January , 1692 , outwith the time allowed for the oath , and then found that the Sheriff-Depute who was empowered to accept his vow of allegiance was absent . |
| 30 | They had used the police in the political struggle and then found that the police were no longer reliable . |