Example sentences of "and [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green was very impressed and recommended Greenly to the director of the Geological Survey . |
| 2 | Curtis reached out and clapped Turner on the shoulder . |
| 3 | Corbett nodded and clapped Ranulf on the shoulders . |
| 4 | With this announcement the powers which had occupied and divided Germany after the Second World War effectively accepted the inevitability of early German unification , although the statement contained no indication of the four powers ' preferred timetables for unification or for the two-plus-four negotiations . |
| 5 | The people we asked did n't much fancy the idea of eating lasagne and quaffing Lambrusco in an old lavatory . |
| 6 | Roosevelt served for thirteen years and led America through the depression , into the second world war and emerging at the other end as |
| 7 | Sara disengaged herself and led Jenny to a chair . |
| 8 | Athelstan sketched a blessing in the air at his tormentor , dismounted and led Philomel past the church of St Magnus on the corner of Bridge Street . |
| 9 | The beefy man climbed down from behind his counter and led Joe to the back of the shop , where he unlocked a door . |
| 10 | Matt Ryan … who won the individual gold in the three day event and led Australia to a famous win . |
| 11 | THE North-East 's favourite layabout Andy Capp joins Batman and Judge Dredd in an intriguing exhibition opening in Middlesbrough today . |
| 12 | Just then , a Zoggian policewoman arrived and asked Zanya for the key to their spaceship . |
| 13 | Ken fancied his chances on television and asked HTV for an audition . |
| 14 | Fearful of upsetting those of a squeamish nature , I decided that an abrupt change of subject was in order and asked Jennifer about the guitars she was bringing with her to Europe : is she still an Ibanez 540S fan ? |
| 15 | Then they were both laughing , and the little woman , coming up and slapping Joe between the shoulders with such force that he coughed , said , ‘ Do n't look as if you are bein' confronted by a whale . |
| 16 | Joseph Persico , in a telling biography based on a full understanding both of the man and of the processes through which he was trying to work , makes hay of Bob Woodward 's pretensions to understand either , and displays Casey as a patriot — for good , bad and both together . |
| 17 | Seriously tho , it would make sense to go for a replacement midfielder , if Wilko IS looking for a centre half and hawking Hodge in a swap deal . |
| 18 | And somebody knew about that telephone call , and met Kemp at the railway station , doubtless informing the taxi-driver who had been hired that he was no longer required . ’ |
| 19 | Having located the house , he had roared into Belfast and met Mallachy at the Wellington Park , where they 'd had a pint of Guinness beneath the photos of the famous actors . |
| 20 | Thus , in 1798 , he re-visited Buttermere and met Sally with an intent to destroy the false consequence , which , in the breast of Sally , might have been sown by himself and germinated by others . |
| 21 | He was working for an engineering firm and met Herbert in the course of business . |
| 22 | Sally left her bag in the cloakroom and met Edward in the balcony milk bar where he had a strawberry milk shake waiting for her . |
| 23 | and seeing England to the brink of victory . |
| 24 | And seeing Richard in a white coat . ’ |
| 25 | And Kylie , after two years travelling the world and using England as a base realises for the first time , this really is a home from home . |
| 26 | What limits would be placed , and Kennedy was very acutely conscious of the big mistake that Truman had made in Korea in , in fact , seeking to extend the intervention and bringing China into the war under no circumstances must China be allowed to take that step in the case of Indo-China . |
| 27 | Hundreds of masked UDA men manned road-blocks , intimidating workers and bringing Ulster to a standstill . |
| 28 | The failure of the pope to pronounce on this matter until 798 meant a dangerous delay for Coenwulf and was probably a factor in his desire for an archbishopric at London , but the papal judgement when it came gave him a free hand and made London as an archiepiscopal see dispensable . |
| 29 | The man who put Niki together again after that little mishap was one Willy Dungl , a masseur-cum-dietician who became Niki 's physical guru for years to come and made Niki into the fitness freak he became . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , in June 1626 he was introduced to George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , who had him knighted and appointed KC on the council of the north . |