Example sentences of "and [verb] and [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the training data have to be collected and paired and then sorted before the main clustering stage can begin . |
| 2 | Catarrhs of mucous membranes ; discharges start thin and excoriating and later become more thick and bland . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , he got sculpted and frescoed and painted and even woven into the bloody Bayeux tapestry dressed as a Norman soldier . |
| 4 | It can be a different matter where staff are overworked and underpaid and still expected to smile constantly . |
| 5 | Stunningly arranged and orchestrated and devastatingly sung , it changed our expectations of soul , indeed of all pop , forever . |
| 6 | I cooked and ate and even washed up ; tried to get into some music and resisted the temptation to open a bottle of wine . |
| 7 | I wondered who the young girl was , acting the doe for Henry 's buck , but I decided not to wait and see and promptly fled . |
| 8 | I said I would be good and thanked him , and then quite unexpectedly he bent down and kissed my cheek and turned and abruptly left . |
| 9 | He lifted Hyde 's right hand ; the fingers had been set and splinted and individually wrapped . |
| 10 | Despite the barrier of translation , his plays are known and enjoyed and regularly performed in many countries . |
| 11 | The policeman 's note had promised action some time during the next two or three days , which could no doubt be split into a fraction of a second for a data check to establish that Sampson was a worthy and responsible citizen and neither a pervert nor a dangerous lefty , and then many hours of waiting in a paper tray to be shunted and shuffled and finally put into an envelope . |
| 12 | Channel 4 took to their tents and sulked and even declined to accept live coverage while these rules remained in force . |
| 13 | It would certainly include : the physical lay-out of the houses we live in and of the settlements of which they form a part ; the general pattern of conventional procedures by which foodstuffs and other necessities of life are produced and distributed and finally consumed ; the way children are brought up ; the way tasks are allocated to different members of the household ; the ideas we have about the nature of reality and of the cosmos , our sense of what is the proper way to behave towards kin and neighbours and persons in authority ; the kinds of clothes and the styles of language which are appropriate to different occasions , etc . |
| 14 | The fortress at Silves has a courtyard that was lined and pinned and partly excavated by the time we arrived in the pouring rain to look at it . |
| 15 | They 'd clinked glasses and laughed and just cruised onto the dance floor as if they 'd known each other for years . |
| 16 | As a mother I warm to someone who observes that so many of the modern theories on childcare ‘ show utter contempt for women 's judgement ’ , and who points out that , when it comes to smacking , ‘ if we were talking about any other activity which was so widespread , people would say this was a method which was tried and tested and obviously worked . |
| 17 | So I rebelled and left and immediately put back the stone in weight . |
| 18 | Surprisingly , Tod is known and mocked and otherwise celebrated for his squeamishness . |
| 19 | the boy joined a Communist youth group , became more masculine and energetic , and participated in protest marches and picketing and even dared to wear the party button in school . |
| 20 | The whole company was arrested and held and then transferred to gaol in London , where Nayler was tried . |
| 21 | ‘ We had planned and plotted and fortunately found garages at the right points . |