Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitaker , a committed and active Guild member , recognised in Coburn a considerable talent and so offered him the not insubstantial opportunity to shape a BBC drama series from grass roots , by writing its pilot . |
| 2 | And the person who was going to lead them to this golden opportunity was the new driving force who had come to the fore and already earned himself the nickname of ‘ the Eddie Shah of News on Sunday ’ — Chris Walsh . |
| 3 | There was a story that she had once been married to a hollow cheeked Indian tour guide called Willy Wither who had taken us up the river and touchingly offered me the use of his very expensive camera ( ‘ A holiday without a camera is a terrible thing . ’ ) , |
| 4 | When Gibson and I left the office , Guy turned on me and bluntly told me the fate that would overtake me were I to steal one of his crews . |
| 5 | His father , foreman of the Headington Quarry morris ‘ side ’ for fifteen years , played him the morris tunes in the cradle , and later taught him the dances . |
| 6 | Nicklaus took note of Cathy 's instruction , and later gave her the credit when he found himself back to his old form in that week 's skins ' game . |
| 7 | Sir James set John Wordsworth up in the largest house in the High Street of Cockermouth , and later gave him the office of Coroner of Millom . |
| 8 | In line with the Group of Eight 's decision in December 1988 to offer fair treatment to Latin American debtors , Brazil in January 1990 proposed that debtor countries with payments imbalances or shortages of hard currency ( such as Bolivia , Ecuador and Peru ) should convert their debt into local currency to pay for Brazilian imports and to finance cross-border ventures , and also offered them the possibility of buying back debt at a discount . |
| 9 | As Granpa Charlie and I always had an apple for breakfast , the arrangement sorted out our own needs and also gave me the chance to sample what we were selling to the customers . |
| 10 | This lack of the courtier 's innate instinct for self-preservation — a characteristic he shared with his father — did not endear him to the aristocracy , and probably lost him the appointments he needed . |
| 11 | MGM were prepared to make the film as a star vehicle for him and originally offered him the role of Captain Bligh . |
| 12 | Taking a patronizing look at the newcomers , all aged only between seventeen and twenty and dressed in little check practice outfits , they decided that they looked childish and immediately nicknamed them the Tiller Babes . |
| 13 | You rewrote the letter after the original had been burned , had your version photocopied and then sent me the copy . |
| 14 | Annunziata , who had accepted the hug , made Julia get back into bed and then told her the whole story . |
| 15 | Once one way , cleaned it up and then did it the o opposite way . |
| 16 | Tremayne listened a bit and talked a bit and then gave me the receiver again . |
| 17 | He lost his seat in the election of 1955 , and then completed his The Future of Socialism , which I read at Windsor . |
| 18 | He muttered a number of unrepeatable oaths , most of which cast doubt upon my family history , and grudgingly handed me the money . |
| 19 | About to make a flippant reply , she checked herself and instead gave him the exact truth . |
| 20 | She feels that the experience of being a childminder helped her to get the job and certainly gave her the confidence to apply in the first place . |
| 21 | She had to make sure that she avoided him in the future and never gave him the chance to pull any more stunts like that ! |