Example sentences of "and [noun] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Dustin then started asking Mortimer and Yates what they thought of the play .
2 The Publicity Committee are planning to have on sale for the first time at Crystal Palace a range of metalled key-rings and pendants which they think will make very nice Christmas presents .
3 Jane saw her degree as a process of narrowing down , rather than a broadening out ; it shut out the creative , ‘ qualitative ’ aspect of her nature , and presented her with a set of rules and definitions which she had to conform to , or reject , but which she could not challenge .
4 To command the army , Saddam would rely on his own family and clans whom he had traditionally promoted .
5 The popularity of these films has been blamed for the emergence of Ninja gangs in Lusaka suburbs who wear black masks , carry home-made swords , iron bars , clubs and sticks which they use during burglaries and muggings .
6 This we define as the process of acquiring new knowledge and skills , and critically assessing the views and attitudes which you hold .
7 He plays up to them , producing shocking ideas and attitudes which he lets himself half believe .
8 Bobo ran to the back of her cage and Fifi had to scamper out of the way to save herself from being trampled , and then Bobo was storming back with a handful of straw and dung which she hurled at Donaldson before slamming herself into the bars and screaming loudly as they shook .
9 This allows her a degree of flexibility and freedom which she relishes .
10 After Her Majesty 's initial acceptance of the enterprise , Sir Herbert Morgan hosted a large private dinner party at the Savoy to which he , the Princess and Lutyens invited various mutual friends , authors and artists whom they wished to involve .
11 I 'm not forcing them to be anything because we have other bands and artists who we can force and push to success .
12 I remarked on the truculence , boorishness and dishonesty which I had encountered , routinely , in the hotel and in restaurants ; indeed , whenever I had had dealings with anyone in a public capacity .
13 The investigation of the language of popfiction is here conducted , in the author 's own words , at three levels : " a level of verbal choice and organisation , a level of narrative structure , and a level at which stylistic options and devices are related to the ideologies of manliness and womanliness which we either bring to our reading or derive from it " ( p. xi ) .
14 can sail into a beautiful old age with enthusiasm for hobbies , taking up new interests of all sorts and I 've taken up skiing after the age of fifty and I 'm , I feel I 'm getting on well with it and this fresh air and and you know , getting out and finding who you really are after , you know , looking after children is is a wonderful thing !
15 It 's the children crying to be fed , and having to get up in the morning and pawn whatever you 've got left to buy four rolls for breakfast or a kilo of sugar .
16 ’ — Then for your service to me thus far I will confirm you in the offices and estates which you held from Nogai . ’
17 Of course this is a self-destructive and lonely ‘ solution' ; Lucy herself admits that she has got caught up in a pattern of starving and bingeing which she is at the moment unable to see a way out of .
18 If children can be drawn into normal conversation with adults as they work together , the ideas and experience which they assimilate will begin to have more meaning for them .
19 ( This perhaps indicates that it was tactically inept in this case for the plaintiffs to seek to persuade the court that the whole package of information was confidential. ) 5 Whether additional protection should be afforded to an employer where the former employee is not seeking to earn his living by making use of the body of skill , knowledge and experience which he has acquired in the course of his career , but is merely selling to a third party information which he acquired in confidence in the course of his former employment Goulding J drew no such distinction .
20 The only doubt about this was raised by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 where the court specifically left open the question whether additional protection should be afforded to an employer where the former employee is not seeking to earn his living by making use of the body of skill , knowledge and experience which he has acquired but is merely selling the knowledge to a third party ( see p79 above ) .
21 We want to make the most of our membership , and create the sort of institutions and rules which we believe are in our best interests .
22 During the next few days , I hope you will all feel free to take part in our meetings and discussions which I am sure will assist us with our decision making .
23 At the end , I shall turn your attention to three accounts of the nature of consciousness by philosophers acquainted with AI , and contrast what they have to say with my own account .
24 and in fact the result of co-operation between Suffolk and Norfolk which I hope you know , both be recognized , I 'm sure it did
25 As information is extracted from the page the reader becomes less uncertain about the letters , words and meanings which it contains .
26 We ask , Lord , that they may have the grace and humility which their work requires , and that they may be able to walk closely with you , day by day .
27 Although one means of detachment from the world is a spiritual asceticism based upon a lack of material possessions , more common has been the desire to accumulate luxuries and objects which themselves signify the lack of any need to engage directly in productive labour .
28 But with a brother and sister whom she must look after for they had nothing left but her .
29 The first half-year was to he duty free and clear of all taxes " impositions and assessment whatsoever which may be imposed by act of Parliament or otherwise howsoever … "
30 Though she may be old now , Lady Amory has lost none of the original excitement and enthusiasm which she shared with Sir John , and , like a true gardener , she is constantly looking forward : ‘ I do n't think a garden is the thing to keep ; it 's not like furniture in a room or a house .
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