Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preserved and operational steam-driven Severn Valley Railway between Bewdley and Bridgnorth crosses the river at this point via a cast-iron bridge built by Thomas Brassey in 1862 . |
| 2 | Sheffield United have been trapped by the candid camera too often in the past and Bassett thinks the prying lens is wrong in all sorts of ways . |
| 3 | On the contrary , the poetry of Von Platen , Mörike and Heine attests the continuing influence of ancient Greece at a high level of poetic achievement . |
| 4 | The hotel incorporates the former home of Josiah Wedgwood and QMH wants the hotel to be a showcase for the work of the potteries . |
| 5 | I squelch upstairs to the flat after my half-hour walk , and Kenneth answers the door with his specs on the end of his nose and the now permanent book in his hand . |
| 6 | This tragedy , however , did not dull their passion for skiing and Sarah remembers the early rivalry for supremacy on the slopes . |
| 7 | ‘ The game is about guts and determination and the drive not to lose , and Sarah has the instincts to go for those shots , ’ said Jones . |
| 8 | When she returns to Pierre and Claire , they are unwilling to believe what she claims has happened but they drive with her back to the field and Maria finds the opening in the wheat where he is lying . |
| 9 | The 1991 season is full of promise with the Under 13 's off to a good start and Jim expects the Under 15 's to finish in the top halp of the Paisley District League . |
| 10 | ‘ The most usual way of buying a new detached house in France , Belgium and Germany involves the house buyer working closely with the builder of his choice on finding a site , raising the finance , developing the design and choosing the materials , ’ she says . |
| 11 | The use of side ponds at Foxton and Watford reduces the loss of water due to the passage of a boat to a minimum of one half of a lock full of water . |
| 12 | ‘ Nicole comes into the workrooms , selects the cloths , and Kylie makes the decisions and then I make them to order , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I ring up Richard , and Richard says the only time I can see you is seven o'clock Tuesday night , and I 've got no appointment . |
| 14 | I had also been very friendly with Jeff Jukes and Max Hole ( Max is the managing director of Warner Brothers and Jeff manages the Fixx and Rupert Hine , a very established producer ) . |
| 15 | AD 695 , and Bede mentions the intention of a Mercian to sell a Northumbrian slave to a Frisian merchant in London in AD 679 . |
| 16 | The two shepherdesses are up until two o'clock each morning looking after ailing animals , and Small tours the farm continually during daylight hours , checking on the progress of lambing and giving help wherever it 's needed . |
| 17 | MAJESTIC MOMENT : 1958 and Frankie meets the Queen at London 's Old Vic Theatre |
| 18 | Now , with the influx of newcomers , the population is rising again and Kilham has the air of an active community which appreciates its roots . |
| 19 | For example a potential 3,000 house settlement between Cambridge and Ely offers the best means to provide more housing . |
| 20 | If Peterson throws the blame entirely on Moriarty , and Moriarty renders the story plausible by remaining silent ( cooperating with his erstwhile and , as it turns out , treacherous friend ) , Moriarty gets a heavy jail sentence while Peterson gets off scot-free , having yielded to the Temptation to defect . |
| 21 | The development of the Marxist theory of ideology after Marx and Engels pursues the logic of Marx 's epistemology in two directions . |
| 22 | Volunteers worked on research alongside their paid counterparts and Burley recalls the hundreds of Spanish and Portuguese POCs on whose behalf Amnesty worked at that time . |
| 23 | With FA Cup final vouchers being distributed tonight a big crowd is expected , and Crosby believes the fans can play their part in encouraging a matchwinning performance . |
| 24 | The basis of his theory of democracy is a theory of capitalist enterprise , and Schumpeter emphasizes the connection not only by discussing the historical relation between capitalism and democracy , but by treating political parties as analogous to business concerns engaged in a competitive struggle ( for power in one case , profits in the other ) the aim of which for each party/enterprise is to increase its share of the market ( constituted by voters or consumers ) . |
| 25 | But the inner reformation demanded that we abandon our old earth-bound modes of perception and Hilton uses the metaphor of the pilgrimage to depict this process . |
| 26 | Oldfield off he goes again on another march forward Thomson no free kick given Pearce in possession he clashes with Agnew and Oldfield brings the ball down . |
| 27 | The paper by Fitz , Edwards and Whitty examines the philosophy and operation of the Assisted Places Scheme . |
| 28 | Indeed , Dorinda now advises other women to recognize that beauty can not be made to last , and Leapor closes the poem urging women to improve themselves spiritually so that old age will be satisfying : |
| 29 | For instance , in the very first passage it gives a much better explanation of what all the excitement is about when a messenger arrives hotfoot telling of the habitual ‘ skirmish of wit ’ between Beatrice and Benedict provides the comedy with its starting-point , as in the play itself . |
| 30 | As Frank takes to the skies in a light aircraft , his instructor collapses from a heart attack , and Frank bounces the plane off a road , sticks his leg out , spirals from 3,000 feet to a mere 250 feet , and narrowly misses the control tower . |