Example sentences of "and [verb] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He read widely in all spheres of learning and became inspired with the idea that he had a mission to introduce the learning of western Europe to his countrymen in Serbia .
2 Presumably the synthetic oligonucleotide was taken up by the cells and became bound to the complementary sequence on the viral RNA .
3 I enjoyed the lessons a great deal , and became fascinated by Greek .
4 The right of the painter to move around an object and combine various views of it into a single image , first stated in writing by Metzinger in 1910 and elaborated a few months later by Allard , was quickly adopted by most critics as a central feature of the style , and became related to the conceptual or intellectual aspect .
5 Practically every device of the movies started as a special effect and became assimilated into the everyday language of film , just like metaphor in language .
6 It seemed that the detailed pattern of the embryo was laid down in the egg and became partitioned during cleavage , thus supporting Weissman 's claim .
7 Some bacteria , such as the one that causes syphilis , have flagellae ; and it seems likely that flagellae and cilia originated as parasitic bacteria which , instead of causing disease , remained and became incorporated into the cell as the relationship was mutually beneficial .
8 It preceded V42 and became incorporated in V42bis
9 When made into handbags , the leather ceased to exist as separate goods and became absorbed into the handbags .
10 Instead I closed him out , continued without him and became absorbed in my old routine .
11 What had apparently happened was that , faced with persecution , the committed witches had formed themselves into small clandestine groups and became separated from each other .
12 Another , Thomas Wright , took on Rowley 's more routine business after 1715 , and became noted for his ‘ grand orreries ’ .
13 All biological life thus adapted its metabolism to the level of solar warmth , and became adjusted to the strength of solar radiation prevailing at the time .
14 The pots were heated and the essential oils rose in the steam and became lodged within the wool .
15 In 1891 came the publication of African Aphorisms , or Saws from Swahililand , an annotated collection of some 600 proverbs ; the work ( reissued in 1924 ) provided an outlet for his immense erudition , and became recognized as a classic in the domain of Swahili studies .
16 Thomas of Sandwich subsequently became mayor of Bordeaux in 1289 , and became embroiled in a dispute with the burgesses which led to an appeal to the Parlement of Paris ; his place as seneschal of Ponthieu was taken by Richard de Pevensey .
17 Young people were afraid , wondering if they would have time to have their children , and became agitated at the racheting-up of international tensions in East and West .
18 Rounding of broken ends was produced within 60 hours and became pronounced after 192 hours .
19 During the afternoon of 10th. a number of Bf109s from 7/JG 26 appeared and became engaged in a dogfight with intercepting Hurricanes .
20 He then moved to Westminster as a consulting engineer and became engaged in the survey , design , and construction of many large schemes for canals , railways , docks , and harbours , including those at Port Talbot , Ipswich , Penzance , and Neath .
21 He began at left-back , but it was on the right that he really excelled and became recognised as a quality player by friend and foe alike .
22 Some of the structures simply ended , hanging in space ; others terminated in smaller versions of the main station , like a cluster of eggs carried on the leg of an insect ; still others , following their skewed paths , met and became united with each other , producing strange hybrids .
23 For the first time in the battle the French guns ceased their uncoordinated , spasmodic flea-biting and became welded into one concentrated , fearsome weapon .
24 At first he lived in Naples and became acquainted with Sir William Gell , the excavator of Pompeii , Edward Dodwell [ qq.v. ] , and other archaeologists and collectors .
25 Under the Rouxs , it was called Le Gamin and became known for inexpensive but elegant food in cramped surroundings .
26 Pan Am , the third US carrier to cease operations in 1991 , was founded in 1927 and became known for expanding air routes to south America and pioneering US air travel to the Far East .
27 Some of the poems were written down and became known to the outside world before the end of the eighteenth century .
28 The Danish invasion took place in A.D. 787 , and one Danish ruler , called Egbert , succeeded as King of Wessex , in A.D. 802 ; becoming overlord of Cornwall and Devonshire in 815 ; then King of Kent in 825 , and became known as King of the English , in 829 .
29 The work on the atomic bomb , which had been carried on in the British Isles , was transferred , in 1943 , to the United States of America , and became known as the ‘ Manhattan Project ’ .
30 Following its days of silk production , it was turned over to piano making , and became known as the Evans Piano Factory .
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