Example sentences of "and [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DTFS , the Desktop File System , halves the normal 60Mb of disk space ( and 40Mb more for networking ) normally required for feature rich implementations of Unix with the inclusion of transparent data compression and ‘ a revolutionary disk media layout ’ . |
| 2 | When we were all off-duty of an evening , Rosemary and I would get ourselves done up in our civvies ( strictly forbidden ) , and with our greatcoats and hats on to fool the eagle eye of the duty NCO in the Waaf Picquet Post , totter down the drive to await the arrival of the boys in the car . |
| 3 | Just get some knife and forks out for me . |
| 4 | Paul smiles , raises his own thumb and ducks out of the room . |
| 5 | So you thought gliding was a pleasant way of spending leisure time away from the cares and woes down on the ground . |
| 6 | It starts at the bottom line and scans across to ‘ see ’ what colours have been placed in this row of squares . |
| 7 | Increasing failure to grow enough food on the part of farmers leads to a decline in productivity through a lack of energy and malnutrition particularly at times of peak labour demand , and an attempt to substitute less soil-conserving crop rotations . |
| 8 | A CABINET seat has long been mooted for Virginia Bottomley , who is unique in managing to elicit praise and admiration even from the die-hard male chauvinists in her party . |
| 9 | Forests , coniferous , deciduous and mixed , sometimes in villages and large cities , often hunting by day for mammals up to the size of a red squirrel and birds up to the size of a Hazelhen. 24 in. ( 61 cm . ) . |
| 10 | Woodland , 26 , watched by rugby league clubs Bradford Northern and Hull early in the season , has been out for over a month with a broken right hand . |
| 11 | She pulls her own shirt and T-shirt out of her jeans , seizes Rainbow 's hand , and draws it underneath . |
| 12 | We hope that by including a variety of cases we can inspire individuals and groups all over the country to take up arms on behalf of a threatened building in their neighbourhood . |
| 13 | BCAR Chairman Steve Challis welcomed delegates from museums and groups all over the UK to the meeting , explaining that he thought BCAR to be ‘ probably one of the smallest groups in the BAPC ’ . |
| 14 | There are two important cut-off points ; at a rate of above 10 ventricular ectopic beats per hour the mortality increases steeply to above 20% and plateaus out at a rate of 30 per hour associated with a 1-year mortality of 30% . |
| 15 | Life table analysis showed 1 , 2 , and 5 year survival rates of 57% , 31% , and 17% respectively for the whole group . |
| 16 | Dear old Martha had much of the milk of human kindness about her ; she had pensioners who shared with her such things as she had : one was a lame robin redbreast , who came and sat on a bush opposite the door till he was fed ; another was a pigeon whose cot was quite a mile away : she too looked for a meal on every visit , and after gathering her crop-full , would wing her flight over the fields and houses home to her cot . |
| 17 | Mr Khasbulatov said he preferred the idea of early , simultaneous elections for president and parliament instead of Mr Yeltsin 's referendum . |
| 18 | But the country was quite aware of the benefits of home production , and Parliament together with the indefatigable Elizabeth became desirous to " … that benefit State might reap by making Copper in her Realm therebye to be provided of a Competent Store for her necessary without being beholden to forragne Princes her Neighbours … " |
| 19 | For a millennium or so the Bugis have followed the monsoon trading cycle — surging east on the west monsoon all the way to Aru , at the forbidding lip of New Guinea 's swamps , and west again on the east monsoon beyond Borneo all the way to Sumatra . |
| 20 | Despite the cost , many measure their distance from London in time , and corridors along the main lines north and west out of the capital compete very favourably with traditional Metroland and Southern electrified territory . |
| 21 | I thought they could stick fish and weed on to their bits of tie dying , use the tie dying as a |
| 22 | Star ratings , based both on equestrian and accommodation standards , run from a white one where there are well kept horse and ponies only to a purple one which offers farmhouse fare of a high standard , and where riding facilities include an indoor and outdoor riding school . |
| 23 | Clara could never understand why others did not repay her contempt with contempt — why , for instance , the church-goers and novel-readers and fillers in of football coupons and motorbike owners in the area did not possess the courage of their convictions and gang up on Mrs Maugham 's massive disapprobation . |
| 24 | There might be no ready and easy solution to the problems that taxi drivers face , but there are those , such as the Peace Train organisation , who have taken up the taxi drivers ' case and are concerned to alter public opinion and attitudes generally in Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | Sometimes they presuppose background knowledge which teachers do not possess ; very often they demand approaches and attitudes quite at variance with those held by an average teacher . |
| 26 | And Swindon back in action tomorrow against bottom of the table Birmingham at St. Andrews . |
| 27 | Fame and Glory now at Cheltenham Race course . |
| 28 | It is just past midnight and many of the cadets from Old College are guarding well-concealed patrol bases in remote valleys and woods up in the Welsh hills near Sennybridge . |
| 29 | Yes , he is arrogant , addressing players , directors and interviewers alike as ‘ young man ’ , whatever their age . |
| 30 | Sweepers raked the dirt and dung away from the front of stalls ; a muezzin called from the minaret of a nearby mosque ; chai wallahs pulled their blankets closer around them and lit their burners to boil the first tea saucepan of the day . |