Example sentences of "and [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The wind grabbed him under the arms and flipped him outwards and back as it had the torn raven banner already . |
| 32 | she left that and she 's gone to do her midwifery and now when she gets the other day she was looking at old pay slips God , she must have been an idiot to give up a sister 's post cos she said her wages have dropped terrible to do this course ! |
| 33 | It had been sheer vanity that had made Fran call at the exclusive boutique on the way home from work , and now as she studied the dress she wondered if that vanity had bordered on madness ! |
| 34 | And even after we spent the night together you were still busy distrusting me . |
| 35 | I ease a few points ahead , Martin puts in a break of 12 , I confidently reply with one of 13 , and even before we reach the colours Martin is beginning to display the McEnroic aspect of his game that always encourages opponents . |
| 36 | In 1927 Welford Beaton was left in no doubt that the motion picture was ‘ a throbbing , living , human thing ’ after Janet Gaynor 's performance in Frank Borzage 's Seventh Heaven and especially by her grief as her husband left for the war ; Beaton had cried at the time and even as he wrote the spell was not broken . |
| 37 | He said the men had threatened his life , and even as he drove the victim to the beauty spot where the gang waited , one had been hiding in the boot of his car with a shotgun . |
| 38 | Despite the large profits made by the industry , only four of the 26 companies involved will provide bait to the fishermen , and even when they do the amount supplied is grossly inadequate . |
| 39 | Herluin , when finally he did touch , touched as if the vellum might burn him , timidly and convulsively , and even when he had the book open , for better or worse , agonized a few moments over where to choose on the page , shifting from recto to verso and back again before settling . |
| 40 | But then even if they do that and even if they get the franchise , they 're not going to be able to say , we can now hold on to it for five , or seven , years , however long the franchise is going to be , because if another bidder comes along in the meantime and says , we rather like this ourselves , they 'll be thrown off . |
| 41 | " Why did n't you use anything ? " is a familiar question , and there are various explanations — getting pregnant may have an unreal quality about it , something which younger teenagers in particular may feel , and even if they know the risks they assume that they 'll be lucky . |
| 42 | We feel quite like VIPs , although it is really the only practicable way of travelling , since the Institute is a couple of miles away , and even if we had the energy to cycle ( as all the Chinese do ) I do n't think we would have the time . |
| 43 | If he lands on a tree or on the ground he sticks in like a dart , and even if he survives the impact he wo n't be able to free himself easily . |
| 44 | It 's not very common during pregnancy , and even if it occurs the effect on the baby can either be slight or very serious , when it 's a tragedy . |
| 45 | And even if you tore the guarantee up and threw it away erm a you 've still statutory rights , anyway , given to you under the Sale of Goods Act . |
| 46 | She looked alarmed , and even though I knew the significance of this rite , because Nour had told me , for a moment I shared her confusion , her small anxiety at the thought of the violence of that long-past nuptial night . |
| 47 | It 's us that promoted and surely if we created the situation it might work in our favour but it I mean it ca n't be very pleasant for other people |
| 48 | What we hope to be able to do is to complete the requirement the staff target this year and set in train some industrial studies to see what the various options are and then once we enter the production investment phase then that would be the time that we would er look to doing the development work . |
| 49 | And then when we had the brainstorm , as I said . |
| 50 | This was a bar that er went under the bomb like that when they fastened them up , and then when they dropped the bombs this bar was in a clip , like where me finger is , i in a clip so when they released them it dropped out of this clip the bar went as well of course , down that went down went the bomb drop bars with it used to be make them day and night and things like that and er of course there was er Bloxwich Lock and Stamping we used to do odd stamping , odd forgings and things li and er that was other part of the war work . |
| 51 | What happens is folk , folk treat it as a diet and then when they stop the diet , they stop the habit |
| 52 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 53 | poor Derek , I mean I do n't know whether Derek 's away , did n't bother to come up on , if if he did n't bother to come Friday well he 's still laying on the bench , but if it 's Jack you see , the other day she well give did you ask him , I said no I do n't mention it till Friday to him and then when I get the next one I 'll say well is it this week 's or last week 's ? |
| 54 | Now the sides of the hold and the , the chains used go down , they did n't have wires they had chains go down and with a big ring on the top and then when you 'd the door out , knock the pin out and the door would drop down the mud and cos the ship would come up because she got two side tanks on er a tank each side to bring the ship out of the water . |
| 55 | And then when you turn the engine off your battery 's full and restored and you got to start it |
| 56 | and then when you get the to the end of it all you sa you say and they sell that for an eighth of a price that you charge for your bloody beer ! |
| 57 | ‘ All that Wordsworthian waffle , and then when you meet the people all they want to do is hop on the bus and off to the nearest bright lights . ’ |
| 58 | And then as we approached the tube station the arm around me again and erm and he |
| 59 | And then as they passed the Odeon cinema the man lunged at him with his walking stick beating him over the head and arms . |
| 60 | Strange 's outburst was directed at a cameraman who clicked as he addressed the ball , and then as he reached the top of the backswing . |