Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dilators were removed and the introducer sheath inserted into the gall bladder and secured by inflating a small ( 1 ml ) baloon or by deploying a helical plastic anchor . |
| 2 | Under a local anaesthetic , a whisk-like device will be passed down a fine tube into the gall bladder and rotated at 30,000 revolutions a minute , mincing the gallstones to a paste which is then sucked out through a tube . |
| 3 | A unique mechanism , incorporated within the wheel and made in cupro-nickel , ensures perfect tensioning . |
| 4 | Drivers of both groups said that drunken passengers were a problem : they ‘ messed about ’ in the car , grabbed the steering wheel and pulled on the handbrake . |
| 5 | The jeep continued to bounce and surge along the rutted , forlorn track that led , Robyn prayed , to the barn and to help , for several more minutes , while she gripped the wheel and perched on the edge of her seat , peering through the rain for any signs of civilisation . |
| 6 | Large figurines mainly thrown on the potter 's wheel and decorated in vase-painter 's technique are known from several Greek sites in the late Bronze Age ; and this may be a line where we shall one day be able to trace continuity of production through the dark ages . |
| 7 | Poverty amongst the lower classes was an expected and accepted facet of societal structure and education was rarely of a good standard , being intended for a lowly station in life , laced with religion and related to prescribing the sanctity of the sabbath . |
| 8 | A fine draughtsman and noted expert in perspective , he was the first president of the Liverpool Society of Arts and exhibited in London at the Society of Artists . |
| 9 | She gained medals and prizes which enabled her , at age 15 , to go to Paris where she was accepted into the free Ecole des Beaux Arts and studied under the most eminent French artists and sculptors . |
| 10 | They are not to be looked at in isolation and followed to the letter , but if you 're not sure about style , they will give you some useful ideas . |
| 11 | Under the new scheme , CFCs and water are mixed in a reaction furnace and heated with a high-frequency electric current to about 10,000 degrees Centigrade , at which point electrons are stripped from the atoms to form a plasma . |
| 12 | A convoy of four low-loaders carrying the dismantled D furnace and accompanied by a police escort set out from Brymbo for the docks yesterday . |
| 13 | Dickens ' timeless story , now coming up to its 146th Christmas , has been adapted with affection by David Holman and directed with dash by Gwenda Hughes . |
| 14 | Cassettes were reviewed and discussed in type-written fanzines and distributed in the same manner as cassettes , hand to hand . |
| 15 | Any substance can be converted into a homoeopathic remedy and used in this way . |
| 16 | reprints from the stereotype plates of the double-columned Cheap Edition , with a different frontispiece and bound in pictorial green glazed boards . |
| 17 | The meeting was held at Halling Institute and was presided over by T.H. Baker Esq. , C.C. and supported by Messrs. M.B. Parrington , T. Hollands , A.F. Bowker etc . |
| 18 | I 'd read an article by Jon Mendlesohn in Rolling Stone , which emanated from a trip he took to Los Angeles the year before , which must have been about 1970 , that said that there was this guy who did weird songs and dressed up in dresses . |
| 19 | 721 at the earliest and dedicated to Aelfwald , king of East Anglia , who died in 749 , describes Aethelbald as of a famous progeny , whom Ceolred drove into exile and pursued ( Vita Guthlaci , chs 40 , 49 ) . |
| 20 | Originating from an initiative by the Lothian Headteachers Association and named after Robert Reid , a past headmaster in Lothian , the fellowships are offered as secondments for a term by the Region . |
| 21 | Following a nationwide survey of 1,042 punters commissioned by the Betting Office Licensees Association and conducted by Gallup , Tom Kelly , director general of BOLA , said : ‘ If the Government move quickly we could have evening opening in the summer . |
| 22 | ( Yeah — and i just called our national football association and called for tickets to USA'94 — no problemo — so i guess i will be travelling with a friend or three … ) |
| 23 | This lifeboat , which cost £100 , was presented to the Isle of Man District Association and stationed at Castletown . |
| 24 | One of Minton 's lithographs , Jamaica , was printed under the auspices of the Artists ' International Association and sold at four guineas , with discount for schools and institutions . |
| 25 | Detlef Starck and Ralf Nielebock , both from Dusseldorf , are in North Wales on a visit arranged through the International Police Association and aimed at improving links between different forces . |
| 26 | In accordance with a request from the Association of Charity Officers , it is confirmed that an amount of £5,000 from public funds provided through the Association of Charity Officers has been received by the Association and utilised for provision of physiotherapy equipment for the new Therapy Wing at Sussexdown . |
| 27 | But the residents resisted and formed themselves into a community association and negotiated with the council to save their homes . |
| 28 | On the afternoon of Saturday 12 September 1992 as part of a city-wide event organised by the Cockburn Association and sponsored by PSA Projects , the Causewayside Building was open to visits by the general public . |
| 29 | If only … but she pulled herself sternly out of such wishful thinking and prepared to continue her journey . |
| 30 | Father-of-three Sam never forgot her kindness and popped in every day for FORTY YEARS to chat and do odd jobs . |