Example sentences of "and [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hardships that they faced and shared brought both family stresses and personal dilemmas , but their activities undoubtedly prolonged the strike in many places . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Presumably the synthetic oligonucleotide was taken up by the cells and became bound to the complementary sequence on the viral RNA . |
| 4 | He slid fifty feet down a chimney , and became wedged there . |
| 5 | I enjoyed the lessons a great deal , and became fascinated by Greek . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It preceded V42 and became incorporated in V42bis |
| 11 | Instead I closed him out , continued without him and became absorbed in my old routine . |
| 12 | When made into handbags , the leather ceased to exist as separate goods and became absorbed into the handbags . |
| 13 | The main independent cultural contribution of southern Italy in this period lay , however , in the sphere of philosophy : fifth-century followers of Pythagoras of Kroton , the mathematical and metaphysical theorist , formed themselves into ascetic cult-communities and became involved — sometimes violently — in the politics of the Italian poleis . |
| 14 | The crowd stirred and became involved . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Another , Thomas Wright , took on Rowley 's more routine business after 1715 , and became noted for his ‘ grand orreries ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The pots were heated and the essential oils rose in the steam and became lodged within the wool . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Rounding of broken ends was produced within 60 hours and became pronounced after 192 hours . |
| 23 | During the afternoon of 10th. a number of Bf109s from 7/JG 26 appeared and became engaged in a dogfight with intercepting Hurricanes . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | For the first time in the battle the French guns ceased their uncoordinated , spasmodic flea-biting and became welded into one concentrated , fearsome weapon . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Under the Rouxs , it was called Le Gamin and became known for inexpensive but elegant food in cramped surroundings . |
| 30 | 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 . |