Example sentences of "[noun] and [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was , we were told , a butcher from Thaxted who joined a gang of baddies and eventually landed up in York jail , where he was hanged for horse stealing . |
| 2 | Other research suggested they might become concentrated , churned around in the waves and eventually deposited back along the beaches and banks of local estuaries . |
| 3 | Keith Mills and Mike Timothy took to the water , made waves and generally splashed out for charity when they took part in the BT Swimathon in March . |
| 4 | ‘ What do you find to do , out all day ? ’ asked my mother , who only ventured out with a specific purpose in mind and always got back at the time she had decided she would . |
| 5 | Those who believe Gerstner is a good choice for IBM point to his skill at cutting corporate expenses and willingness to pare payrolls , implying that IBM is a good but bloated company and conveniently forgetting that Akers cut IBM 's payroll by 25% and still ended up with unacceptable results . |
| 6 | He was handed over to local army units and then driven around in an armoured car for three days to prevent Securitate units discovering his whereabouts . |
| 7 | They had a long discussion on the longevity of seeds and no doubt Kalm delighted in the Dictionary and later set out in his Diary a splendid commendation : |
| 8 | He suddenly dropped a quick kiss on her startled lips and then bounded off up the stairs , and Jenna was left with his briefcase in her hand , her expression stunned . |
| 9 | It is simple work and easily got on with . |
| 10 | As soon as one patch of vegetables is cleared , the soil is revitalised with compost and a handful of organic fertiliser and lightly pricked over before replanting . |
| 11 | William Gray , junior , the older son , had a nursery garden in Fulham , at Parson 's Lane , later Peterborough Road , but the better known Fulham garden of the period was the one established before 1700 by the elder William Gray and later taken over by Christopher . |
| 12 | He opened up a 24.8 seconds advantage over Jackson at the half distance refuelling halt and never looked back on a course which measured just over 190 miles in length . |
| 13 | The Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , chaired by Lord Diamond and originally set up by the Wilson government in 1974 to appease the unions over a wealth tax , made a series of oracular judgements which confirmed the progress which was generally assumed . |
| 14 | Just as the classical and baroque triumphed in the design of state capitols and ultimately fed back into railway stations , so did Australia cling to forms which had never entirely been superseded as the official architectural language of imperialism . |
| 15 | could n't help thinking if it was modern day a woman that 's manically depressed dreamt that , dreamt she had , she was definitely mental , she would be stuck in a a mental home and just kept under with er |
| 16 | She took the flowers from her hair and carefully stepped out of the tunic . |
| 17 | As a result of this change I was ‘ promoted ’ chairman and virtually cut off from any effective direction of the company . |
| 18 | The companies found this a major block to their activities and eventually pulled out from the area : ‘ The companies never officially admitted that they were leaving , just sort of let their prospecting licences lapse … the reason they departed was because they could n't see any way that they could effectively operate with such total opposition . |
| 19 | The unfair element is that the AFBD has been obliged to extricate itself from a CFTC hole largely dug by the Securities and Investments Board and imperfectly filled in by the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 20 | Jane is an abductee , someone who believes they have been forcibly abducted by aliens , spirited up to spaceships and physically experimented on in various alarming ways ( rectal probing , artificial insemination , induced premature births ) . |
| 21 | Beaten 16 times in the last 17 years over the 4 mile Putney to Mortlake course and virtually written off by the bookies , the Light Blues insist they can turn the tide . |
| 22 | Lambert nursed his coughing , shaking aircraft back to the field and thankfully touched down on the first available yard of turf . |
| 23 | Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain . |
| 24 | She constantly pestered him with telephone calls , messages and even turned up at his home . |
| 25 | Flares on carts and boats , horses stamping , men shouting , loose herrings flying all over the place and quickly snatched up by children and men . |
| 26 | A similar amendment had been introduced in the Commons and quickly voted down by the government . |
| 27 | Some may have regretted the excursion and eventually turned back for home . |
| 28 | His work done , Nation collected his fee and promptly set off in search of other work , as did any other jobbing writer . |
| 29 | After breaking the windows , enraged by the early departure of the guests , the mob set fire to two meeting places and then moved on to Priestley 's house . |
| 30 | He 'd worked in Japan and married there , been bureau chief in South Africa and then taken over as the AP 's chief Middle East correspondent in Beirut . |