Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [conj] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the advice of a friend , she applied for and got a freelance job with the BBC in Plymouth . |
| 2 | BSB 's original backers , who applied for and won the contract to broadcast from 31° West , signed to use MAC . |
| 3 | It asked for and received the help of the ruler of the Hohenstaufen ( Germanic ) Empire , Frederik 1 , known as Barbarossa ( ‘ Red Beard ’ ) who crossed the Alps and attacked Milan . |
| 4 | He asked for and received the resignations of his Cabinet ; it was not clear whether they included his own . |
| 5 | The existence of a strong Hellenizing party in Jerusalem , which asked for and obtained the support of the Seleucid king , explains what in Hellenistic terms was the exceptional behaviour of Antiochus IV . |
| 6 | The Leith Chamber of Commerce was instituted in 1840 and in 1852 the Directors petitioned for and obtained a Charter of Incorporation on their representation ‘ That the town of Leith is the principal seaport in the East of Scotland and it would tend much to the encouragement and promotion of the trade and manufacture already extensively established and carried on there , if the Petitioners were incorporated as a Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers , with the powers and privileges usually conferred on such bodies ’ . |
| 7 | Mayor Kropacek said : ‘ We must thank the Thun-Hohenstein family for having looked after and honoured the picture of the Annunciation for nearly half a century and for having now returned it , newly restored , to the church of the Holy Cross . |
| 8 | The question was not whether the judge had made a wrong decision but whether he had inquired into and decided a matter which he had no right to consider . |
| 9 | There the work was carried out until the L & B Railway had amalgamated with and leased a number of small lines , notably the Birmingham and Manchester , Liverpool and Manchester , and the South Staffordshire Railways . |
| 10 | Darwin 's thinking both drew upon and transcended the conventional ideas of his time . |
| 11 | I rang the club I was appearing at and informed the Con-Sec that Marta Cane would be appearing in place of Zoe Bond who was ill . |
| 12 | Crucial to the financial stability is the fact that Highlander is recognised as a non profit-making organisation , and as such it has successfully applied for and sustained a tax-exempt status from the Federal revenue agency . |
| 13 | In the case of solicitors , as well as the usual provisions common to most businesses , specific restrictions may , for example , be desired : ( 1 ) in relation to the operation of bank accounts ( more particularly drawings and transfers from client and trust accounts ) ; ( 2 ) to prohibit a partner from carrying on investment business at any time when the firm has not applied for and obtained an Investment Business certificate from the Law Society ; and ( 3 ) in relation to professional undertakings made in the name of the firm , perhaps by requiring the consent of another partner ( if not all partners ) or notice to the other partners . |
| 14 | It was second nature to him now to note the time by the illuminated dial of his electric bedside clock before he had switched on his lamp , a second after he had felt for and silenced the raucous insistence of the telephone . |
| 15 | Once ashore , the attacking force made for and took the remains of the Fao oil-export complex . |
| 16 | But I think the ingenuity of chemists and scientists and physicists and astronomers is such that , yes , we could do it — if we knew what we were looking for and had the right ideas . |
| 17 | He pawed at the Daily Telegraph but failed to find whatever he was looking for and lit a cigarette instead . |
| 18 | Metaphor lay coiled in the name sunflower , which not only turned towards but resembled the sun , the source of light . |
| 19 | This Agreement and its Schedule ( which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement ) constitute the entire agreement between the Publisher and the Programme for the writing of the Program , and supersede all earlier communications on that subject . |
| 20 | This Agreement and its Schedule ( which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement ) constitute the entire agreement between the Publisher and the Programme for the writing of the Program , and supersede all earlier communications on that subject . |
| 21 | My principal reason was a very subjective one : I had , as an undergraduate , met with and remained a firm friend of one of the leading Ibos , Sir Louis Mbanefo , who had been knighted by the British government when he became the Chief Justice of Eastern Nigeria . |
| 22 | Parliamentary proceedings , second thoughts about the drafting , and the addition of makeweight provisions , added to and varied the original core as the Bill progressed . |
| 23 | The Minster at Mittelzell is the chief church , built first just after 800 but added to and altered a number of times since ( 257 ) . |
| 24 | So the authors wrote the Workbook , and added to and updated the Student 's Book wherever there was space . |
| 25 | Three days later a wind came up and revived the fire which spread to and damaged the plaintiff 's land . |
| 26 | They simply made a raid on the first restaurant they came to and gave the proprietor fits . |
| 27 | turns , there , gets the header , Notts go in front , it was brilliantly made by and had the easiest of jobs and what a comeback it is , because Notts trailed by two in twenty minutes and now they lead three two against the side second in the first division table , who 've been run ragged in the second half , by a storming Notts comeback , brilliant , header . |
| 28 | Dobbie shared the islanders ' hardships and broadcast to and visited the people constantly . |
| 29 | I was going to and had no graph paper . |
| 30 | Not hers but his and the lovely woman he lived with but had no intention of marrying — yet , that was . |