Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite warnings of impenetrable ice , the crew of Knox-Johnston 's boat , the Suhaili , found the fjord clear and continued up the more problematic Watkins Fjord , dodging icebergs to reach the starting point for the climbing section of the expedition . |
| 2 | Stephen Galway grabbed a superbly crafted winner with 11 minutes on the clock after a bizarre own-goal and cancelled out the Scot 's opener . |
| 3 | The Soviet parliament voted the address unconstitutional and set up a special committee , dominated by Communist hardliners , to send a formal appeal to the Russian parliament . |
| 4 | He would attempt the impossible and set up an airline from scratch in three months . |
| 5 | But Mrs Porter 's back was turned as she unplugged and packed up the vacuum cleaner , and the very private smile Tom telegraphed across the room to Belinda told her more than the most sweetly worded compliment could have done . |
| 6 | ‘ Be a dear and put out the cat ’ , ‘ This train timetable may help you ’ and so on . |
| 7 | However , if it was too weak and watered down a version of Presbyterianism for the Scots , it none the less proved far too rigid and alien for the majority of the English laity . |
| 8 | His attitude was childlike and brought out the full force of her anger against the vultures waiting beyond the door . |
| 9 | Improv provides business an professional users with a unique set of capabilities for dynamic viewing and analysis , and , for building spreadsheets that can be easily reused , modified and shared over a long lifecycle . |
| 10 | Furious that a rare kind word from Nathan Bryce could so easily demolish the façade of efficiency and confidence she had worked so desperately hard to maintain , she blinked hard and sucked in a deep breath . |
| 11 | She never moved as I nipped hard and winkled out the offending obstruction . |
| 12 | She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story . |
| 13 | She claims her alleged victim was confused and made up the whole story . |
| 14 | We papered the walls white and put up a border : with curtains and a lampshade to match , it only came to around £50 . |
| 15 | One of the victims of an alleged murder attempt has told a court how she was tied up , beaten and forced into a car which was then set alight and pushed over a hill . |
| 16 | It 's alleged the couple were kidnapped and forced into a car which was then set alight and pushed off a hill at Barrow Wake in Birdlip . |
| 17 | By contrast her bowl curled in a perfect arc from the left and finished up a foot from the target , keeling over on to its side . |
| 18 | The four set off along Brunel Road , following the tunnel wall until they passed the Labour Exchange then they veered left and picked up the road which ran alongside the river . |
| 19 | In both key stages 3 and 4 they should have the opportunity to present an extended piece of work that has been planned , drafted , revised and polished over a period of time . |
| 20 | Half way through the meal Taff produced a bottle of red wine scrounged from H.Q It certainly tasted good and set off the meal . |
| 21 | His tutorials were always stimulating and ranged over a variety of subjects . |
| 22 | Later on , his mother hoped , when William married and set up a household in his turn , he would make it like the royal one , a model of harmonious order . |
| 23 | Fen stopped short and pulled out a folded map from his pocket and spread it out before her , stabbing at it with his finger . |
| 24 | As the girl tilted her face up to her tall mother her hat fell off and , the mother 's fingers clasping the head , the hair came loose and fell down the black coat like a cascade of shining water , as soft-looking as a swathe of new mown grass . |
| 25 | Maybe it 's a pity that people have n't lost the head a bit ; that they have n't gone berserk and showed up the authorities for what they are — I do n't know , unfeeling , inhuman , unconcerned . |
| 26 | PREMIER John Major yesterday assured the Chancellor his job was safe and ruled out a festive Cabinet shake-up . |
| 27 | Bourne coloured and turned up the report . |
| 28 | Our own Nellie Button trained , qualified and took over the class . |
| 29 | Ba pe blamed ‘ Those damned Communists ’ , but Saw firmly believed that Aung San was responsible and stored up a grudge against him . |
| 30 | One of their sections had gone hog barmy and set up an operation that turned into a shoot-out in a friendly country with an apparently innocent citizen getting killed . |