Example sentences of "and [adj] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is admittedly no easy task , but it stimulates WACC to be vigorous and alert and makes it truly global . |
| 2 | and then getting all the the chassis numbers and that and welding them on to these stolen cars and Because what , you know , er Siobhan 's dad had a , bought a Montego and I do n't know how it came about but they discovered that erm it had a diff I mean it 's had a Maestro engine in it and it had this that and the other . |
| 3 | He sat for hours staring into a hand mirror , tilting it this way and that and bending his head . |
| 4 | erm fucking indoor murder ball , the seat , cushion and stuff like that , its fucking well out of order piss up games oh that 's right I think we played in , I think we played , you know that British bull dog thing ? , we managed to clear all the fucking the nappy chair this and the chairs out the way , we were playing this British bull dog sort of thing and the only thing , the only , the only difference was when you got caught , got , everybody was fucking giving you a few thumps in the arm , for good measure like , and we played about four of this and every time this cocky little son of a bitch did n't get caught , he was always the last person , so we fucking said , we said , me and this other guy 's that are in our troop and that er , we said right we 'll get him , so when , when everybody sort of go for it right just after the one person in the middle , said fucking just get this guy and fucking pin him down and do something to him right , we did n't , I think we said we 'd just get him , yeah that 's a good idea , so he 's gone right go and his mate he 's fucking took off two steps and there 's eight of us fucking dived on top of him , what the fucking , he 's struggling , get off you cunt so we pinned him down and at first we was just going to de-bag him in front of the women , we 've taken his boots off and his trousers and that and shave his bollocks , yeah the whole fucking yeah , it was like an audience , all that they sort of gathered up the chairs and the tables fuck have his bollocks shaved . |
| 5 | Sixty of them and put them out and make them into nice little lines and that and see what things you 'd have to multiply together to make twelve or what numbers you 'd multiply together cos it 'd be so many sets of like four sets of three or three sets of four . |
| 6 | with all this killing of children and that and burning them alive with flame throwers , what , what if this higher , high of command , why do n't he interfere |
| 7 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 8 | She felt hot and sticky and changed her clothes and put on a housecoat . |
| 9 | yeah , well I was gon na say those new five P's are but you see you just get the new five P's and low and behold they will produce something else |
| 10 | And low and behold you ca n't even get back into the kitchen because the kitchen is full of deadly fumes from the burning fat or er fat or oil within the chip pan . |
| 11 | PETER : What we 've discovered this week is the old instinct the Tories have always had for self preservation , the leadership ordained unity and low and behold there was unity . |
| 12 | The candle flame threw shadows , like paper-ash , thought Conrad , on to Lee 's face which was tired and childlike and rested its cheek on the pale-lemon linen of the pillow-slip . |
| 13 | His voice was immensely rich and strong and suited his heavy features and bearing . |
| 14 | The Enchantment of Slumber … gentle and strong and wrapping itself about you … |
| 15 | When we arrived half an hour later , all the canoes were unloaded from the trailer and we were all kitted-out with a helmet and life-jacket and given our canoe for the day . |
| 16 | ‘ I wanted to look pale and interesting and bowl him over with my sparkling wit ! ’ |
| 17 | Many a woman who considers herself kind , compassionate and unselfish has been horrified to catch a glimpse of something underlying that , something which is determined to catch and hold a person , which can be jealous and possessive and cares nothing at all for the claims of others . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 19 | The brightening of the interior mind needs a form of mandala ; so let us practise seeing colour and light and make our mind 's pictures full of colour . |
| 20 | We retrieved the dented , cracked , chipped and broken and repaired what we could and used it ourselves . |
| 21 | In 1982 the EEC limited production of CFCs 11 and 12 and cut their use in aerosols by 30 per cent . |
| 22 | Peacock clasped and unclasped and reclasped his hands in an embarrassment of humility and candour . |
| 23 | It was alleged by his widow that Thomas Flete , as agent of Clemens , ‘ … him feloniously slew and murdered and clove his head in four parties and gave him ten deadly wounds in his body and when he was dead they cut off one of his legs and one of his arms and his head from his body to make him sure ’ . |
| 24 | They are , as a rule , stunted in growth , ill-shaped , and frequently ill-formed in the chest ; they become prematurely old , and are certainly short-lived ; they are phlegmatic and bloodless and exhibit their debility of constitution by obstinate attacks of dyspepsia , and disorders of the liver and kidneys , and by rheumatism . |
| 25 | He turned and glared at her and for a moment she thought the old Georg was going to start carping and nagging and telling her what she ought or ought not to do . |
| 26 | If you feel very inhibited by the artificiality of the situation you will give a very inaccurate impression of the sort of person you really are , perhaps even overcompensating for nerves by being too gregarious and obvious and making it clear that you are not good at handling yourself in a social situation . |
| 27 | Their horses were saddled and waiting , their farewells to the prior and brothers already made , and Hugh just reaching for his bridle , when Nicol came trudging sturdily in at the gatehouse , soiled and bruised and hoisting himself along on a staff he had cut for himself in the forest . |
| 28 | Within days of taking office , she had invited Don Peters to explain the problems which had bedevilled the British vehicle plants during the sixties and seventies and to outline his company 's plan for the future . |
| 29 | peaceful and relaxed and enables you to go deeply within yourself and to feel very much in harmony with yourself with others who you do it with , and with the world in general . |
| 30 | It was old-fashioned and comfortable and suited me fine . |