Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 On Aug. 8 the British hostage John McCarthy was released in Beirut ; he was swiftly transported to the Syrian capital , Damascus , and thence flown back to the United Kingdom .
2 Red Lion Square , covering about half an acre at the most , and mostly taken up by the Great North Road , represents just the shrunken remains of a market place that once covered about five times that area .
3 But they stayed the longest in Baldersdale , apart from me of course , and eventually retired down to Hunderthwaite , down near the main road .
4 Therefore in the USA the methods of collective bargaining associated with the heyday of competitive capitalism were outmoded and eventually destroyed along with the breaking by employers of union control of the labour process .
5 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 .
6 Other research suggested they might become concentrated , churned around in the waves and eventually deposited back along the beaches and banks of local estuaries .
7 Some may have regretted the excursion and eventually turned back for home .
8 In another murder case , after a 19-year-old youth had been found guilty of a stabbing murder in Oakley Street , a woman who had given crucial evidence against him was ill-treated by neighbours and eventually turned out of her Oakley Street home amidst ‘ a terrible scene ’ .
9 Keiran served in the US Air Force , fought the Pentagon to prevent being posted to Vietnam and eventually ended up at Salford studying under the G.I. Bill of Rights , all paid for by Uncle Sam .
10 He had served for many years in India , where he was awarded the VC for action during the Mutiny and eventually ended up as Commander in Chief .
11 After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor .
12 Erm the remaining seventy two percent are entirely separate from this and obviously that 's a a very important point to bear in mind when you consider the level of allocation that 's been made first of all , and secondly the likelihood that if that is successful , first of all if it 's approved , if it 's recommended by the panel and eventually taken on by the county , and secondly if happens , then it is likely that it will result in skewing of the workforce even more towards the manufacturing sector of the economy and would in our view be contrary to the aim of diversification of the economic base .
13 The system is thoroughly tested and eventually handed over to the user .
14 ‘ He put me on the spot and eventually pulled out of the deal as much as I did .
15 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 .
16 ( b ) Procedure It is of vital importance that the procedures to be adopted in the case of an expulsion are clearly and effectively laid down in the partnership agreement and that they are observed to the letter .
17 This in effect meant that PFF actually did 45 sorties , but please to remember that few Pathfinder aircrew elected to opt out at the 45 mark and most carried on to the magic 60 , And further take note that over 100 PFF aircrew managed the ton ( 100 sorties ) .
18 Weber looked thoughtfully out at , the battle-torn cavern , and slowly reached out to the ship 's telegraph , ringing up the order to start engines .
19 Professor Dyos ' study of Camberwell was the first in a series of examinations which have enabled us to see how the ubiquitous terraced streets of our great cities were laid out and slowly built up in a highly complex way , for a whole series of social and economic reasons .
20 Shiona gripped the steering-wheel and squeezed her eyes shut and slowly counted up to ten .
21 He swung the binoculars towards the ranks of spectators on either side of the 18th fairway , and slowly traversed back to the tee .
22 Old Nebbins felt hurt and slowly set off towards .
23 I tell you I was flabbergasted and right terrified out of my wits .
24 Lambert nursed his coughing , shaking aircraft back to the field and thankfully touched down on the first available yard of turf .
25 It was bulky and badly tied up with paper and string but Sarah did n't need to feel it to know what it was .
26 Scots-born ( in Elgin ) , educated at Aberdeen University , qualifying as a CA , then joining Alcan Aluminium , he realised his experience and qualifications were ‘ quite narrow ’ and so headed off to Manchester Business School and an MBA which then took him into international consultancy with McKinsey .
27 Horses and litopterns happened to exploit four-legged galloping , and so ended up with almost identical legs .
28 Kangaroos happened to exploit two-legged hopping , and so ended up with their own uniquely ( at least since the dinosaurs ) massive hind legs and tail .
29 I wanted to be accepted by those around me , and so joined in with their stories of soldiering , sex and drinking prowess .
30 Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 per cent of fuel , and so cut back on carbon dioxide .
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