Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Information Technology Sub-Committee has sought to make a contribution , and successfully put forward a reasoned scheme for the amendment of pleadings by non-coloured laserprinter which was subsequently adopted for a trial period within the Commercial Division under . |
| 2 | Nina resumed cracking nuts , adopting exactly the same grip on the hammer her mother had demonstrated , and successfully opened quite a few . |
| 3 | The insect may be 50 yards away , and so make only a tiny image on my retina . |
| 4 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |
| 5 | ‘ My mother was a very careful owner and only did about a thousand miles a year between the end of the war and 1962 . |
| 6 | Unless you are thinking of doing La Demande , put away your chocks and Friends and just take about a dozen quick-draws . |
| 7 | I stop my crying and just sit there a bit . |
| 8 | And just to put together a way that you can change it from a feature into a benefit , using either of those ways . |
| 9 | As Beatrice and Orage became lovers , she worked for the paper , assuming increasing importance editorially and soon writing about a third of the contents herself as reviewer , poet , satirist and literary adviser . |
| 10 | Two years later he bought the property ‘ out of love ’ from Verger for £280,000 , and promptly set about a £3m renovation that included a new restaurant , spacious kitchens employing 19 staff and 10 luxury bedroom suites affiliated to Relais et Châteaux . |
| 11 | The centres are essentially for advice and usually offer only a limited amount , if any , of further assistance . |
| 12 | There is no satisfactory treatment for herpes simplex infections and the best that can be offered is medication to ease the symptoms and possibly cut short an attack , and advice on how to cope with the problems that recurrent herpes brings . |
| 13 | From 1919 to 1948 she was secretary for social training there , and later published privately a booklet on its history . |
| 14 | She has a good sense of humour and also shares quite a few of my interests . |
| 15 | But last March AMD stole a tenth of this market within months of launching its version of the 386 , and now claims almost a third . |
| 16 | Chris bumped his head again while snorkelling and now has rather an impressive bandage ! |
| 17 | I 'm told that Brian Summers put up some money to get the company started and now has quite a significant slice of the Supersight action . ’ |
| 18 | It soon forced the back door out , and then took away a great part of his furniture . |
| 19 | With this lot , we 've got A add B , that 's one number , take away A minus B. That 's going to come to A add B , A take away A or A minus A and then take away A minus B , taking away A minus B is the same as adding a B. So the A take away A go out and this comes to two B. Now this is not using a long way , a long way round to do it . |
| 20 | That just comes to take away five , and then take away a plus one , take away one . |
| 21 | " Oh , lay off , " said Clelia , and pulled away from him , and skipped a few steps on the green short grass , and then did rather a professional cartwheel . |
| 22 | Thirdly , direct royal taxes were levied more frequently than ever before , often overlapping with papal dues , and sometimes occurring twice a year and at unprecedented rates , not just a fifth instead of a tenth , but in 1294 a half ! |
| 23 | I was horrified by these disclosures and indeed spent rather a troubled night reflecting on whether I had any duty to express my view . |
| 24 | The great drive for respectability , which was led by the trade papers and various film industry organizations , really took over the whole publicity campaign and again became almost a defining characteristic of British and especially American cinema . |
| 25 | He sighed , and softly wiped away a single tear with the tip of his finger . |
| 26 | The neck has been bound to include the fret ends , which is another nice touch as it looks tidier and actually adds quite a lot to the overall feel of the fingerboard . |
| 27 | I also removed a Building Society book in the name of Francis Maclean , which I reckoned had about £450 in the account , and an Access card in the same name which I rarely used and certainly had nearly a grand 's worth of credit on it . |