Example sentences of "and [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McMillan was kept in hospital overnight as a precaution and was in a great deal of pain with his dislocated shoulder , plus the cuts and bruises he had to suffer . |
| 2 | The skills and cultures they developed sustained them in a harsh living , and gave them a lasting , non-destructive role in Arctic ecology . |
| 3 | We are delighted and thrilled with the enthusiasm and ingenuity you have displayed while producing a grand total of over £2,500 . |
| 4 | The person brought up in the city who has a natural and instinctive knowledge of the curative properties of herbs and wild flowers ; the person who experiences déjà vu or the one who seems to recognize a ‘ stranger ’ although the two have never met before ; the person born with talents he has not had time to acquire — is it not a possible explanation of the genius of such prodigies as Mozart that he actually brought with him skills and talents he had learnt in a previous lifetime ? |
| 5 | Shopping for floorcoverings has never been easier either ; all the major d-i-y superstores stock a huge range of sheet and tile materials ( plus all the tools and accessories you need to lay them ) , and if you ca n't find what you want there , you can always turn to specialist flooring suppliers for help . |
| 6 | He had seen the pose in several paintings in the churches and galleries he had visited in the past two weeks . |
| 7 | With a shrug that she hoped looked uncaring , she walked in , removed his jacket that was still round her shoulders , picked up the jeans and shirt she had left out to change into , and went into the bathroom . |
| 8 | I went upstairs , showered and changed out of riding clothes into the more comfortable jeans and shirt I 'd worn the day before and pulled on sneakers and the red sweater for warmth . |
| 9 | Er Bradford and Bingley I think have remained independent . |
| 10 | I was in lane 1 , which I found strange considering the positions and times I had achieved in the semi-final . |
| 11 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 12 | We should note , in the first place , how very slow the advance of democracy has been , and how many hindrances and setbacks it has encountered . |
| 13 | So you must remember that whenever you 're dealing with speed or anything to do with hours and minutes you 've got to change your minutes to the decimals of an hour before you can use your calculator . |
| 14 | The signature was not the signature of the letters and contracts he had seen at Jackson 's . |
| 15 | And for an English/French speaker , adoption of bird for a short time precluded oiseau Once such children realize they are dealing with two languages , however , they begin to use labels from both languages for the same category , both leche and milk They start to do this once they themselves can produce about 150–200 words ( Taeschner , 1983 ) . |
| 16 | Travelling all day yesterday , she had subsisted solely on British Rail sandwiches and her supper had consisted only of the cereal and milk she 'd bought at a small general store in the nearest hamlet . |
| 17 | Meanwhile they fought , in the name of the politics and religions they had invented ( inventions which divide , whereas art unites ) . |
| 18 | The English boy showed the others all the implements and products I had collected for cleaning and disinfecting , telling them I had a mania for cleanliness , and I 'd once decided to wash all his clothes and he 'd had to stay indoors the whole day . |
| 19 | He just could n't eat the amount of fruit and vegetables he had tucked into before . |
| 20 | ‘ They have fruit and vegetables you have to taste to believe . |
| 21 | ‘ The messages of support and sympathy we have had have helped to keep us going . |
| 22 | But the manufacturers claim that the insurers are still using a blanket approach which does not take full account of differences between models , and improvements they have introduced . |
| 23 | we , cos me and Gary we 've got a brush each and he wants one , see I like that , but I think that , that is a bit big |
| 24 | Both courses include a placement in Year III which allows students to apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in Years I and II in an industrial or commercial setting . |
| 25 | He will be no more able to give an explicit account of the methods and skills he has acquired than a master-carpenter will be able to fully describe what lies behind his skills . |
| 26 | If the Romans wanted systematic information about the Celtic lands and institutions they had to recruit Greek scholars . |
| 27 | He knew it was wrong , but it is the first experience of real love and tenderness he has known in years . |
| 28 | I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all . |
| 29 | The quarrels and conflicts we have buried within us also possess a rich fecundating power for the writer . |
| 30 | ‘ The means and opportunity you 've established . |