Example sentences of "and [adj] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly the British studies of the 1950s and 60s presented and popularized the image of the working-class family which was characterized by extensive and regular sharing of support , especially between women . |
| 2 | Again , as it was impossible for wheeled implements to cross the frequent deep water-cuts of a field ploughed in this way , all cultivation had to be done along the stetch itself ; and this meant that implements — drills , hoes , harrows , etc. — had to be adapted to fit the width of stetch used . |
| 3 | She came out of the marshes , and she was grey all over grey hair , grey face , grey rags and tatters and all mired and spattered , besides , from the marsh mud . |
| 4 | The hospitals were crammed full of the flower of Orkney 's youth and many coughed and spluttered their way to an early death . |
| 5 | Health measures enacted at the Local Government Board between 1871 and 1918 extended and deepened state intervention in familiar areas : sanitation , working-class housing , the industrial environment , nuisances , water-supply , etc . |