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

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1 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 ’ .
2 ‘ He put me on the spot and eventually pulled out of the deal as much as I did .
3 I tell you I was flabbergasted and right terrified out of my wits .
4 As a result of the threatened strike — in which the women 's participation would have been crucial — Neill 's came to a separate agreement with the men , signed the memorial and thus dropped out of the dispute during the month of August .
5 One of the problems with the prison service is that it is directly driven by civil servants and largely made up of civil servants .
6 I woke up after an hour or so , and just leaned out of the window looking at the half-empty Main Street .
7 They had just simply and totally fallen out of love with each other , and like the devout Catholics they were , carried on as a pretence .
8 She took the flowers from her hair and carefully stepped out of the tunic .
9 Rijkaard and Van Basten had travelled to Holland but Milan did not want them to play and both pulled out of the squad , Rijkaard with flu , Van Basten claiming he was tired after his trip to Tokyo for the World Club Championship .
10 The rough had ended the hopes of many an illustrious name : defending champion Sandy Lyle , Tom Watson , who , like Ballesteros had complained about the narrow fairways and deep dune grass fringing them , and Craig Stadler , who shot an 82 and then pulled out of the tournament with a sprained wrist .
11 He watched while she approached the gate in the wall , while she went through it and then passed out of sight .
12 We were kicked and shouted at and then thrown out of the vehicle .
13 Thus a political response does not arise automatically and fully formed out of the needs generated by crisis .
14 But there , Field , feted as a celebrity , and roundly fed up of his employer 's parsimony , began to build his own career .
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