Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One old , old man , drunk and limp as old laundry but standing , yells at another old man who is sleeping with his head on the table . |
| 2 | The window was full of magazines , lying edge to edge and hanging in yellowed cellophane wrappers from clothes-pegs : she was reminded of playing shop as a child , and lining up the tins of food and boxes of soap flakes and bags of flour , all in miniature . |
| 3 | Combine the processes , or perm the same tresses more than once , and the result can be hair that 's dry , brittle and plagued by split ends . |
| 4 | In a country still torn between two rivals for sovereignty , and plagued by numerous uncommitted lords more interested in carving out kingdoms of their own , wise men observed their hospitable duties and opened their houses to all , but waited to examine credentials before opening their minds . |
| 5 | In the dim light the gold and strong colours glittered and glowed with rich intensity . |
| 6 | I clambered up into the loft , all sunlight and warmth and smelling of old and interesting books , and I decided to clear the place up a bit . |
| 7 | One body wallows on a barge of pillows , with warmly tousled gaze and smelling of fresh bread ( you 'll get no argument from me there : women are great ) ; the other body lies flat and cold on a table down whose eaves blood runs , like a sunset . |
| 8 | On very special nights he was allowed to stand beside her hot tub in a steamy bathroom heated by a small portable fire and smelling of sweet herbs . |
| 9 | We try to tackle the problem at all ends — to prevent young people ending up on the streets , to provide a roof over their heads , and to search for long-term solutions . |
| 10 | One type adopts and aspires to dominant middle class values and priorities . |
| 11 | A casualty officer there reported seeing ‘ quite a few ’ patients suffering from bites and stings in recent days . |
| 12 | As he was thought to have abused an hallucinogenic drug , he was given activated charcoal and sorbitol by nasogastric tube . |
| 13 | ‘ We can go and visit Senga and thaim in Southern Rhodesia . |
| 14 | However , he emerged convinced of the extent of severe , if quietly borne , rural poverty , caused above all by low pay and compounded by large families and diminishing work opportunities for wives . |
| 15 | Even without regulars Steve Mardenborough and Andy Toman there can be few excuses for such a disappointing performance in which Frank Gray 's side were outplayed and outfought by fellow strugglers . |
| 16 | 7.00 a.m. : rise from a bed in an open dormitory shared with five or six other girls ; 7.30 : breakfast , followed by bedmaking ; 8.30 : early morning lacrosse practice or running round the lake ; 9.00 : chapel ; 9.20 : three periods of lessons or prep ; 11.20 : break for buns and milk ; 11.40 : two periods of lessons or prep ; 1.00 : lunch ; 1.40 approximately : a house meeting in which each of thirty-six girls had to inform the housemistress of her activities for the afternoon , and other house business was discussed ; 2.00 : lacrosse ( tennis , cricket , running ) or , if the weather was bad , country dancing , or , with luck , a shampoo ; 3.20 : wash and change into non-uniform clothes ; 3.45 : tea ; 4.00 : four periods of lessons or prep ; 6.40 : house prayers ; 7.00 : supper ; 8.00 or 8.30 , depending on age : half an hour to be spent in chitchat with the housemistress in her room ; 8.30 or 9.00 : bathtime followed by bedtime . |
| 17 | Black silhouettes move out of the darkness and change into blunt torpedoes , dark and slow-moving as they glide over the sandy bottom . |
| 18 | Then , on some mysterious cue , they emerge simultaneously from the soil and change into winged adults . |
| 19 | Every year particular species arrive and disappear , and change in absolute and relative abundance . |
| 20 | The effects of technical advancement and change in industrial structure on material handling requirements of firms in South Wales |
| 21 | Self reported smoking behaviour ( backed by saliva sample ) and change in relevant health knowledge , beliefs , and values . |
| 22 | The general social action approach thus emphasises fluidity and change in social interaction ; it has a conception of the individual that emphasises people 's creativity and capacity for innovation . |
| 23 | The last ten years have seen the beginnings of a trend away from the study of objects for their own sake , stimulated partly by the discovery and excavation of settlement sites which have encouraged the formulation of a new range of questions ; the nature of and change in human societies have replaced the barren side of the artefacts . |
| 24 | The first year History course provides pupils with an introduction to the knowledge and skills necessary for a balanced understanding of the emergence of early modern societies , a knowledge of continuity and change in Medieval Europe and an awareness of the heritage which has contributed to the world in which pupils grow up . |
| 25 | Development and change in everyday likes and dislikes |
| 26 | The Maud Report considered there was urgent need for reform and change within local government . |
| 27 | export subsidies on manufactured goods are prohibited , and limited on primary products . |
| 28 | It was me , yelling and bellowing in high-speed transports of pleasure . |
| 29 | Such developments gradually overcame the popular fear of water in general and of the ocean and drowning in particular which had been inherited from the Middle Ages . |
| 30 | Selected or key settlements may be service centres ; they may also be associated with public investment in facilities such as schools and council housing , and designated for residential expansion or for industrial growth ( Woodruffe 1976 ) . |