Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consideration needs to be given to the balance of time and coverage devoted to core units as against supplementary or school designed units . |
| 2 | Early foreign residents were exposed to sporadic physical attacks by extreme anti-foreign elements , and anti-foreignism continued to be exploited by the Bakufu 's enemies to compound its political difficulties . |
| 3 | Fujimori and Fisheries Minister Felix Canal had appeared on television and in public eating ceviche , the national dish of uncooked fish and seafood marinated in lime , despite claims by the Health Ministry and international medical organizations that raw fish was a major source of infection . |
| 4 | The lightning flashed in a wild dance of death , and thunder came from every part of the huge sky . |
| 5 | The rain grew heavier and thunder rumbled over the mountains . |
| 6 | At the same time , the sound of distant gunfire , explosions and shouting came to him on the night breeze , somewhere off his right and muffled by the intervening trees . |
| 7 | Research showed that both infant mortality rates and malnutrition tended to be higher among girls than boys , a fact which could not conceivably be ascribed to the occupation but reflected traditional attitudes that damaged the health of the community . |
| 8 | Beyond were the orchard , stables , a marshy field where peewits called and snipe drummed in spring , and distant woods . |
| 9 | The need for centralization of the royal court and parliament led at last to the choice and subsequent development of Edinburgh as Scotland 's capital city . |
| 10 | Financing such payments ( which frequently would take the form of annuity payments by the firm out of its profits or an annuity contract purchased by the firm ) was never easy and reliance had to be placed on incoming partners ' immediate capital contributions . |
| 11 | In the Renaissance , which began in Italy in the fifteenth century , ancient art and literature began to be rediscovered with a freshness which inspired a new confidence in man 's capacity to enquire into and understand the past as it had really been , and a desire to emulate its achievements for himself . |
| 12 | It is truly remarkable that , given the scant time for leisure , a fine appreciation of music and literature existed in certain isolated pockets of Baldersdale which Hannah was privileged to enjoy . |
| 13 | His staff car and driver waited in the farm yard . |
| 14 | Thursday afternoon me and mum looked after Daniel and Benjamin , cos erm , a relative of Sarah 's died a week before and the funeral was Thursday , so , I said to mum yes I 'd go up and help her |
| 15 | As soon as she climbed off the coach , she burst into tears , and Mum took in the situation at a glance . |
| 16 | The next day when Pete and Mum went to the shops Mum had to buy fruit and vegetables from the green-grocer . |
| 17 | I , me and mum went in my car |
| 18 | Yeah and Mike 's seen him like that and mum went round the ward and she made all the beds to help them and all , we had to bribe them to look after him , but was he looked after in the end , on Saturday I said look , I said do n't fucking come over here and tell me my dad 's gon na be turned in a minute I said because a minute is a minute , I said but when you come over here three and a half hours later to my dad that 's like three years , he 's in excruciating agony , he wants to turn him when you tell him you 're gon na turn him |
| 19 | I 'm saying that but I , went on holiday with Mary and I was three years older than Mary and mum said to me ooh look after her Mary ! |
| 20 | Tasks which placed greater demands on interpretation and judgement resulted in lower success rates . |
| 21 | Her experience and expertise continued to be put to valuable use , and she found she enjoyed her increased leisure time all the more . |
| 22 | Industry and agriculture flourished in the war years though both came under great governmental control — a new experience for " free enterprise " America . |
| 23 | An early-morning mist hung over Branchester , the cathedral rising up like some ghostly fairy-tale palace while cobwebs glistened on iron railings and moisture dripped from the branches of the lime trees that fringed the roads . |
| 24 | The din and chaos continued for some time after help arrived from the êchelon of spectators , Charles and Peregrine among them . |
| 25 | Then a few weeks ago , Victor felt very slight movement in his leg and hope surged through him and he began to eat again . |
| 26 | It was a period when the newly ( re ) found sense of idealism and hope led to great expectations of the rehabilitative force of prison and its alternatives . |
| 27 | Before long , however , the euphoria and hope turned to terror and tyranny , and first under the Committee of Public Safety and the Triumvirate , and then led by the Corsican dictator Napoleon , France became for a time , a threat to every nation in Europe . |
| 28 | Pliny the Elder , writing in the later first century AD , says that about the time of Vulso 's triumph statues of wood and terracotta ceased to be used at Rome and were replaced by luxuria from Asia Minor . |
| 29 | The hothouse flowers gardenia and stephanotis had to be coaxed and nurtured into flowering for the posies and the bridegroom 's buttonhole . |
| 30 | Discussion on the schema on priestly life and ministry began on 13 October . |