Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he got ‘ caught ’ , this one could n't be brushed off so easily and now , ten months later , he was in a situation that he both loves and hates . |
| 2 | He 's a kind of Giant Holdfast who both loves and terrorizes his children . |
| 3 | A priest has a nephew whom he loves and wants to do well . |
| 4 | If a woman can make an excuse for a man she loves and wants to hang on to , she will . |
| 5 | So he is not particularly after a physical relationship , but someone who loves and cares for him alone , Miranda , however , thinks his reason is that ‘ his pleasure is keeping me prisoner . |
| 6 | Being forced to uproot from a place one loves and has made one 's own . |
| 7 | A person who loves and collects books . |
| 8 | I mean , she 's rejected by the man she loves and drowns herself rather than live without him . |
| 9 | In Darcy 's Utopia there are bound to be children , but their parents will be carefully selected , and being in short supply they will grow up in a world which loves and admires children and finds them interesting , and does n't herd them together in schools to get them out of the way , dunk them in front of obscene videos to keep them quiet , and slap them about and threaten them in the streets , which is what happens in this society of ours which you seem to find both perfectly ordinary , and , worse , inevitable . |
| 10 | This is because each agency has to fight for its share of the overall intelligence budget and in the process exaggerates and distorts its reports so as to pander to the whims of those who hold the purse-strings . |
| 11 | He uses this view to argue how forward-looking companies should act and contrasts strongly the modern global corporation with the ageing multinational corporation . |
| 12 | The four types are the foundations of the modern phyla , the most basic subdivisions of the animal kingdom , although the articulates and radiates have been broken up as the true range of diversity has become apparent . |
| 13 | This makes a big difference to the way materials should be designed and affects factors like these : |
| 14 | to take such steps as are necessary to secure that there will be available in connection with the use of the article at work adequate information about the use for which it is designed and has been tested , and about any conditions necessary to endure that , when put to that use , it will be safe and without risks to health . ’ |
| 15 | The structure has been consciously designed and has an official purpose . |
| 16 | The kitchen is quite beautifully designed and has a staggering amount of storage space , along with really small double sink and a washing up machine , and electric gadgets of every variety . |
| 17 | Now what saying with that , that 'll be used again when he is actually walking and does n't need a pram and the other one 's still toddelling |
| 18 | And all day long it glows and shines and holds |
| 19 | Solution ( or dissolution ) is the simplest process whereby minerals can be decomposed and involves water acting as a solvent . |
| 20 | The National Rifle Association , founded in 1871 , holds that honour and supports the natural and constitutional right of free men to keep and bear arms . |
| 21 | That 's what it says when it does n't know and does n't want to admit it . |
| 22 | Indeed there is no Mughal who does not know and does not glory in repeating the Persian proverb : |
| 23 | He [ sic ] knows something which the party of the second part does not know and has to admit that he does not know … |
| 24 | Set against this picture and parallel to the theory that accompanies and supports it is the idea of the possibility of order as a creation of social instruments ordained for that very task , namely teachers , police , social workers , and perhaps , in the last resort , parents . |
| 25 | Thus the Earl of Nottingham , Secretary of State from 1702 to 1704 , and a chief advocate of such a strategy , wrote in 1703 that " we shall never have any decisive success nor be able to hold out a war against France but by making it a sea War , and such a sea War as accompanies and supports attempts on land " . |
| 26 | software for computer systems with disk drives which supervises and controls the running of programs . |
| 27 | In simple terms , the surgeon supervises and controls the robot from a computer terminal , using information that he receives from sensors at the tool-end of the robot , known as the end-effector . |
| 28 | On the other hand , the first type relies on the information provided by the second which polishes , refines and leads to a redefinition of the problem . |
| 29 | Touch and goes proved fairly simple ; power on , flaps up produced almost spontaneous response with a short ground roll . |
| 30 | It opens up into a fantastic cavern , which glistens and sparkles as though lit by an invisible Light . |