Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] and [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A condition , episode , person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests ; its nature is presented in a stylised and stereotypical fashion by the media ; the moral barricades are manned by editors , bishops politicians and other right-thinking people ; socially accredited experts pronounce their diagnoses and solutions ; ways of coping are evolved or ( more often ) resorted to ; the condition then disappears , submerges or deteriorates and becomes more visible . |
| 2 | If we accept that , so far as most people are concerned , it is the left brain which is more highly developed , what can we do to enhance the ability of the right brain and to try and become more creative ? |
| 3 | Your brain is for the first time having to struggle and strive and keep really busy , which is great . |
| 4 | Crowley 's principal concerns , however , consisted of his researches into ways of accelerating human evolution through increasing human intelligence by techniques of concentrating the mind one-pointedly , stimulating the central nervous system , and maximizing and mapping hitherto unexplored regions of the brain . |
| 5 | Mala demanded , as he paused and gulped and looked more sheepish . |
| 6 | It was the weather which really decided the issue for , one observer wrote , ‘ It blew a great storm and rained and hailed so hard that the water came out of the soldiers ’ shoes . ’ |
| 7 | 10.1 The Academic Parties undertake that as respects copyright and other intellectual property rights in any items comprising technical information in respect of their results they will at the request and cost of the Non-academic Parties to this Agreement assign to and execute and do all such deeds acts matters and things as may be requisite for vesting such rights in an Non-academic Party either along or jointly with other Non-academic Parties to this Agreement . |
| 8 | We laughed and talked and made pretty spectacular love at every opportunity . ’ |
| 9 | Facing the loathsome rat-men I tend to opt for a defensive strategy and try and inflict as many casualties as possible at long range . |
| 10 | Erm , what we have done is is because what is important is to look at that particular and try and get as good an estimate as we can because , let's face it , if we over-budget then in fact we 're wasting money which could otherwise be really targeted on community resources . |
| 11 | My mother cooked and cleaned and knitted almost all the time . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's taken us five years to get this far and by now we know when we 've had enough of each other and when to get out of the van and go and sit somewhere quiet to cool off , ’ says Craig . |
| 13 | I also got to hear how she intended to jack in her job at the insurance brokers just as soon as they 'd taught her how to use the word-processor and go and work somewhere interesting like in an ad agency or for a travel agent . |
| 14 | It also recommends NFA quite often and recommends and provides rather fewer alternative services . |
| 15 | At once the gangway came alive , trembling and shaking and bucking as forty feet slammed up it . |
| 16 | Robyn glowed and smiled and felt more confident . |
| 17 | Or a human parent will take delight in teaching their child to walk and talk and do so many things . |