Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense this was so , but on the other hand the activity of town planning soon got bogged down in a technical bureaucracy , losing the dash and verve which sustained it during the 1940s . |
| 2 | Whenever I am working with someone I know and trust I ask them for a quick trim . |
| 3 | The fact that review may occur relatively rarely for any one agency , the fact that the agency may still be subject to pressures of time and cost which incline it towards a narrow bounded rationality , the relative strength of different interest groups pressing upon the agency , and the competence of the court to assess whether such an authority has improperly excluded a particular policy option , can all combine to limit the effectiveness of this aspect of judicial scrutiny . |
| 4 | He thought of his own rigorous training , the constant reports on his work and conduct which followed him from computer base to computer base . |
| 5 | Why not do as he says , and let him send you to Nicosia as an envoy ? ’ |
| 6 | We might do better to find the hired assassin and let him lead us to McCloy . ’ |
| 7 | There was n't too much to tell , and after Rutherford had finished he would leave the American in the room with the file and let him gut it for himself . |
| 8 | Give Durkin all the facts and let him publish them in the Eye-Witness . ’ |
| 9 | Charlotte hung back in a corner of the room , and let them encircle him with their attentions . |
| 10 | When it came to fisticuffs Sean Connery was happy to mix it with the best of them — ‘ He believed stuntmen were there to take the knocks and let them have it in the fight scenes , ’ said one . |
| 11 | She stood up to walk stiffly around the desk , glaring at him as he stepped politely to one side and let her precede him from the room . |
| 12 | She had laid him in Dot 's arms and let her hold him on her own . |
| 13 | ‘ And let me assure you of something else — anyone who interferes with the smooth running of this place can pack their bags and get down the road right away . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Come and sit down , and let me introduce you to my father . ’ |
| 15 | How many times can you sit in your chair and let someone smash you over the head with a can of beans ? |
| 16 | the person have a private conversation and let someone say it to me and it , what they , problems it 's not something that you wan na be on somebody else 's to listen to is it ? |
| 17 | I was just supposed to keep an eye on you and let you lead us to the enemy . |
| 18 | ‘ If you do n't shut up at once and sit down I shall remove my belt and let you have it with the end that has the buckle ! ’ |
| 19 | We can stage a little comedy for ourselves if we pick out two expressions that I used in my last paragraph , and imagine ourselves presenting them to the startled and unwelcoming gaze of Max Beerbohm . |
| 20 | And yet they were gon na take , a bone out and put it put it in my and all sorts of things . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew there was only one thing I could do — find the father of Janice 's baby and persuade him to marry her in my place . ’ |
| 22 | 1 Read more about the surgical procedures mentioned in this chapter and ensure you understand them before reading on . |
| 23 | I 'll get Miller to draft a statement for the media and tell him to clear it with you before release . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Then tomorrow , you can take it down to the oven and tell them to put it at the bottom , so it -cooks really slowly , to keep it moist . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But even though they had nothing at the ports , if you offered one of them a bar of chocolate or a pack of cigarettes they would turn it down and tell you to send it to the Front . ’ |
| 26 | The answer , and remember you read it in WCM first , would appear to lie in the hands of all right-minded people . |
| 27 | ‘ Are you going to move it , or am I going to contact the hospital security staff and get them to move it for you ? ’ |
| 28 | A series which is broadcast each week has a number of features designed into it to help viewers recognise " their " programme and encourage them to watch it at the same time every week . |
| 29 | Revealing information about yourself and your family will foster trust in others and encourage them to entrust you with their confidences . |
| 30 | It was uncomfortable enough , knowing she would have to face him , but it was worse not to know when , to wonder if she would turn around suddenly and find him watching her with those cold , cold eyes … |