Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cut across the grass , stepping between and over the outstretched bodies . |
| 2 | Thus , in a cumulative response , consensus , dissensus and , possibly , conflict of opinions on matters concerning the management of change and on curriculum theories in action , could be examined between and within the different groups . |
| 3 | They also dance for and with each other . |
| 4 | Given that pre-trial standards were acceptable , the maintenance of , or an improvement in those standards is to be expected during and at the end of the trial . |
| 5 | The stranger peered between and beyond the silent , uneasy company , but he could not glimpse the boy . |
| 6 | It is proposed that members will be issued with an inspection voucher with their renewal notices as and from the 1st May next . |
| 7 | What with the cacophony of sounds assailing us from all sides and the crowd of shoppers jostling and pressing between and around us , this reply may not give him a very clear indication of where I am standing . |
| 8 | When the carrier acknowledges that he holds for and on behalf of the buyer , e.g. by accepting and acting upon the buyer 's instructions not to convey the goods as far as their original destination or to convey them to a further destination , or |
| 9 | Perhaps this debate wo n't be as lively and er as controversial as the one that er we arranged to have on the question of insider dealing but it is an important matter because auditing as I said , is not just as assistance to companies but it is a reassurance to the general public and the public at the moment are in need of grave reassurance that the insur that the er the financial services industry as well as industry generally , is being properly looked after and for these reasons er although we support er the orders before er the house tonight , we have no hesitation at all in ensuring that they are debated properly than not something that should simply go through on the nod . |
| 10 | Baldwin , in the Coalition Government , was a moon who moved with and around the leader of the Conservative Party . |
| 11 | The Prime Minister lacks executive powers and has therefore to work with and through ministers who have executive powers vested in them collectively . |
| 12 | Workers in some specialist agencies may be more directly concerned with families as such , while the community worker is likely to work with and in the interests of whole families in the day-today situation . |
| 13 | Coach Mike McClennan admitted : ‘ With all the tough games to come before and around Christmas , it 's a real setback . |
| 14 | Hodder ( 1985 ) provides an extremely practical guide to all you need to know before and after becoming a step-family ! |
| 15 | Here we present measurements of gravity and ground deformation which , in conjunction with seismic data , provide a detailed record of the processes occurring before and during eruption . |
| 16 | However , there were no differences in monitoring latencies for words occurring before and after the clause boundary in sentences like ( 1a ) and ( 1b ) where clause and information boundary do not coincide . |
| 17 | In the Yale study subjects were interviewed before and after a search , unlike previous surveys where subjects may have been asked to recall or generalize on their use of the catalogue after the event . |
| 18 | Sir Colin , especially , was responsible for realising that airlines are a service business in which competitors use similar equipment and fly to and from the same places with costs that can be much the same . |
| 19 | Walking to and from Miss Lucchesi 's is n't my idea of seeing you . |
| 20 | From his cell in Gloucester , he could see women walking to and from the Castlemeads car park . |
| 21 | In what has been called ‘ The Age of Psychology ’ , the development of the individual and his self-fulfilment has been promoted and stressed over and above obligations and duties to marriage partners , children and other relatives . |
| 22 | Stand in the bar and you can look out at the full expanse of San Antonio running around the bay and watch the ferries plying to and from the very centre of town to the landing stage only 50 metres away . |
| 23 | We 're able to travel in style to wherever we want , when we want to and at our own pace . |
| 24 | There is the sense here that reason is more than the sum of its parts , and that the serious pursuit of truth can , over time , generate a way of looking at the world and an approach to forming judgements on it that stands over and above any particular truths that may be assimilated on the way . |
| 25 | This means that to stand still in terms of health service provision , funding has to increase over and above that for other services . |
| 26 | It was in 1972 , after I had trekked to and from Rhodesia on several occasions , and the mission in which I was involved appeared to be a triumphant success , that I received a letter from Ted Heath , who asked whether it would be acceptable to me to receive a CH ( Companion of Honour ) . |
| 27 | ‘ I laugh but not like I used to and at times like birthdays and anniversaries I have such a lonely feeling . |
| 28 | Sometimes the light is carried to and from the point of observation by optical fibres . |
| 29 | I think certainly we had to have a figurehead to relate to and in my opinion , Tom was the best one to have there . |
| 30 | The children lead sheltered lives , getting chauffeured to and from their prep schools . |