Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emelia Kanthack commented that she ‘ always approached my East End patients with my very best manners and extended the same little courteous considerations to them that I would have served towards a lady ’ . |
| 2 | She pulled hard on the wheel and took the left fork . |
| 3 | A young lad hopped from car to car taking their money , lights sparked and flashed above them and as the cars began to move Belinda 's laugh could be heard above the music while Rachel thought Danny would explode with pride as he took the wheel and manoeuvred the little car round the track . |
| 4 | JUST AS THE PANTING CYCLIST drew ahead of the London to St Alban 's coach the guard hurled an iron ball on a rope into the spokes of the bicycle wheel and felled the rider . |
| 5 | Curtis settled himself behind the wheel and laid the empty can on the passenger seat . |
| 6 | Wycliffe tried to concentrate on the Wheel and to ignore the veritable forest of giant rock pinnacles with which they were surrounded . |
| 7 | The Doctor immediately threw his weight into the steering wheel and floored the accelerator , sending the battered car down the street at a lopsided angle , the exposed wheel hub throwing up a constant stream of sparks . |
| 8 | Settle behind the soft-grip steering wheel and savour the atmosphere . |
| 9 | He flicks the wheel and slides the front wheels . |
| 10 | as if by instinct , she took the wheel and wrestled the ship under control . |
| 11 | By the time the truck had stopped , Leo was under its offside wheel and starting the long , complicated journey to the spirit world . |
| 12 | Only thirty yards or so separated them , when Curtis saw the Prophet lift a hand from the steering wheel and knock the rear-view mirror out of alignment to avoid being blinded by the glare . |
| 13 | She slid behind the wheel and started the engine , pulling away so sharply she caused the car behind to sound his horn as he braked to avoid her . |
| 14 | He patted her cheek again , then put his hand back on the wheel and started the engine . |
| 15 | She started the car with a jerk and hit the bumper of the car in front . |
| 16 | On 10 November 1921 , a new agreement was drawn up between the Company and Croydon Corporation for maintenance of track within the Borough and to permit the construction of a curve at the top of Tamworth Road , only to be used for the transfer of cars . |
| 17 | Activated lipocytes ( myofibroblasts ) are also the major source of the interstitial collagens ( type I and III ) which are produced in excess during liver fibrosis and cirrhosis and replace the normal basement membrane matrix . |
| 18 | Encourage research and development in the recognition , assessment and management of engineering risks and disseminate the findings . |
| 19 | If there is a drop in demand the informal outfit has to carry the risks and absorb the shock of fluctuations in the market . |
| 20 | ‘ Young workers have to take most of the risks and face the unrestricted and poor employment protection of adult workers , but get few of the benefits as most have no recourse to social protection when employment or training places are not available to them , ’ the report says . |
| 21 | ‘ Young workers have to take most of the risks and face the unrestricted and poor employment protection of adult workers , but get few of the benefits ’ |
| 22 | Instead , they have concentrated on two main approaches to crime control that they see as appropriate and achievable : increasing the risks and decreasing the opportunities . |
| 23 | Relief and health workers warned that the large number of unburied corpses and animal carcasses posed significant health risks and increased the chances of thousands of additional deaths from water-borne diseases . |
| 24 | We will continue federal funding for the arts and promote the full diversity of American culture , recognising the importance of providing all Americans with access to the arts . |
| 25 | By 1884 it had become the Art Workers ' Guild , the hub of the Arts and Crafts Movement , which aimed to bring back all the fine and craft arts and to follow the writings of Ruskin and William Morris . |
| 26 | On his arrival in the village , the Franciscan had had some trouble with those who practised the black arts and used the cemetery for diabolical activities . |
| 27 | The magic solution has lost its power — although if you want another performance just re-heat and re-cool the beaker … to be supersaturated means to have more dissolved than there ought to be … the cold supersaturated solution almost literally did not know what to do . |
| 28 | They did , however , want to experience this new approach in isolation and to transfer the lessons . |
| 29 | We shall first raise some questions which seem in need of answers , and then discuss some observations about their characteristics ; in Section 3.8 , we shall propose an account of their intensional structure , and in the remainder of the chapter show how this reflects their characteristics and answers the questions , as well as making possible coverage of some further data . |
| 30 | They tend to restrict the causes of criminality to hereditary characteristics and overlook the effects of environmental influences and cultural traditions . |