Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appropriate feedback is vital in the patient 's relearning process , so he receives praise only when it is deserved : if he fails in any way , the physiotherapist remains encouraging and positive about it , but shows him how and why he went wrong , or she may simply leave that task for the moment and return to it later , when the patient can concentrate and get it right . |
| 2 | It is the possession of a common culture and the ability to communicate and pass it on to others that distinguishes the human being from other animals . |
| 3 | But if you accept that carbon dioxide is a much More insidious threat and nuclear power is the one major supplier of energy that does not produce it , the issue begins to turn not so much on the dangerous unacceptibility of reactors but on how you regulate and make them safe and ensure that their fuel is not diverted for military purposes . |
| 4 | ACCUSER : She says Mia beat and cursed her |
| 5 | Immediately the archer fish has fired , it swims rapidly to the point where its prey will fall into the water , ready to catch and eat it . |
| 6 | Louis and the two girls set out to catch and resecure him . |
| 7 | They seem almost magical in themselves and once incorporated in a story they are guaranteed to weave a web to catch and hold us . |
| 8 | There can be little doubt that his tactics constituted an invitation to the French to catch and challenge him . |
| 9 | The chimps ' individuality has always delighted and fascinated her , and Jomeo and Gigi , two full-blown eccentrics , are given a chapter each in Through a Window . |
| 10 | Lāla Bahādur started to play with its stringy tail — twirling it round in the air , twisting and tugging it back from the socket — trying to provoke a reaction that would jar it to life . |
| 11 | Corbett went back to his notes about Lady Eleanor 's death , twisting and turning them . |
| 12 | Adam went back to his private world as the plane bucked across the sky , the unseen hands of the veering winds twisting and turning it as it flew towards Hanover . |
| 13 | Her fingers worked at a small lace handkerchief , twisting and untwisting it in an extremity of nervous tension . |
| 14 | But he had designed and built it for himself . |
| 15 | Now this man had approached and addressed him in English and in an upper-class accent too . |
| 16 | I think it would be easier to try and draw them together so that we have got this document with the position so far , as we have a lot . |
| 17 | Her hand came up to rub her forehead to try and make her think more clearly . |
| 18 | ‘ What are you going to do instead ? ’ asks Phil , chewing up little pieces of graph paper into sodden balls , and flicking them at the laboratory ceiling with a slide-rule to try and make them stick . |
| 19 | So Malcolm went down Club Row market and bought us a cat and the most ridiculously horrible food — tins of sardines and those disgusting tinned plum tomatoes they used to try and make you eat at school . |
| 20 | Well there are one or two other things we can do to try and make you feel better er even if the , the hands are n't the principle cause er I think we 'll see what happens , work your chest out of the way first though . |
| 21 | That was why I kept pushing you and provoking you — to try and make you spit it out . |
| 22 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 23 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 24 | Well , perhaps I wo n't light the fire until half past eleven or something to try and make it go that bit further . |
| 25 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 26 | After designing an architect 's dream , he will then have to try and make it functional , having committed himself to a particular shape and size . |
| 27 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |
| 28 | Last night forensic experts were testing the guns to try and link them with crimes in Britain , Europe and America . |
| 29 | And you 're supposed to try and link it with bigger groups of children , so if you say you say you 've got primary skills |
| 30 | As Roy said , ‘ How can you feel anything but deep affection for a man who has the humility and sincerity not to try and bluff it out ? ’ |