Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb infin] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such circumstances ( known as ‘ the last resort ’ ) the Bank of England will always step in and lend to the discount houses , or purchase bills of exchange from them before the bills have reached maturity . |
| 2 | Then came the snow and she had to stay in and watch from the window how it piled up against the water butt , how it lay like a blanket along the sills , how it changed the distance from bluey brown to white as far as you could see . |
| 3 | We used to walk in and stand at the foot of one of the giant cranes . |
| 4 | Books from Boots Library had small labels in them which , if a reader wanted to buy it when it had finished its circulation life , he could fill in and give to the librarian when he returned it . |
| 5 | The opponent may move in and strike with a roundhouse kick to the head and the first-time fighter may not actually see it coming . |
| 6 | As I looked up , I saw that water was beginning to slop in and trickle down the wall . |
| 7 | We want access to the same range of opportunities to participate in and contribute to the society in which we live . |
| 8 | The report focuses on the importance of transport and mobility in enabling older people to fully participate in and contribute to the life of the community and contains recommendations aimed at addressing the mobility needs of older people . |
| 9 | Once people have been diagnosed as suffering from food poisoning , or have been struck down by viral infactions and diseases caused by doubtful practices , it is necessary for somebody to step in and legislate for the industry . |
| 10 | ‘ The Germans are formidable but our young players have proved that they can come in and cope with the best , the outstanding example being Alan McLaren 's handling of Italy 's Roberto Baggio , ’ Roxburgh said . |
| 11 | He was laughing at her , yet in such a nice way that she had to give in and join in the laughter . |
| 12 | Because I felt extremely low , and needed company , I telephoned Esme on Wednesday evening , the day Father died , to ask if she would come out for a canoe ride from the Aquatic Club to River Park , but she said she must stay in and practise for a forthcoming piano recital . |
| 13 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 14 | The system may look very good in theory , but does anyone actually come in and look at the tapes ? |
| 15 | she said do you wan na come in and look at the kitchen now and I said no I wo n't stop now I 'll work |
| 16 | Whether the issue is North Korea 's nuclear defiance , tensions between India and Pakistan , or the wrangle over Cambodia , China 's new-found influence obliges it to choose : it can join in and help with the sorting out , or confirm the suspicion that China may become , instead , Asia 's most troublesome power . |
| 17 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 18 | Later the wolf would be cut open while she was asleep , filled up with heavy stones once the little pigs had scrabbled out of her , stitched up again by the woodcutter ; and then she would be driven by thirst to the river , would topple in and drown with the weight of the stones . |
| 19 | fancy let to go in and mix with the grouting , its a bit of a cheek in it ? |
| 20 | At the end of the last series , presenter Gordon Burns invited anyone who was interested in taking part to write in and ask for a place — and Paul was among the 8,000 who applied . |
| 21 | Well , no the other day he said if I 'm really that bad you just tell me and I 'll go down and sleep on the sofa . |
| 22 | After gorging itself it would lie down and go into a digestive torpor , and could alternately eat and doze over a period of several weeks . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd like to sit down and rest for a while ? ’ she suggested . |
| 24 | Yes , I do n't like to go down and knock on the door really . |
| 25 | What he needed was to break down and howl like a child , and it was the effort not to do so that was tearing at him . |
| 26 | Shall I go down and eat in the hotel restaurant , or shall I go out ? |
| 27 | The Biolife filter functions well , although as the PFK test Review Update pointed out recently , the tiny suckers which the filter hangs on seem to give up sucking and can allow the filter to drop down and submerge below a critical level . |
| 28 | Franca did not attempt to wipe away the tears , she let them roll down and drip onto the front of the apron which she was wearing over her brown dress . |
| 29 | yeah , that 's the core but it needs fleshing out more and a has agreed that you know it 's if you just stuck to the Editor 's Handbook it 's too narrow and it does need , I mean B A I E in London thus far are being extremely helpful if slightly cautious and I 've to go down and talk to the revamped education committee when the revamped education committee gets around to having a meeting |
| 30 | ‘ He has another season-and-a-half on his contract , and if he 's playing as well as he is now , we will definitely sit down and talk about a new deal . |