Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The misinformation concerns only the route Déj ‘ a Vu and has nothing at all to do with Prodigal Sons .
2 We accept without a second 's thought that we can open our eyes and observe everything around us , picking out the slightest movement .
3 Then I know it is my duty to score goals and to bring something to the team .
4 She would come to the vicarage and borrow something of Sophia 's .
5 It helps to break down tension and get everything into proper perspective , ’ he explained later .
6 The cave is ten yards long with a low roof and has nothing of interest , its only merit being as a safe refuge from rain and wind .
7 We had tea and discussed everything except the two things that interested me : the fact that I was in love with her daughter , and the fact that her husband had run off with a schoolgirl .
8 Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 .
9 They , they did have the option that they could have had complete absolute egalitarianism and made everybody into a poor peasant , but the commun but the commun the Communist Party were progressive and they s saw that how that you needed to have industrialization in order to increase the welfare of peasants which was their ultimate aim , and I mean it appears that how that they did n't actually care er what kinds of means they 'd have to achieve that , as in capitalism was justified in this longer term perspective .
10 Wright , Smith and Campbell were all guilty of misses against Ipswich , who side that regrettably lacked any ambition and contributed nothing in terms of entertainment to a poor contest .
11 He liked a good gossip and knew something about everybody in the area .
12 Yet again we went down towards our car and followed lots of other cars off the boat .
13 Then he got out of the car and said something to me .
14 People risked everything to help escapers and want nothing in return .
15 Nigel Lawson then proposed we should either scrap SERPS and put nothing in its place or leave the whole issue until the next Parliament .
16 Policies such as these penalise those who drink sensibly , are detrimental to the drinks industry and do nothing at all to deter those who are determined to abuse alcohol .
17 In the period immediately before a race it is worth eating something sweet to provide glucose and drink plenty of fluids since in a long race you can become dehydrated and can lose up to 5lb .
18 Seemingly always perky , the young Jane would swing at the speed of light and win everything on offer .
19 You will need the time to orient yourself to your new way of eating and to get plenty of relaxation .
20 Remember you can not receive a confrontation and give one at the same time .
21 We 've got a Hollywood spot a comedy spot lots of raving rock and roll lots of incredible yarns so be there be square ooh ee .
22 It also has an extremely long shelf-life and loses none of its potency even when turning from its original pale straw colour to the colour of strong tea after a year or more .
23 Among the equipment was a maritime receiver that automatically picked up ship transmissions while continuously scanning a preset frequency range and recorded everything on tape , including the position of each vessel .
24 She lifted a large saucepan of eggs from on top of the hot range and gave one to each person .
25 Now that we have looked at Wharram Percy deserted village and seen something of the 30-year long excavations there , we should look at other studies and excavations on village sites which seem to suggest the same developments implied at Wharram Percy .
26 But the , you know it 's two o'clock in the morning and police car 's coming through the village and see someone at that time , they 're quite likely to stop and ask them what they 're doing .
27 There was another pleasant surprise — Hayling and Lowe had actually done some work and had something on paper .
28 Those indicators to some extent point in different directions and pose something of a paradox for explanation .
29 Sure enough , Jo leaned over to the driver 's window and said something to someone before she ran up the steps to the house .
30 Aenarion returned to the fray and carried everything before him .
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