Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The king , who had returned from Flanders in February and was present in person , was asked to agree to confirm and observe the charters ; to agree that no taxes should be levied without the assent of parliament , and to appoint a council which would supervise the expenditure of money raised for the war and exercise jurisdiction over ministers . |
| 2 | Their primary purpose is the conservative one of helping to sustain and maintain the existing order of things . |
| 3 | Now why would anyone want to go and do a thing like that ? |
| 4 | Why would anyone want to go and see a man who was a coward ? |
| 5 | Now , do you want to go and see the specialist about this drink problem , David ? |
| 6 | They did n't want to go and kill a lot of people they did n't know . |
| 7 | Do you want to go and have a jazz tonight ? |
| 8 | We phone each other and say , ‘ Do you want to go and climb a Munro tomorrow ? ’ |
| 9 | Otherwise you 'd be out more or less into the night because you got to go and see the men at night you see ? |
| 10 | it made eating and doing a little more exciting to know that someone else had just ceased doing these basic human things for ever . |
| 11 | I bet their gigs are quite fun too although why anyone would want to sit and watch a video of one made by a stoned roadie is anyone 's guess . |
| 12 | A couple of weeks after Brighton she came into the shop , presuming we were going out together that evening — without having told me what she intended , I 'd arranged to go and see a band with a mate from art college . |
| 13 | I hope I 'll do so , but I must confess that I tend to go and make a pot of tea whenever election coverage starts on the TV . |
| 14 | There is also the possibility that the vibrations of the flute being played tend to alert and annoy the snake . |
| 15 | The other passage that makes a most extraordinary effect emotionally is Ellen 's exit after she agrees tO go and collect the new apprentice for Grimes . |
| 16 | To make matters worse the scheme included an irrigation scheme on common land used by the women and with the help of the government , the men gained exclusive use of these lands , pushing women onto inferior , poorer quality land where they had to continue to try and grow the traditional rice . |
| 17 | They sent him delivery order but he failed to come and collect the rice . |
| 18 | In each case , according to the audit office , BAS devoted insufficient resources to project management and failed to train and support the project managers adequately . |
| 19 | Unlike the herald who sought to observe and note the outstanding ( the chroniclers , notably Froissart , made good use of the reports of battle given to them by heralds ) , the constable and marshal were more concerned with maintaining order . |
| 20 | Nerves were a problem he always found difficult to combat and the full glare of the spotlight made walking and singing a tall order that day . |
| 21 | In order to understand the involvement of the RB tumor suppressor gene in rat carcinogenesis , we have undertaken to isolate and sequence the rat RB cDNA . |
| 22 | Poindexter , weary , did not really want to know and had no memory of the memo at all ; he told him he would see him at the office in the morning . |
| 23 | Not only that — we intend to increase and extend the right of access to an appellate system , which does not exist at the moment . |
| 24 | ‘ I went , sat the exams , got interviewed and got the place . |
| 25 | Litigation may also have a valuable contribution to make in activating and mobilising a constituency of common interests , thereby helping to establish and strengthen a collective political identity on the part of otherwise somewhat amorphous interests groups such as environmentalists , or peace campaigners , among whom there may be less cohesion and common identity than is the case with other campaigning groups . |
| 26 | I mean real boredom , that makes you want to scream and tear the curtains ! |
| 27 | D' you want to come and have a look at him ? ’ |
| 28 | It 's the hope of council and traders alike that people who 've read the book and seen the film will also want to come and see the Tailor 's city |
| 29 | In Spence the deadline stipulated by the purchaser for the sale of the business by a receiver had passed and the receiver ceased trading and dismissed the employees . |
| 30 | They were shadows that she could never have imagined when , as a young girl , she had run along the cold sands of Northumberland and watched the east wind flatten and fold the dunes as she dreamed of a bigger , more exciting world beyond — and away from her mother 's influence . |