Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | look at and browse and take the information that they want rather than putting what sounds to me a lot of work on some |
| 2 | Jesus blessed and broke the bread ( Mark 6:41 ) . |
| 3 | How we collect this information will certainly affect how well we can draw inferences from it in order to modify and improve the unit . |
| 4 | All the indications are that man 's efforts successfully to modify and refine the product of the evolutionary process by the introduction of civilisation , have been almost destroyed by the tangled mass of religious absurdity and rubbish which he has allowed to enter into it , and reduce it to but a tragic travesty of what it should be . |
| 5 | Following the US invasion of Panama on Dec. 20 , 1989 [ see pp. 37112-13 ] , US troops surrounded and entered the residence of the Nicaraguan ambassador in Panama City on Dec. 29 . |
| 6 | I need more certain light in which to catch and express the sense of exultation which has suddenly come upon me . |
| 7 | The South African environment department has refused permission to fishermen in Struisbaai to catch and barbecue a whale belonging to a species recognised as endangered . |
| 8 | Many a woman who considers herself kind , compassionate and unselfish has been horrified to catch a glimpse of something underlying that , something which is determined to catch and hold a person , which can be jealous and possessive and cares nothing at all for the claims of others . |
| 9 | Dust-wreathed propellers turn overhead , twisting and turning the grime of centuries into the crannies of the moulded ceiling . |
| 10 | Although history is deterministic there is still the need for workers to unite and act and accept the invitation to join in the great drama of history . |
| 11 | The government disclosed and repudiated a project of the previous military regime to build a nuclear bomb and signed with Argentina a treaty of nuclear non-proliferation [ see p. 37914 ] . |
| 12 | Chen said in a message to employees that the Eau Claire , Wisconsin company had designed and tested a prototype of what would be the world 's fastest supercomputer , and industry executives familiar with the project separately told Reuter that the prototype appeared to be a viable machine with a solid architecture . |
| 13 | Steven Holmes , a pupil of Handsworth Grammar School in Birmingham , designed and painted a headboard which we carry on the front of the locomotive . |
| 14 | This property , called locality of reference , is stronger the better designed and written the program is . |
| 15 | During 1909–1910 , Charles Fletcher , Works manager , designed and built a monoplane and a biplane . |
| 16 | Between 1179 and 1184 William the Englishman completed the work begun by William of Sens in the choir , eastern transepts , and presbytery , and designed and built the Trinity chapel as a mausoleum for the relics of St Thomas Becket ( d . |
| 17 | David Deacon of GEC Energy Systems designed and built the world 's first large air-cooled dry-store ( essentially an air-conditioned concrete box ) at the Wylfa nuclear power station in North Wales in 1976 . |
| 18 | James Jardine , an Edinburgh Civil Engineer , designed and built the railway . |
| 19 | The actual technique is to jet a small area and as spray or steam obscures the action to stop jetting and assess the effect before continuing . |
| 20 | Ampofo , 25 , won and lost the title last year . |
| 21 | The need to sift and correct the information put out by companies adds cost and uncertainty to the market 's pricing function . |
| 22 | Just keep on walking and ringing the bell . |
| 23 | I was out walking and forgot the time . ’ |
| 24 | Ideal centre for walking and visiting the coast . |
| 25 | It was six years ago she was approached and offered a job as casting director for a planned new soap opera … |
| 26 | My next visit was in 1987 when , armed with the necessary maps and a compass , I started to try and untangle the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau . |
| 27 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 28 | Then , heading out next morning to try and make a 90-mile ( 130km ) passage before some nasty weather arrived ( we just made it ) , the place was all a-bustle . |
| 29 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |
| 30 | If the result is unsatisfactory it can be used as a motivating factor to persuade them to try and make an improvement . |