Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Backing from under the bed , she made a dash for the door , twisting and ducking to avoid the out-stretched hand of the landlord 's wife . |
| 2 | An intelligent training system was designed and developed to support the development of this fault-finding expertise . |
| 3 | Refineries have been designed and optimised to produce the Fuels at present in demand . |
| 4 | It is , therefore , proven that a combi-steaner is not only an advantage in the commercial kitchen , but an essential ingredient designed and built to make the chef 's life easier and to realise dramatic savings so that it quickly pays for itself . |
| 5 | It seems that they are designed and marketed to challenge the world 's top players to the extreme . |
| 6 | so I 'll just have to try and remember to bring an electric drill up an see what I can do but it 's all working . |
| 7 | The Consortium can call on strong legal representation in Mr Burrell and Mrs Kent , both of whom are personally committed and wish to see the matter pursued . |
| 8 | A set of ten overlapping degenerate probes representing bovine GGF-II peptide 12 were radiolabelled and used to screen a bovine genomic library ( Stratagene ) . |
| 9 | Nurses working for agencies may often be telephoned and asked to undertake an assignment that they do not feel very confident about . |
| 10 | In an experiment , people were given three identical T-shirts to smell and asked to select the one that they had worn . |
| 11 | Neville Shute , the eminent author , widely known for his book A Town called Alice , once resided in Howden , along with Barnes Wallis , one of the greatest inventors of the 20th century , who designed and helped to build the airship R100 . |
| 12 | He rose and began to prowl the room . |
| 13 | She made a belated grab for her wits while Guy rose and went to answer the summons , exchanging a few murmured words with whoever was on the other side of the door . |
| 14 | Cranston roared as he rose and went to fetch the boots standing in the comer . |
| 15 | Should the wielder attack and fail to score a hit , he may immediately re-roll the attack again , giving him a second chance to hit . |
| 16 | They have been simplified and condensed to provide a basic introduction . |
| 17 | Most of the inhabitants had probably escaped into the night , and there had been little killing , although a number of women undoubtedly had been caught and forced to pay the price of conquest . |
| 18 | This is a common reaction to the effect of the remedy and you should wait and expect to see an improvement over the next few minutes or an hour or so depending on how severe the illness is . |
| 19 | Tory councillors disagree and continue to press the case for their alternative plan to make the town 's Northgate traffic-free . |
| 20 | The types of deals acceptable to the vendors should be considered and structured to achieve the maximum after tax return . |
| 21 | When the large whisky-blending house of W. and G. Pattison collapsed fraudulently the following year he tried and failed to arrange a rescue package , but DCL did provide financial help to firms unwittingly caught up in the crash . |
| 22 | The last heard of Gert was in 1943 when he tried and failed to join the RA F. Bloomsbury House urged him to settle for the Pioneers . |
| 23 | After his father 's death in 1900 , Pearse became head of his family and , along with his brother , tried and failed to keep the family firm prosperous . |
| 24 | Labour tried and failed to make the election a referendum on these changes . |
| 25 | Inevitably many book sand much schoolwork was destroyed by the fire but there is at least some good news … the Holy Tinity pet gerbils were rescued and survived to tell the tale . |
| 26 | It is now more important than ever , as we endure and try to resist the demolition of the Welfare State , that children with special needs and their families do not suffer a disproportionate reduction in services . |
| 27 | It is the loss of strength associated with old age that has permitted and continues to permit the abuse of older people . |
| 28 | I bathed and changed and decided to start the evening with the bounce of Sidney Bechet . |
| 29 | They are organised and prepared to resist the destruction of the forests . |
| 30 | He pointed out that the prisoner did not deny that he had killed his wife , but it was a spur-of-the-moment loss of temper , and that his client had panicked and tried to conceal the body . |