Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [indef pn] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | the purpose of this double arrangement is to try and arrange something of advantage to both parties erm |
| 2 | Had Furlanetto done his homework on the great singers of the past , simply in order to try and absorb something of the tradition in double-quick time ? |
| 3 | Such a visit should involve talking to personnel to try and understand something of their jobs and to work out how best to tell the story in visual form . |
| 4 | The replicase apparatus immediately gets to work and manufactures lots of copies of the newly introduced RNA molecules , which spread through the test-tube . |
| 5 | Napoleon marched through it on his way to Moscow , but today the road is used by those who wish to avoid the pressures of autobahn driving and see something of the pleasant , rolling countryside of Westphalia . |
| 6 | As we went on the road with him , to Rodel and Stornoway and ( uncomfortably ) to Inverness , I think we suffered and understood something of our own dark side . |
| 7 | Henry VIII himself , having heard and seen something of Renaissance art in France , tried to attract French and Italian craftsmen to England . |
| 8 | The people in Nepal are Hindus or Buddhists and they believe that they can get to God by going and praying lots of times , chanting , putting special dye on their cheeks , on their erm foreheads and making sacrifices . |
| 9 | Once you decide to specialize and become something of an expert in any field , you can study through public libraries , further education classes ( providing that there is adequate provision for speechreaders ) , correspondence courses , exhibitions and so on . |
| 10 | Glossily produced and containing lots of advertisements from local businesses ( eighteen of the thirty pages were advertising ) , Looking Right delighted in flippancy . |
| 11 | It may be an idea to check out any varieties that you fancy in a reputable book — some are hard to grow and need lots of light ; other plants are still being sold that are really bog plants and should not be grown submerged . |
| 12 | I would cheerfully go into the alchemy business , if it existed and made lots of money … |
| 13 | This type of joy is not superficial , for it is a costly experience , gained only through suffering and sharing something of the crucifixion of Christ . |
| 14 | These fish are naturally shoaling and like plenty of space . |
| 15 | is n't it , oh yes perfectly harmless no malice meant there at all but you try and convince somebody of that . |
| 16 | Yorkshire Bank , a regional bank owned by National Australia Bank , put its clearing out to tender and received lots of bids ; RBS retained the business . |
| 17 | Living things also employ and contain plenty of other carbon-based materials that do not fit so easily into these neat compartments . |
| 18 | The child of one of her lodgers died in her house in April of an undiagnosed heart complaint — the tiny thing 's heart simply stopped as it lay in its cot — and though she was sorry for it and sympathetic to the last degree she was aware that inside herself she shrugged and felt none of the horror and distress such an event would once have caused her . |
| 19 | ‘ Just taking pictures ’ was supported by a philosophical edifice that took two bottles of beer to explain and provided lots of opportunity for amused , patronising glances . |
| 20 | Her hair had been re-styled and had nothing of the incompetent dye job that had once been her most eyecatching feature . |
| 21 | With any virus , going to bed , making yourself as warm as possible , sleeping and drinking plenty of fruit juice and water ( not milk ) is the best form of medication . |