Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I 'm just trying to think we really want to try and fit a few lessons into the holiday if you can it 's up to you fit in . |
| 2 | Secretan arrived at the same conclusion : ‘ It is scarcely to be wondered at that youthful craving for variety and excitement sometimes leads gangs of boys to try and put a little colour into their leisure hours in ways which lead to conflict with authority or to degradation of character . |
| 3 | They are encouraged to try and take a few steps back and be a little more objective with themselves . |
| 4 | He could think of some people who 'd say she 'd told him nothing he did n't already know and offer a few hundred francs . |
| 5 | On the few occasions when Fernando had some pressing business to attend to she was able to put her own mind to work and make a few valuable contacts for the agency but the majority of her time was spent with her love . |
| 6 | Modern plastics and silicones have made pipe connections so easy : no more messing about with tarred hemp and mortar , which inevitably cracked and leaked a few years later . |
| 7 | After a moment she felt herself lifted and carried a few paces . |
| 8 | Urquhart stopped and turned a few yards ahead of her . |
| 9 | A great , black bird was flapping and hopping a little way behind the herd . |
| 10 | Father Kipling stooped and said a few words to them as he passed into the sacristy to vest , and they turned round and looked at Clare . |
| 11 | When they had met and exchanged a few kisses , that would be time enough . |
| 12 | Do you ever cheat and put a little of cornflour |
| 13 | But for some women , seeing and exchanging a few words with a number of other people during the day may actually be a source of negative feelings . |
| 14 | Off he goes and returns a few minutes later with friend and a dirty great Roller , all pristine chrome and gleaming fenders . |
| 15 | He turned and made a few fast strokes in pursuit , and swam into a current of colder water that snaked across the bay and washed round him . |
| 16 | Going and having a few meals with him did n't seem evil or furtive in any way . |
| 17 | Mr Wogan arrived and had a few words with me — and everybody else — but once again I do n't recall what we talked about . |
| 18 | Corbett nodded and pushed a few coins into the purveyor 's slack hands . |
| 19 | Gurder 's mouth opened and shut a few times . |
| 20 | The girl 's mouth opened and shut a few times . |
| 21 | She smoothed the black cycling shorts she was wearing and shimmied a little inside her baggy grey workout top . |
| 22 | We eased ourselves along the channel out between the rocks to the edge of where the waves were breaking and watched a few big sets roll through . |
| 23 | Colin Dexter explains how his appearances started and gives a few tips to potential extras . |
| 24 | Okay , let's let's try and clarify a few points as we go along . |
| 25 | Let's let's try and clarify a few of these points . |
| 26 | I 'm gon na try and get a few more of them that can dig . |
| 27 | and he starts going yes well I think we 'd better try and get a few As on there had n't we and |
| 28 | What I hear , which was straight off the phone last night , is that the Dutch fans will team up with the English fans , and back the English fans on to the beach and they will try and drown a few of the English people and they will throw bombs at them . |
| 29 | more and more saying look and let's try and kill a few less people . |
| 30 | To escape , the heat has to travel up through quite large thicknesses of continental crust , and a large proportion does not get very far ; instead , it comes to rest and solidifies a few kilometres below the surface , forming enormous masses of igneous rock which have been forced or intruded into the crust and are known as batholiths ( Greek origin , meaning something like deep stones ) . |