Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Rémy set out to explore the situation , and laid himself out to please , and his gifts and graces , when he tried , were considerable . |
| 2 | Then all at once he was taking her hand and drawing her up to stand before him . |
| 3 | Sometimes the wasp may even insert a small twig into the soil and jiggle it about to help settle the material . |
| 4 | She wondered whether to stay where she was , cold and tear-stained , and let her father find her and pick her up to comfort her as he did when she was small . |
| 5 | I have my doubts that Batty will ever be world class , that aside I can not understand why Wilko can not sit down with the side he 's got and bang something out to keep both Strachan and Rocastle in the side . |
| 6 | ‘ If it 's clear tomorrow , see if thoo can gather t'sheep up and bring 'em down to t'lower slopes . |
| 7 | Lucker fills up and checks the car , whilst I buy some food , zap it through the microwave , and bring it out steaming to the car . |
| 8 | So use that knowledge and bring it in do n't keep it . |
| 9 | Apply a cuticle cream to each nail and rub it in to soften . |
| 10 | All they did was take photographs and , and send somebody round to try and stop us getting a home here ! |
| 11 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 12 | I tell you what we 'll do , we 'll try to find someone on the way who knows the counter-spell and send him back to wake the Gnomes up . ’ |
| 13 | The doctor would feel her breasts , find nothing , smile and send her off to deal with a new , an incurable bitterness . |
| 14 | There 's erm there 's always a tension for those of us who are parents , particularly those of us who erm send our children to the state schools , as to erm what 's in the best interests of our own particular individual child and what might be in the best interests of all the children in the area in which we live , and erm this vote was an invitation to think only , very selfishly , of what might be the situation for our children , and I 'm very glad that erm many parents in Banbury thought of children in general living in North Oxfordshire and erm realise that you ca n't just take one limb of an education service and send it off spinning into its own orbit and not expect the rest to suffer . |
| 15 | Although the recession was said to be the major cause , blame was also aimed at tycoon Gerald Ratner , whose father founded the firm and built it up to become Britain 's biggest jewellery chain . |
| 16 | David called Mick Ronson and Woody Woodmansey ( after making ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , they had returned to Hull where they lived ) and invited them back to prepare for the next album , ‘ Hunky Dory ’ . |
| 17 | He got to his fret and dusting himself down saw a large hole in the door behind him . |
| 18 | I leaned forward , put my thumb under my lip and jerked it up to give him a close-up view of the long gash and the trailing blood-stained ends of the stitches . |
| 19 | Roman laughed suddenly , catching her by the shoulders and twisting her round to face him . |
| 20 | He took her by both hands , and drew her up to stand breast to breast with him . |
| 21 | Then she held the light still and drew me down to kneel beside her . |
| 22 | She reached down with her finger and drew it out covered in blood . |
| 23 | He gave a short , humourless laugh , and levered himself up to investigate the hamper . |
| 24 | He often picks out distinct things which he notices and writes them down to make us ‘ see ’ for ourselves . |
| 25 | Otto Preminger ! " and woke myself up shouting out loud . |
| 26 | Fill the tray with sieved compost to within about ½ in ( 12 mm ) of the rim and tamp it down to produce a flat surface . |
| 27 | Solve the clues in both circles and match them up to form seven breeds of dog |
| 28 | I saved money on cot sheets because I bought a couple of king-size sheets and cut them up to make three cot sheets out of each one . |
| 29 | The snow struck and drove him back to shelter . |
| 30 | The next minute three blokes come from nowhere and bash him up take his money and drive off in his car and take the girl . |