Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , and the free labour conflict conducted by the Shipping Federation , troubled him less , however , than the Federation 's malicious attempts to destroy his credibility and that of the union by maligning his character and labelling him a criminal . |
| 2 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 3 | Meredith asked , and lent him a handkerchief . |
| 4 | Just four years after Charles 's death , Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims , who had been an important political figure throughout Charles 's reign ( though not consistently close to him ) , wrote a treatise , The Government of the Palace , for the young King Carloman , Charles 's grandson , and lent it an air of authority by claiming to incorporate the work of Abbot Adalard of Corbie , who had died nearly sixty years before . |
| 5 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 6 | He peered closer at me and asked what an Englishman was doing in Paris . |
| 7 | A civilian came up to the mousy man and asked him a question . |
| 8 | Their leader grabbed the bridle of Corbett 's horse and asked him a question he could not understand . |
| 9 | She wrote to SSDs and asked them a series of questions about training for residential child care staff on HIV and sexuality . |
| 10 | For Thames , a joint operation with the BBC is seen as a commercial coup and guarantees its a future , at least in the short-term . |
| 11 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
| 12 | This program is a must for anyone using a PC at home and will impress dinner guests who always say ‘ You simply must let me have a copy of the recipe , the meal was delicious ’ , you can now print it out in seconds and sell them a copy . |
| 13 | By due process of law we have sentenced him to be slit in the hamstrings to be an example to those who would follow him and make him a hero to the people . |
| 14 | And make him an offer he could n't refuse . |
| 15 | You need to dream , then formulate your goals from those dreams and make them a reality . |
| 16 | Should cut the gentlemen on Foggy Bottom , or wherever , down to size and make them a mite more civil and cooperative in future . |
| 17 | Double positives are taken away making it negative and your H positives go in here , making it positive , so you get a you get a little a little potential difference , a little difference in voltage , which gives a Any any two metals if you put them together and make them a bit damp , or even if you do n't make them damp , you usually get a little a tiny voltage . |
| 18 | Lawrence has insisted he wants to stay and honour his contract at Middlesbrough and make them a force in the Premier division . |
| 19 | Right , depends what the and quite honestly , if you bring these down and make them a bit more romantic |
| 20 | On the other hand , its civil servants probably have less training in business evaluation than do private sector analysts , and , of greatest importance , there is the overwhelming political temptation for the government of the day to hijack the nationalized industries and make them an instrument of whatever is the pressing problem of the day . |
| 21 | Wetherby threatens to end the affair and make her a laughing-stock , especially if he intends to flaunt a new liaison with Armitage under her nose . |
| 22 | Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards . |
| 23 | Okay go and make me a bacon sandwich |
| 24 | Go and make me a nice cup of tea Mike ? |
| 25 | The notorious Dr Crippen , he pointed out , in fact murdered his assertive wife only because he was too vain simply to run away from her and make himself a target for scorn . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't you know it 's an offence to lie down on the King 's highway and make yourself a danger to passing traffic ? ’ |
| 27 | Go and make yourself a first . |
| 28 | you sell them it and make yourself a |
| 29 | Of course I 'm coming back , go and get your slippers on and make yourself a couple of bits of toast |
| 30 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |