Example sentences of "[prep] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mayor Kropacek said : ‘ We must thank the Thun-Hohenstein family for having looked after and honoured the picture of the Annunciation for nearly half a century and for having now returned it , newly restored , to the church of the Holy Cross . |
| 2 | Nathan is a swinger , who is blamed for whoring after and mistreating gentile women . |
| 3 | She was thought to have remained at Wroughton until delivered to Scampton late in 1958 or early 1959 , where she had commenced operations seventeen years earlier , to be looked after and displayed by the Station . |
| 4 | What they 're able to do with that money this year and in that way we can make a reasonable assessment as to what has to be done next year and the years after and budget all , but we 're talking about how they 're going to spend the money that we 've just earlier on voted for , for us so that we can see what is being done and also that the public can see because after all this all came up , the report to the ombudsman and the public will not be satisfied about our performance on that . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've got to be carefully looked after and tested . |
| 6 | Your personality , your way of doing things , your way of helping someone to dress , how you listen to them — all these can make it a Home where the residents feel secure , looked after and treated with dignity , as explained below : |
| 7 | Knowing who we are as humans has been one of the great vexed questions , searched after and written about down the centuries . |
| 8 | What will now happen is that er the contractor will regrade the land , erm but we will grass-seed it erm with Don , er our groundsman will look after and maintain that er so that it 'll be reinstated er over the next er six months . |
| 9 | Now I do n't know what to do , I was going to write to Cathy after and thank her |
| 10 | If they were after foxes they would have either had several nets to cover all the holes or a dog such as a lurcher to chase after and catch the fox . |
| 11 | After fertilization one or both of the parents may look after and help to rear the offspring . |
| 12 | It is really for a business with more than three vehicles to look after and keep track of . |
| 13 | That you 'll look after and keep us safe until the end of the day . |
| 14 | When she explained what the kidnappers were after and asked if he had any idea where or what the document might be , his reply was predictably negative . |
| 15 | The first need is to try and ensure that the churchyard is looked after and kept tidy . |
| 16 | Despite his many sales of things from Douglas Cooper 's collection , a substantial amount of art remained , much of it in Switzerland , where it was looked after and catalogued by Billy 's curator , Dorothy Kozinski . |
| 17 | And he came back after and carried on ? |
| 18 | They let me look after and feed two piglets when I was a little girl and they were really friendly and affectionate . |
| 19 | Graduates are widely sought after and experience little difficulty in securing employment with excellent career prospects . |
| 20 | He told a news conference at the club 's White Hart Lane ground : ‘ I 've been threatened , spat on , chased after and have been called all the names under the sun . |
| 21 | Milton Keynes has been running a befriender scheme where persistent offenders are looked after and advised by adults … it was working … but yesterday closed because of a shortage of cash … |
| 22 | come up after and say , ah , that bit late for |
| 23 | Mr Gairns noted that proprieties were properly observed : ‘ a separate entrance to this department direct from the Stratford Road enables the girls to enter after and leave before the male employees . |
| 24 | The whole day had been a strange one for a young lady like herself who had never been allowed to go out on her own , had been carefully looked after and protected at all times from the impact of the world in which most people lived . |
| 25 | I am very concerned about women , their rights and how they are looked after and protected at work . |
| 26 | For only in the formal processes of the courts was there any common alternative to the use of force ; and in most European countries throughout the period of this book kings and their officers had the greatest difficulty in preventing might from proving stronger than right : disorder was endemic , justice weak — but none the less sought after and admired for being in short supply . |
| 27 | Lying in bed and being looked after and enveloped in love , by day and by night . |
| 28 | And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead . |
| 29 | The navy was the guarantee that Great Britain 's interests elsewhere could be looked after and gave her enormous strategical advantages outside Europe . |
| 30 | New tenants , particularly from non-conforming households such as single parents , tend to be given the poorer standard housing and are expected to prove their ability to look after and improve their home before being transferred to a better property . |