Example sentences of "[verb] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to order , regulate and to ‘ tidy up ’ the apparently haphazard configurations of nature can themselves be regarded as neutral processes . |
| 2 | She listened carefully to the details of the Palestinian woman 's story , of how Jewish gangs had murdered a truckload of Arab villagers shortly before Um Al-Farajh was surrounded and of how the Jews then destroyed Mrs Zamzam 's home , the village and even the little Muslim cemetery beside it . |
| 3 | The infant fears for the effect of aggressive forces on the people he loves and on himself . |
| 4 | Anarchy + collective violence " 'everything and at once " " . |
| 5 | The Republic 's dealing with the fundamental institutions undermined its consensus , " 'everything and at once " " was " too much , too quickly " . |
| 6 | The editor 's look suggests displeasure , but I am too elated to worry and with a skip I whirl into the revolving doors and out laughing into the night.But now , what a fiasco ! |
| 7 | The extent to which fiduciary duties are modified will depend on what precisely is disclosed and to what the beneficiary has consented . |
| 8 | They must also carry out any testing or examination necessary to achieve this and they must ensure that adequate information will be available about the use for which it was designed and about any conditions necessary for its safe use . |
| 9 | This was the only Nonconformist chapel Butterfield ever designed and in 1976 it became a parish church . |
| 10 | Finishing with a par 4 Stevie had won and on the morrow would be presented by the Princess with his Golden Putter . |
| 11 | Some went away empty-handed but more often than not a huge cuddly animal was won and before long all the members of the group from Conway House were loaded with prizes . |
| 12 | He enjoyed walking and at weekends would frequently take groups of students out into Derbyshire . |
| 13 | I use the Park both for walking and as a motorist , but more frequently for cycling , and I write on behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ and Edinburgh cyclists in general . |
| 14 | Well , I went with a friend from university and we both enjoyed walking and in particular we enjoyed walking from one place to another place , and last summer was the only last long break either of us would ever really have and erm |
| 15 | As half-time approached and with the score at 0–0 , Reg and I shuffled nervously on the bench , but the duck was about to be broken . |
| 16 | All the animals here , including some birds , may be approached and in some cases will allow themselves to be petted and stroked . |
| 17 | Sure enough there was the Marina but this was not pegged and after walking under a railway bridge I came to the first peg , number 65 . |
| 18 | Smith was writing as the era of good harvests and cheap food was ending and before the onset of demographic acceleration . |
| 19 | And , in a sense , we 've , just to complete what we 've been talking about so far , there 's always the question of press and magazines and house style , just to remind you that you really need to study formats if you 're going to try and as a freelance we talked about that yesterday . |
| 20 | The police instead of ignoring it , decided to try and amongst with other agencies , you know the cleaning service and that , to try and er do a project . |
| 21 | They squirmed , shrivelled and after a brief struggle , gave up the ghost . |
| 22 | I wrote to say so and received a courteous reply from the producer , who said , ‘ I 'm interested in the DIY approach you suggest and in our next series perhaps we 'll look at this more closely . ’ |
| 23 | But Wilkins , at 36 playing better than ever , was instrumental in the club 's 2-0 win at Wimbledon and said : ’ We were committed and in the end we came through . ’ |
| 24 | Erm we asked the question about the aircraft 's reduced operational capabilities as far as Britain is concerned , we were told that there was no reduction , erm there was no percentage figure that could be produced but w now what about the other countries , I mean , which countries are asking for what to be omitted and by how much is the percentage , in percentage terms er is the performance of the aircraft reduced in those cases and further on from that , picking up something that that Wing Com er Group Captain Granville White has just mentioned which i is the question of sales . |
| 25 | A recent visit to the Festival of Photoreportage was the first time that Tony had met other members of the group , ‘ Some of them I did n't know and for me that was the wondrous part of being at Perpignan . ’ |
| 26 | The Reverend Peter Green warned in How to Deal with Lads ( 1911 ) of how ‘ the club is rushed by a swarm of rough lads whom you do n't know and over whom it is impossible to exercise any control ’ . |
| 27 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 28 | Facilities such as these will allow the engineer to possibly gain deeper systems understanding and through this obtain greater diagnostic certainty . |
| 29 | They ask for more stimulus than their children provide and for the opportunity to give expression to their other creative and intellectual drives . |
| 30 | 2 large chicken joints , preferably breasts , boned and with all fat and skin removed |