Example sentences of "[vb base] 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | They ask for more stimulus than their children provide and for the opportunity to give expression to their other creative and intellectual drives . |
| 4 | Some of them are below the level you expect and below the standards we want to provide , ’ it says . |
| 5 | We 've asked an expert what he considers important , looked at what children really want and at what would make mums happy . |
| 6 | In two days we get everything we want and for the rest of the week he has his Christian customers . |
| 7 | First choose a pattern that is the design you want and in plain stocking stitch . |
| 8 | In the new Act children are then to have a say in what they want and in the plans made for them . |
| 9 | I hold another creed , which no one ever taught me and which I seldom mention , but in which I delight and to which I cling , for it extends hope to all , it makes eternity a rest a mighty home , not a terror and an abyss . |
| 10 | They need to be able to recognise on sight a large proportion of the words they encounter and to be able to predict meaning on the basis of phonic , idiomatic and grammatical regularities and of what makes sense in context ; children should be encouraged to make informed guesses . |
| 11 | They tend to advertise in the appropriate specialist hobbies press and through the medium of direct mail . |
| 12 | The news media can , by the way they report and by the significance they attach to personalities , events and the statements of individuals , colour the attitudes of the public and in turn influence the way in which the constitution is interpreted and the political system works . |
| 13 | And they 're all they 're they 're all patterns within lots of similarities , by going through it a few times like that and when you when you 've done that go through again say and with and everywhere you could write the whole lot out again |
| 14 | The man had every caution given him not a minute before to be careful with the gun , but his time was come as his poor shipmates say and with that they console themselves … |
| 15 | Consequently , it is suggested that private citizens have difficulty with the forms , both in understanding what they say and in how they should be filled in , and with the hearings , which can be legalistic . |
| 16 | They say and in a hall which |
| 17 | I mean they were n't aluminium so they blew off I used to wear one of those and er , you know , for safety , you see , but er anyway I survived the survived the war and but wh it 's amazing really when I look back how we d how we managed because we had such nice people in there , as I say and like these actors Jack Claude Cecily . |
| 18 | Here 's not a day when folk forget and at the Baiting House pub just north of Bromyard , there 's not a pint pulled without passers by talking of Nicolaus Silver with his jockey ; now the Landlord . |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't you dare ! ’ she squealed , trying to push him off the edge of the sun-lounger and into the swimming-pool , which was how the accident yesterday had happened , fooling around by the poolside like a couple of kids when Ruth had slipped on a supposedly non-slip surface and wrenched her ankle . |
| 20 | An old man in the corner sang Where the water lilies grow And on the jukebox , Johnny sang about a thing called love And it 's how 're ya kid and what 's your name and how 'd you bloody know … |
| 21 | Nevertheless they all expressed serious concern at a number of proposals in the bill which limit the appeals process and in particular the rights of the taxpayer to appeal only where it can be proved that the commissioners have acted unreasonably . |
| 22 | Philip Hardwick , the Goldsmiths ' surveyor , was appointed architect on 18th February ; on 18th March Hoyle 's death was reported to London , and duly regretted ; on 27th March the transfer of property was ordered to be carried out forthwith , and the Rev. William Newstead , then Usher and in charge of the School since Hoyle 's death , was allowed to continue in office . |
| 23 | Mr Colte , who ‘ hathe landes ther and in Quainton , Doddersell , Hartewell and Stonne ’ , is not mentioned under any of these headings . |
| 24 | And indeed , erm , in the papers , summarise , really summarises the work that you undertake and including December ninety-two , to December ninety-three . |
| 25 | Before embarking upon such a course of action , heads and governors must decide how far down this entrepreneurial road they wish to go , what scale of profits they seek and at what possible cost to their pupils . |
| 26 | Similarly in the clause Politicians speak in two voices , there are three elements : politicians , speak and in two voices . |
| 27 | Andrew Jones and Ray Merry experimented with air-filled kite shapes as students and after many frustrations , evolved the Flexifoil which like the Powell , has stood the test of time and is still in production now in five sizes , from 122cm(48in) up to 393cm ( 154.5 in ) span and in many colours . |
| 28 | Last December , he took a drugs overdose and in September slashed his wrists and groin with a smuggled razor blade . |
| 29 | He sent it to a fruit show and on biting into one the judge exclaimed ‘ delicious , delicious ’ . |
| 30 | Aircraft hangarage and in particular technical personnel , require long lead times in order to significantly increase supply . |