Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There they are sorted and put back on the vehicles and re-delivered so that the franchisees can deliver them first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 2 | The adjoining suite of offices where I reported was inadequately sound-proofed , so that I felt myself both surrounded and shot through by the very processes that I would be attempting to market . |
| 3 | Miss Fogerty assured her that nothing would be disclosed and slipped out of the side door . |
| 4 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
| 5 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 6 | The Somme dragged on through July , a futile and terrible battle of attrition that cost hundreds of thousands of lives , through Aubers Ridge , Delville Wood , where the Cameronians had a section of trench they called Buchanan Street , and into a dreadful September , when Haig decided to try and break through on the Somme with a secret weapon , the tank . |
| 7 | Football clubs , football supporters er and parliaments have got to talk between themselves to try and come up with a solution . |
| 8 | And three or four of them like this , they have to try and come up with the the right solution . |
| 9 | Got to try and come up with the rest of them that 's how they done it , a couple of days after somebody re-enact that again . |
| 10 | Whenever I turn to try and get out of the cage , someone is offended or upset , says I 'm defying them or humiliating them . |
| 11 | Their job is to try and keep up with the train on nearby roads and hopefully help catch the faster of the trespassers fleeing from their colleagues on the trackside . |
| 12 | My favourite of them is the Power Toolbox , a way of taking program launching and switching out of the Program Manager altogether and putting your own buttons on the desktop . |
| 13 | He enjoyed the camaraderie of police life and spent several minutes going about the murder squad office , exchanging pleasantries with officers he did not know and catching up with the latest news . |
| 14 | So he 'd sort of had a well I suppose he 'd messed around helped and played about in the smithy . |
| 15 | My father rushed to the window , looked out and down into the garden , then shouted and ran out of the room , leaving Mrs Clamp goggle-eyed , alone . |
| 16 | Senga shouted and dashed out into the hall , almost colliding with Gerard , the butler " That 's Patrick , " she said quickly , " he said he would be back in time for lunch . " |
| 17 | At a point with ‘ Arc ’ I said ‘ OK , we 're off and we 're flying , this is distorted and grunged out to the max ’ . |
| 18 | As the survivors are air-lifted to safety by helicopter , the badly wounded Elias is seen being pursued and shot down by the North Vietnamese , his outstretched arms at the moment of death consciously evoking the Crucifixion . |
| 19 | With the slaughter of the king , the English turned and ran , pursued and hunted down by the knights . |
| 20 | He drew and sighted out through the window . |
| 21 | Fat Mrs Beatty entered and sat down in a corner beyond the screen . |
| 22 | Well the answer is yes but of course landing and taking off on a road is one thing , being able to operate is another one because clearly one needs er fuel , weapons , ground crew and the like but landing on a road in itself is is not difficult . |
| 23 | The process is slowed down by the young females ' strong attachments to their mothers some of whom may occasionally defect and move off with the young males too . |
| 24 | She rose and flounced off in a swish of skirts and a whiff of fragrant perfume . |
| 25 | Then she rose and went over to the bed , pulled back the covers and slipped between the cool , fresh sheets . |
| 26 | The Prince , still shaking his head , rose and walked over to a carved bookstand which was similar to a lectern in a church . |
| 27 | He placed the ointment on the table beside her , rose and walked over to the window . |
| 28 | But she rose and walked over to the table , moving stiffly because of muscles chilled from sitting in the stone window embrasure for so long . |
| 29 | Tallis rose and walked over to the pile of nuts and berries . |
| 30 | At last , when all the stalls were full , Lady Amelia gestured to the cantor not to begin the usual psalms and caused a stir when she herself rose and swept up to the lectern . |