Example sentences of "and [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down and beamed his good eye at the shine on his toecap . |
| 2 | It shocked the earth it slammed into , and those shock waves slammed into the soles of your feet and raged through your body and paralysed your mind . |
| 3 | Once you have analyzed and redefined your list of goals , you are ready to derive a set of objectives for each of your goals . |
| 4 | As discussed earlier , this requires schools to prepare pupils for the ‘ experiences and opportunities of adult life ’ and to promote their spiritual , moral , cultural , mental and physical development . |
| 5 | The aims of this project are to document those employee development strategies where they exist ; and to promote their articulation , where they do not . |
| 6 | Designed to preserve regional languages and to promote their use in education , government , administration , the courts , the media and cultural activities , the convention defined a minority language as one " traditionally spoken " by a group of people " numerically inferior " within the population of any state . |
| 7 | This evidence of strength used by a small country for peaceful purposes and to promote its own self-sufficiency would , he warned , undermine the power of " imperialism " and lay Libya open to attack , especially by the United States . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm here for the Expo and to promote my hotels ; and you ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Hullo Miss MacPeake , ’ said wee Danny , standing up and hanging his head . |
| 10 | It was unspeakably horrid to know that a great , slithering , inchoate mass of effluence was crawling and creeping and smelling its way towards you . |
| 11 | The hens moved carefully about , picking their way on their spindly yellow legs , muttering comfortably to each other and darting their heads to the ground every so often in pursuit of something delicious . |
| 12 | He was a ‘ prodigal who is brought kicking , struggling , resentful and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape ’ . |
| 13 | I 'm a three-year-old who hates shots and squeezes her eyes tight at the sight of a needle . |
| 14 | Jancey strolls up smiling and squeezes my arm . |
| 15 | EMMA reaches across the table and squeezes his hand . |
| 16 | Investors are risk averse and maximize their return ( as measured by the rate of return ) over a one period time horizon . |
| 17 | If Saint Winifred did indeed conceive and decree her departure with the wagon for Ramsey , and if a saint 's plans can not be disrupted by man , then surely she must also have willed all that happened after … the ambush by outlaws , the theft of the cart and team , the abandonment of the load , and with it , her reliquary , to be found by my tenants , and brought to me here . |
| 18 | This was a real lady The girls were suddenly self-conscious , smoothing down their tattered skirts and tucking their dirty feet out of sight . |
| 19 | Ski down , pulling your tummy in and tucking your bottom under . |
| 20 | First , some accept its authority and obey its instructions because they are binding on them . |
| 21 | A large hound with a broad studded collar is likely to cause trouble , so walk to heel when out and obey your owner instantly , in all matters . |
| 22 | Their lack of involvement on any deep level with men was , in its way , a liberation and perhaps explains why so many women , too , admired them , copied their looks and envied their freedom of behaviour . |
| 23 | I always admired him for his tenacity of purpose and dedication — and envied his super brain-power . |
| 24 | As warmth will cause potatoes to sprout and light will turn them green , they should be kept in a cool , frost free , dry , dark place , well away from strong smelling foods or substances which might taint and affect their flavour . |
| 25 | In a shining example , the rugby union club at the Coningsby base in Lincolnshire agreed to accept league devotees and change its name to Coningsby rugby club . |
| 26 | Less than a week ago , he said that this congress would strip the party of its ideology and change its name , but it now looks likely that he will have to settle for the second half of the forecast . |
| 27 | Under all this pressure , the council simply had to relent and change its policy . |
| 28 | Sometimes she had to lift it out , feed it , and change its nappies , thick with excrement . |
| 29 | This quantum will disturb the particle and change its velocity in a way that can not be predicted . |
| 30 | In 1980 , ITV 's governing body , the former IBA , decreed that ATV would change its financial structure , build a new studio centre in the East Midlands and change its name to reflect the region it served . |