Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to calm and reassure her . |
| 2 | Dr Neil had not meant to consummate his love for McAllister , but having begun to heal and reassure her he had started something on its way which was beyond his control , or McAllister 's either . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't worry , young John , ’ he said , to comfort and reassure him . |
| 4 | Whatever the problem , however small , write to us and one of our experts will be able to help and reassure you |
| 5 | Whatever your problem , however small , write to us and one of our experts will be able to help and reassure you |
| 6 | I 'm here to protect and oversee everything . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Since the carriers risked their ships , it was assumed that they would select and supervise their crews with enough care to prevent the damages that could result from improper management and navigation of the ship . |
| 10 | It meant the ability to educate and supervise his own children rather than be driven to place them in the mill , and to preserve a customary life-style . |
| 11 | According to Antony the Devil came to tempt and torture him in a variety of fantastical forms from lascivious women to wild beasts . |
| 12 | This rather reserved child , this self-styled future utopian essayist , found herself rattling on about unhappiness and happiness , found herself possessed by a desire to comprehend and convey what had happened , was happening , to a handful of people near her . |
| 13 | I would then be able to emerge and convey my message to him . |
| 14 | The effectiveness usually lasts for some weeks , but is variable , depending largely on the amount of new growth being produced , and therefore the rate at which the toxic content is being diluted , and the speed of living — called the metabolic rate — which affects the rate at which the plant is able to break down and divest itself of what after all is a ‘ foreign body ’ . |
| 15 | According to Articles 52–54 of the Treaty of Rome , all nationals may live and work and conduct their business freely in any of the member states . |
| 16 | The leader of a research establishment might adopt a laissez- faire style , giving individual research workers freedom of choice to organise and conduct their research as they themselves want ( within certain limits , such as budget spending limits ) . |
| 17 | The Council was aware of the ‘ high degree of priority and urgency ’ to be attached to this work , but in making the commitment it pointed out also that leaving freedom to colleges to devise and conduct their courses meant that ‘ the consequent interaction between College and Council can stretch over a fair amount of time ’ . |
| 18 | You 're setting up a place for people to live and conduct their business , and the people most able to do that are the gipsies themselves . |
| 19 | No sane malefactor would want to settle and conduct his predatory business in territory controlled by so active and powerful a magnate as Robert Beaumont , earl of Leicester . |
| 20 | The Queen of the Night , in her representation with the creatures of the night , is not at their mercy , nor does she completely civilize and tame their natures . |
| 21 | In 1913 , in his first attempt to define the movement , he wrote : ‘ Sincere artists today feel the need to canalize and tame their inspiration in order to extract from their faculties the maximum returns , and to strike a balance between sensitivity and reason … |
| 22 | They are not even about the accessibility of services , and they are certainly not about the development of economic and social policies — something that is so often ignored in the scramble to fragment and disintegrate what was built up over the last century by local government people of all political persuasions . |
| 23 | Most pilots do not instinctively look across and compare their height with the trees unless they have been taught to do so , and more often than not a pilot will try to judge by angles and positioning alone . |
| 24 | Because the various occupations in any one employment would monitor and compare their respective rates of pay , and given that the ability to pay of the employer was the same for all of them , they tended to negotiate a common bargain . |
| 25 | Or do they merely invite us to count and compare our scars ? |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not frightened of anything ! ’ she protested icily , suppressing a strong urge to stand up and thump him , willing her pulses to slow . |
| 27 | But , if it 's only hanging by a thread , let it fall apart and build something new from the components . |
| 28 | After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew . |
| 29 | To knock down and build something new . ’ |
| 30 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |