Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And three or four of them like this , they have to try and come up with the the right solution . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Whenever I turn to try and get out of the cage , someone is offended or upset , says I 'm defying them or humiliating them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Some of the sites are enormously rich , however , and the history of palaeontology is punctuated by quite unscientific feuds between experts trying to find and hold on to the best sites for the most spectacular vertebrates . |
| 8 | He turned off the light and crossed to the window to stand and stare out across the back of the houses . |
| 9 | Which was supposed to open and flap back at the end of the world and let her out , resurrected . |
| 10 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
| 11 | Establish an Arms Conversion Agency to help arms manufacturers to diversify and convert out of the defence field , funded by savings made in the defence budget . |
| 12 | I was strong enough next morning to go and look out of the front window . |
| 13 | And the lads used to go and pinch out of the girls ' bags . |
| 14 | The men were ordered to strip and lay down on the grass . |
| 15 | ‘ An alternative theory is that the killer knocked him out first , then went into the washroom to strip and came back for the final throat-cutting before Berowne had a chance to come round . |
| 16 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 17 | ‘ Banks , Fraud and Crime ’ was the topic which gave the speakers , commentators and participants plenty to debate and learn about at the 11th annual Banking Law Seminar . |
| 18 | It began as greed to steal and ended up at the point where they really were n't concerned about who they shot or why . |
| 19 | He ignored Cranston 's excited pleas to hurry and went over to the window , unrolling them carefully . |
| 20 | In spite of the obvious gains in recent years — and no one could be more grateful than I to Robert Runcie and all he achieved — we now need a period of calmness , of peace , to grow and get on with the real work of caring for others and serving Christ in and through others . |
| 21 | A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise . |
| 22 | Listen , have you got to stay on at the track , or is it possible for you to leave and come back to the hotel ? ’ |
| 23 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 24 | Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table . |
| 25 | To confirm this we have to pause and look back from the road to Aubeterre as it climbs the eastern slope of the valley of the Tude , just as Pound must have paused in 1911 ; and then we see that , whereas the modern town of Chalais is in the river bottom , old Chalais , a manorial village grouped round the gate of the château , does indeed stand on the ridge behind , so that the tops of the tallest poplars by the river wave just below the walls of the château . |
| 26 | By mauling and driving , the defence is able to reorganise and fan out across the pitch , ready for the next attack , as the English team found out to their cost in Cardiff . |
| 27 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
| 28 | The first characteristic of any mammal that seeks to make the most of this abundant harvest is sufficient lightness to climb and move about among the slenderest and highest branches . |
| 29 | He was already in so far he could not find his depth , and he wanted to turn and strike back for the shore , but , like an unpractised swimmer , found that the distance he had come was too great for him to return . |
| 30 | Everyone 's trying to brake and get out of the way . |