Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Or she could kneel and look out of the window , or do some physical jerks .
4 Then we 'd dress and go back to the bar , order
5 She flushed scarlet , hastily collected as much as she could carry and started off up the cliff path .
6 Rain felt her legs weaken and sank on to the edge of the bed .
7 Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected .
8 He let the towel drop and dug around in a drawer for some underwear .
9 And it certainly does the heart and lungs and it certainly has erm that feeling that you can wriggle and move around in the water , so it certainly gives you this feeling of agility as well .
10 Right , I 'll , what I 'll do I 'll try and pick up on the local electrician or something .
11 If this is the sort of crap I sign when I am canned I really must try and get back on the wagon .
12 All I can do is try and get back in the side . ’
13 So there I am , during this rather romantic conversation , toying with the little hairs in it 's ears , not knowing whether I should try and get in through the snout or what — but it had a happy ending .
14 I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday .
15 If you will be moving up to Guides soon , why not try and find out about the Company you will be joining ?
16 Loreto did try and come back into the game , but they relied on the breakaway too much with Barnwell and O'Neill always on their own , and lacking the support necessary to cause problems for Portadown .
17 AD could relax and get on with the inquiry .
18 One was that some members of the public were unaware that they need not pay and gave in to the pressure of successive threatening letters .
19 During these attacks she would scream and run about in an agitated state .
20 Or ‘ Why do n't you go and lay down in the middle of Piccadilly Circus ? ’
21 You can go and pee out of the window .
22 It is with regret that we join the chorus of voices calling for the resignation of Jocelyn Stevens as chairman of Britain 's architectural and archaeological conservation body , English Heritage : any man so free of mealy-mouthed PR awareness as to tell a bothersome journalist to ‘ go and pee out of the window ’ is a true blue .
23 Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’
24 Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while .
25 Let's go and sit down in the thing
26 Wash your cans up erm and er and then they 'd go and finish off in the corn fields .
27 In fact , since it 's such a hot night — why do n't we go and cool off with a swim ? ’
28 He let go and ducked back into the driving rain .
29 We 'll go and get back into the car .
30 See at I can just let her go and play out on the park , or at anything , you know with the other kids , but round here you ca n't .
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