Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We hope to finalize the fieldwork by the end of 1992 and to round up research by the middle of 1993 .
2 She still saw him , made a point of popping over to say hullo to Uncle Willi and sought out Georg in the dairy or the office .
3 They were going to undo the spells that held together the vortex and bring back Chaos to the world .
4 The home of the Ba was the body in the tomb , but it was able to go out freely and bring back life to the body and thus preserve the deceased 's identity on earth .
5 E/A turned and made off East at the same time as we sighted him .
6 This method of cultivation protects the growing plants from late frosts and builds up heat in the soil so that the potatoes are ready to be lifted 2–3 weeks earlier than if they had been grown conventionally .
7 The aim to teach and carry out research at the highest possible level in the University 's mission statement is key to the future successful development of the University .
8 He proposes that males developed bipedalism so that they could go out and bring back food for the females .
9 Such revision could increase the value of friendships , autonomy and other forms of creativity , and open up discussion on the pleasures of celibacy , masturbation , shared sex .
10 Shankar and Vice-President Henck Arron formally " resigned " and handed over power to the Army on Dec. 27 .
11 On Dec. 6 Ershad was forced to relinquish power and handed over control of the government to Chief Justice Shehabuddin Ahmed who had been nominated as Acting President by the main opposition alliances .
12 They were skirting Valletta and Floriana , and heading out south-east on the airport road .
13 The General Assembly has asked the richer countries to give one per cent of their annual budget to try and wipe out poverty in the third world .
14 Davies says deepsea fish are attracted to the drums , then move to shallower waters and pass on radio-activity through the food chain .
15 And I 'm glad the Chancellor has been fairly tough on public spending and holding down pay in the public sector .
16 Smooth the top edge into the white icing evenly , smooth over the joins and trim off excess around the base .
17 Place a glass of water or beer on your head and lay down flat on the floor and then stand up .
18 In fact they spend so much time flying head first into burns , one would have thought they could save even more time by simply opening their mouths and taking on water without the inconvenience of having to reach for the day-glo bottle .
19 ‘ Of course not , ’ said Rain , and bit back information about the typewriter used for the packages and a death threat .
20 The Severn had the longest uninterrupted stretch , and its 20- to 80-ton open barges carried down coal from Shropshire and salt from Droitwich , as well as agricultural produce , and brought up iron from the Forest of Dean for the Midlands metal makers , and a whole range of goods and groceries from Bristol .
21 When his father-in-law died unexpectedly in 1898 , Stuart became a director of J. & J. Colman , moved to Norwich , and took over management of the firm .
22 A detachment of Cromwell 's troops guarding the bridge at nearby Bewdley came to Kidderminster to cut off their retreat and took up position in the square .
23 The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one .
24 In 1988 , after the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza had started their uprising , he made another fateful decision , renouncing Jordan 's claim to the West Bank and handing over responsibility to the Palestine Liberation Organisation .
25 Peyton may have decided to have Godfrey killed both because of his ‘ betrayal ’ and to stir up hatred against the Catholics , on whom suspicion would inevitably fall .
26 I just certain , satisfy certain erm cattle requirements and carry on business in the sugar trade and of must done so for a period of time , I 'm looking at this , the third page in , top of the page , erm trade in office in London established without purpose erm now those the
27 For example , it receives payments of taxes due to the government and pays out interest to the holders of the National Debt .
28 The chief minister of Sarawak , Abdul Taib Mahmud , said that the campaigners had " no right to come and stir up trouble in the state " .
29 You hit the bottom of the valley , wait for the arms to stop shaking from the effort of holding the bike 's front wheel to its course and take on food from the station de ravitaillement .
30 ‘ We had been escorting a convoy from Halifax to the UK and were ordered to leave the convoy , refuel in Reykjavik and take up patrol of the Denmark Strait , 150 miles west of Iceland .
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