Example sentences of "and [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | We all spurred and whipped as we reached the bottom of the hill to keep up pace for the snow underfoot made the going heavy , when both Bowyer 's horse and that of Southgate suddenly took on a life of their own . |
2 | While she phoned the switchboard and requested that they page the cardiographer , Michael Barrington the orthopaedic SR arrived and glanced at the shattered stubs of the young man 's femurs . |
3 | Anne was angry and upset when she heard the news , and found that many of the women at work agreed with her . |
4 | The child has been shown two sets arranged in one-to-one correspondence , and agreed that they have the same number . |
5 | I was going to make a song and dance when we got the 100th subscriber , but 98 's near enough . |
6 | ‘ I think I see something deeper , more infinite , more eternal than the ocean in the expression in the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning , and coos and laughs because it sees the sun shining in its cradle . ’ |
7 | It was shimmering , incandescent , as the colours deepened and the long blue-black tail unfurled and stiffened until it gained the strength to fly . |
8 | Those aspects of the context which are directly reflected in the text , and which need to be called upon to interpret the text , we shall refer to as activated features of context and suggest that they constitute the contextual framework within which the topic is constituted , that is , the topic framework . |
9 | That is quite a lot ; but why be more ambitious and say that it makes the place of mind in Nature more intelligible to us ? |
10 | Afterwards he got in touch , not to sign me but to offer encouragement and say that he liked the album . |
11 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
12 | ‘ Hold this tiller and steer while I operate the lock . ’ |
13 | This directory will start at just under 3500 blocks , and grow as you use the process . |
14 | He hummed softly ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ and joked as he shifted the weight of his rucksack ‘ as if on a walking holiday ’ . |
15 | Landlords are continuing to issue occupiers of their property with " licence agreements " ; only a very small proportion will appreciate that they are not bound by the agreement they have signed , and realise that they have the right to a fair rent and security of tenure . |
16 | When the British columnist Godfrey Winn travelled to Northern Ireland in June 1941 to interview the crew of Smith 's Catalina and found that he had the scoop of a lifetime , he was not able to use it , and based his article instead on Smith 's co-pilot , Flight-Lieutenant Briggs of the RAF . |
17 | Dear Guitarist I was just reading Joe Satriani 's article in your mag and found that he suffered the same as myself regarding the tremolo unit on his Ibanez . |
18 | She was surprised and offended when he left the room . |
19 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
20 | In a surprise move , NEC Corp has approached Convex Computer Corp and proposed that it market the Convex C3 minisupercomputers in Japan to plug the gap below its own SX3 supercomputers . |
21 | It remains true that , apart from the foral provinces , government became more effective , defined , and concentrated as it approached the subject . |
22 | They used to giggle and splutter when they saw the old man , thinking of him sitting on a toadstool in the moonlight . |
23 | There were too many people who badly needed dentistry and looked like they played the banjo . |
24 | Sweet Molly , who he was about to take out for the day and seduce if he got the chance . |
25 | His hand wavered , and she noticed the steel discipline which made him drop the phone back in its cradle and wait while she sipped the water . |
26 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
27 | The kite just kept snapping and flapping and flapping and snapping and it hauled the girl off the earth and into the air , winch and all . |
28 | Phil : Well I would say that if I had my life over again I wish and hope that everything happens the same , and I think at the end of the day Becky had been the cream on top of the cake … |
29 | I think and hope that they reach the knockout rounds as it will be an immense distraction to their title ambitions . |
30 | ‘ All I could do , ’ he drawled , ‘ was keep talking , just keep telling you who I really was , what really went on inside my head , and hope that you sensed the barriers coming down very slowly for you to get in and say it . |