Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the company has achieved segmentation it can more clearly concentrate and aim its promotional effort at a particular target market . |
| 2 | Appropriate feedback is vital in the patient 's relearning process , so he receives praise only when it is deserved : if he fails in any way , the physiotherapist remains encouraging and positive about it , but shows him how and why he went wrong , or she may simply leave that task for the moment and return to it later , when the patient can concentrate and get it right . |
| 3 | It is the possession of a common culture and the ability to communicate and pass it on to others that distinguishes the human being from other animals . |
| 4 | Guinness has an arrangement with Carlton and United Breweries , a division of Fosters , to brew and distribute its beer products in Australia . |
| 5 | During the heyday of the fair it was the right of every villager to brew and sell his own beer , and he advertised the fact by hanging a branch or piece of greenery over his door . |
| 6 | The ability to modify and alter what has gone before is therefore a necessary part of any system . |
| 7 | It is also seeking to modify and extend its product range . |
| 8 | However , to achieve these it is necessary to modify and amplify their proposals . |
| 9 | Immediately the archer fish has fired , it swims rapidly to the point where its prey will fall into the water , ready to catch and eat it . |
| 10 | Louis and the two girls set out to catch and resecure him . |
| 11 | We need to catch and hold their attention . |
| 12 | They seem almost magical in themselves and once incorporated in a story they are guaranteed to weave a web to catch and hold us . |
| 13 | There can be little doubt that his tactics constituted an invitation to the French to catch and challenge him . |
| 14 | ‘ Black people are the original people of the Earth , no one could exist on the planet without us and we must wake up , to struggle and do what we have to do to come into power , ’ announces Chester , striding across the stage , as the audience cheers . |
| 15 | As to the restaurant itself , I recall that we had to shuffle and wriggle our way out between the crowded tables , and that the noise had been a little taxing on the nerves . |
| 16 | I think it would be easier to try and draw them together so that we have got this document with the position so far , as we have a lot . |
| 17 | One person in the middle is the naughty monkey and has to try and make everybody else either move or laugh . |
| 18 | I would hate to think that some children at home now are going to try and make their pet cat jump through a hoop of fire . |
| 19 | Her hand came up to rub her forehead to try and make her think more clearly . |
| 20 | We can prove that Birmingham is a nice place ; we can embarrass ourselves by straining each nerve , adopting all blandishments to try and make its detractors like our city . |
| 21 | ‘ What are you going to do instead ? ’ asks Phil , chewing up little pieces of graph paper into sodden balls , and flicking them at the laboratory ceiling with a slide-rule to try and make them stick . |
| 22 | So Malcolm went down Club Row market and bought us a cat and the most ridiculously horrible food — tins of sardines and those disgusting tinned plum tomatoes they used to try and make you eat at school . |
| 23 | Well there are one or two other things we can do to try and make you feel better er even if the , the hands are n't the principle cause er I think we 'll see what happens , work your chest out of the way first though . |
| 24 | That was why I kept pushing you and provoking you — to try and make you spit it out . |
| 25 | Or her , ’ she would add scrupulously , being among other things a feminist ) , but in practice this does n't seem to affect her behaviour very noticeably — she seems to have ordinary human feelings , ambitions , desires , to suffer anxieties , frustrations , fears , like anyone else in this imperfect world , and to have a natural inclination to try and make it a better place . |
| 26 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 27 | Well , perhaps I wo n't light the fire until half past eleven or something to try and make it go that bit further . |
| 28 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 29 | After designing an architect 's dream , he will then have to try and make it functional , having committed himself to a particular shape and size . |
| 30 | Erm my nan remembers him , was it somebody called , no no he was another character I think he sold newspapers , but erm I do , I do remember him er They 've always erm tried to get some entertainment on the pitch though prior to the matches to try and make it a family thing you know , I , I think Watford are the best club for that you know , because they , the supporters seem to take all the family along , as my son said when they went down there to the Cup replay they are very much a family sort , they do n't get a lot of trouble at Watford either . |