Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major recession makes innovation risky and discourages it , but in such a period the more adventurous entrepreneurs see the opportunity to profit by investing in new innovations . |
| 2 | Banks have little desire to underwrite — it is risky and demands lots of precious capital . |
| 3 | Charles White , the celebrated Manchester surgeon , was born in 1728 and received his anatomical training in London at William Hunter 's academy in 1748 . |
| 4 | Later he was sorry for this and taught himself to read hymns and easy accompaniments . |
| 5 | How 's this and put it over there . |
| 6 | I 'll go and wash this and put it onto his coat |
| 7 | Quigley ( 1979 ) confirms this and uses it as a basis for examining alternative language environments . |
| 8 | ‘ Now hear this and hear it good . |
| 9 | She did this and enjoyed it and gradually her father and his friends came to accept it ; indeed , not even , any longer , to notice it . |
| 10 | The police considered this and took him down to the station — for tea and sticky buns . |
| 11 | In the back of one of my homemade guitars I used a bit of thin foam , rolled up tight , to hold a battery in place ; then I had a brainwave to use a piece of this and lay it across the springs , between them and the rear plate . |
| 12 | This is where I live and you 're running all over it like this and spoiling it . |
| 13 | So we just ask that these come forward so that the Council can fully discuss this and make our replies to before they 're formally adopted ? |
| 14 | Cllr Eddie McEvilly , Labour , said : ‘ It is really quite disgraceful for chief officers to show our hand like this and reveal we would not have a strong case . ’ |
| 15 | Franco became very alarmed at this and told him to put his money away immediately . |
| 16 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 17 | the erm proposal falls by so er Tracy and , and David have made a , a , a note of this and thank you for |
| 18 | Read this and keep it if you 're an artist , a dealer , an auctioneer , a collector , a museum curator , an academic , a publisher , an advertiser , a sponsor , a restorer , an architect , a lawyer or an arts administrator inside or outside Europe |
| 19 | ( It would be advisable to make a copy of this and keep it in the ‘ Record of Achievement ’ as insurance against loss of the original . ) |
| 20 | Well it should be in the file and I asked for this and keep it before me when a scheme is set up , A we have a map which I must have sent out letters , |
| 21 | READ THIS AND PASS IT ON |
| 22 | He had worked out a basic form for this and photocopied it , leaving blanks to type in the appropriate names . |
| 23 | Lydia was enraged at the injustice of this and said she was definitely going home now , and what 's more her feet were hurting . |
| 24 | He frowned when reporting this and said it was not good that she should be so hard . |
| 25 | The GCC states were inevitably affected by this and generated one particularly interesting case . |
| 26 | And of course we used to have desk infect inspections , of course we used to take that down before a desk inspection you see , this we had a surprise inspection and lifted it up and saw this and read it out , read it , Right , he said , And we 'll go God 's going to help you do something else , come out . |
| 27 | But my ex heard about this and sent me two letters , full of how much he cares for me and that the break-up was his fault . |
| 28 | All our playmates crowded round to marvel at our get-up and touch our finery , but Mum soon put a stop to this and sent us indoors . |
| 29 | I told him this and asked him for a prescription for a warm , dry home . |
| 30 | Tsu Ma saw this and asked him why . |