Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Trent waited until the catamaran was pointing downriver , then he let go the stern line , pulling it in and coiling it down .
2 ‘ People do write in and offer their services ’ , says Christopher Nell , ‘ but I 'm not aware that we 've actually used any of they so far .
3 ‘ Someone might come in and offer me more money .
4 One minute I 'm skyscraper-high : which of the exciting variety of Robinas will I offer the station buffet as their dazzling new waitress ? — name your part , Bina 'll shine at it , I only have to waltz in and offer my services and they 'll fling open their arms in welcome .
5 Take the opportunity to clean out the channel the cover fits in and to fill it with grease .
6 My brothers 'd be watching his every move , just hoping he 'd put a foot wrong so they could jump in and scrag him .
7 One wanted to go in and break it up , a second to stay back and let them go home .
8 he sometimes comes in and helps me out as well so very first class chap if you know anybody that needs a good headline writer Jack 's your man
9 But we you know , one was one would be boiling the the white metal , we 'd we 'd fixed on the and er one would be boiling and pouring the stuff and the other cutting y you know breaking up the the mould sort of thing and piling the stuff out and as fast as we were piling them up , some beggar was creeping in and stealing them .
10 Would that we could as easily gather back all the things we have said in mistake over the years , gather them in and powder them down until not one trace of their original form is left .
11 Weeds too , join in and shake their waists , wave their long arms , flicking their hands — ;
12 Still gripping Nicola 's shirt , Goldman pulled her in and punched her , missing her face when she lurched away from the blow , but taking her on the body .
13 Well by this time it was ten to eight and I 'd got all these members were going to be outside , I was going to have to let them in and serve them and I was getting a bit frantic you see .
14 Within the unit , further measures can enhance security including reviewing the number of visitors each patient is allowed , and requiring visitors to sign in and identify themselves .
15 ‘ You dig in and fill your boots while you can .
16 What fools they , you say they were not to go in and possess it !
17 As bad luck would have it , just as Mum was shouting , Granny walked in and surprised them .
18 Personally , she thought it was fair enough if Connor had a small moment of glory before Jack , armed with the material in the briefcase beside her , hauled her in and finished her little investigation for good and all .
19 You sure it does n't just push in and does it come ?
20 It has to be in a jug in case Mother Clare comes in and thinks I 'm being treated like someone normal .
21 Well , I could go to the casting and asked him to put the pattern in and fire it for it , to cut the sand out like that , you know so that the metal 'd run in like that and you 'd got the big head as you wanted , you know and er it 'd take you like castings with the machine and all that sort of thing , it was all hand stuff you know and yeah
22 erm In principle it should be possible to be able to speak into a microphone , or to write on a pad , with a pencil , and the computer would be connected to the microphone or the pad and would take in and interpret what you 've done , without having to learn this rather clumsy method of putting things in one letter at a time .
23 Detective Constable Ian says the girl was in a tent when the youths burst in and attacked her .
24 She rushed in and gathered her beloved hen to her , burying her face in its feathers , as the hen began to squawk with surprise and excitement .
25 People keep coming in and telling me I 'm doing wonderfully — but where 's the baby ?
26 Cut the bad stuff out and er put the new timber in and shape it to fit the existing door casing , architrave and
27 Er would you not say that this has shifted the onus of responsibility very much on to the financial institutions , the banks and others who had dealings with Mr Maxwell , and is n't the judge in effect saying in your interpretation er of that , that these institutions er really have got to show they were whiter than white in their dealings and actually went in and investigated him thoroughly ?
28 Those of you who have not yet started the programme for the handicapped , please join in and spread our sailing skills to all .
29 it 's just like drinking , it 's just like getting a spoonful of sugar and sticking it in and wiping it around .
30 And yet there was no school of thought which cultivated and refined that enthusiasm , no influential and witty group of young film makers who could draw him in and use him as C. A. Lejeune perceptively realised he could be used .
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