Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] [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 | Wella Balsam Wash & Care Plus has been developed to clean , condition and strengthen your hair — all in one easy step . |
| 4 | They did not waste time there but headed downhill , taking the shepherds ' road that slanted luminous green between clusters of birches , their shadows stretching ahead like gawky giants so that the children jigged to make the shadows jump and curved their fingers from their heads to give the giants silhouettes like devils . |
| 5 | The children were asked to carry out various tasks , such as choosing the marble which made Jack jump and explaining their choices . |
| 6 | You must know and anticipate your climate and be ever ready to take advantage of any spell of good weather . |
| 7 | The work of the craftsman is to realise an inner idea in a way that is beautiful , useful and enduring , and as his work is the object of his satisfaction and delight ( " if it were in his power to produce an effect which would know and love him , this he would assuredly do " ) , so man is created for God who alone satisfies his nature . |
| 8 | He was a man for whom Catholicity was reduced to its Evangelical essentials — the love of God , a burning desire that people should know and love his Saviour , and a great belief in the power of prayer . |
| 9 | Pick someone nearby whom you do not know and study their features , their build , their colouring , the clothes they are wearing and anything else you think of . |
| 10 | He was one of those people who are instantly popular , and I felt sure he must know and relish his power over others , the power that only exceptional physical beauty can give , especially when it is allied with intelligence and strong animal magnetism . |
| 11 | I think it might be a good id , I do n't know whether , Lisa would like it better if you would let her know and let her get Kev talking on it , which perhaps be a better idea if she was in on it , but I 'll , I 'll have a word with her |
| 12 | He spoke with awe and fear in his voice , and as if he believed that only Minch herself among all of them could know and understand what might be in Men 's minds . |
| 13 | I was horribly afraid then that you must know and hate me for my disloyalty to Anthony . ’ |
| 14 | Captivated by Christ and his love she ‘ was greatly moved with love for my fellow Christians that they might know and see what I was seeing , for I wanted to cheer them too ’ . |
| 15 | She told her story to an officer she did not know and gave him the number of the Bristol callbox . |
| 16 | Now do welcome them , do make them feel at home , especially those of you who are new to the place you will know and remember what it 's like when you first come into a strange building that feels like home . |
| 17 | She would fall and make him drag her the rest of the way first . |
| 18 | If the nurse neglects this part of her role the amputee may fall and injure himself or lose confidence in his ability to adapt and cope with this problem . |
| 19 | ‘ You wanted me to let her fall and injure herself ? |
| 20 | I feared that at any moment I might fall and break my neck . |
| 21 | She worried that Chris might fall and break his leg , that Annie might swallow a stone and have to go to hospital , that Alan might give himself an ulcer through working too hard . |
| 22 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 23 | He would baffle and intrigue her , just as he had done Cassie on their first meeting ; and Cassie could think of no way in which she could explain him away . |
| 24 | Have you someone who can assist and support you with the children ? |
| 25 | Hibernating animals need to awaken on schedule so that they can mate and have their young while food is plentiful . |
| 26 | Eventually she let him win and asked who told him . |
| 27 | Only by steadily improving efficiency would Britain win and keep its share of the world 's markets . |
| 28 | I shall certainly buy and use it , and advise anyone else who is fascinated by the food we work with to do the same . |
| 29 | Of course , we hope that you will not just browse through our book in a bookshop , as you may well be doing now , but will buy and use it ! |
| 30 | Growing up seeing nothing but these truly ghastly buildings , never using anything that is n't made of shoddy material , how could such children become people who would recognise and choose anything that 's beautiful ? |