Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the advice of a friend , she applied for and got a freelance job with the BBC in Plymouth . |
| 2 | Her chin was distinctly pointed , her mouth clenched as if withholding a cry , Vincent saw the pallor of her face , its sad lines , her eyes inward-looking , and felt that his soul was in correspondence with her . |
| 3 | For efficiency and confidentiality , the conference is expected to have a clear set of objectives , and to be restricted to those people directly involved with the child and the family concerned , and those who need to know about or have a contribution to make to the tasks involved . |
| 4 | The Leith Chamber of Commerce was instituted in 1840 and in 1852 the Directors petitioned for and obtained a Charter of Incorporation on their representation ‘ That the town of Leith is the principal seaport in the East of Scotland and it would tend much to the encouragement and promotion of the trade and manufacture already extensively established and carried on there , if the Petitioners were incorporated as a Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers , with the powers and privileges usually conferred on such bodies ’ . |
| 5 | And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead . |
| 6 | The question was not whether the judge had made a wrong decision but whether he had inquired into and decided a matter which he had no right to consider . |
| 7 | There the work was carried out until the L & B Railway had amalgamated with and leased a number of small lines , notably the Birmingham and Manchester , Liverpool and Manchester , and the South Staffordshire Railways . |
| 8 | With the anti-roll bar up front , the car rolls less than it used to and has a jigglier low-speed ride , but it 's true to say that on all models I drove the quality of ride was largely good . |
| 9 | Couples practises when he needs to and takes a complete break , normally three weeks , when he considers he has done sufficient to earn one . |
| 10 | JANE requires you to guess at and check a set of mathematical functions without ever giving you the answers . ) |
| 11 | Crucial to the financial stability is the fact that Highlander is recognised as a non profit-making organisation , and as such it has successfully applied for and sustained a tax-exempt status from the Federal revenue agency . |
| 12 | He pawed at the Daily Telegraph but failed to find whatever he was looking for and lit a cigarette instead . |
| 13 | The very exhaustive treatise Contemporary Percussion by Reginald Smith Brindle ( O.U.P. ) goes in great detail into the technique of writing for and playing a vast number of percussion instruments and contains quotations from many modern works , as well as a 45 rpm recording of the sounds of many of the tuned and untuned instruments which have been used by modern composers . |
| 14 | Case of the Negro Sommersett seventeen seventy-two , ’ Miss Phoebe murmured as if repeating a lesson . |
| 15 | 2.15 Section 3 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 amended the 1976 Act so as to insert a new s1A , which provides that an action under the Act may consist of or include a claim for damages for bereavement in the case of causes of action accruing after 1 January 1983 . |
| 16 | Politics is about communicating with and winning a person , not winning an argument or battering home a policy line . |
| 17 | This Agreement and its Schedule ( which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement ) constitute the entire agreement between the Publisher and the Programme for the writing of the Program , and supersede all earlier communications on that subject . |
| 18 | This Agreement and its Schedule ( which is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement ) constitute the entire agreement between the Publisher and the Programme for the writing of the Program , and supersede all earlier communications on that subject . |
| 19 | My principal reason was a very subjective one : I had , as an undergraduate , met with and remained a firm friend of one of the leading Ibos , Sir Louis Mbanefo , who had been knighted by the British government when he became the Chief Justice of Eastern Nigeria . |
| 20 | As a result , there are usually a good many people to choose from when filling a senior management slot . |
| 21 | Focus is on listening to and understanding a wide range of accents . |
| 22 | The Minster at Mittelzell is the chief church , built first just after 800 but added to and altered a number of times since ( 257 ) . |
| 23 | THE future of Alan Bond 's shaky worldwide brewing , property and media empire may be decided today when the Australian courts are expected to rule on whether to appoint a receiver to the three crucial group companies . |
| 24 | The immediate family and carers go through a chronic grief process alongside the need to go on caring for and sustaining a person who is slipping away , cognitively , behaviourally and emotionally . |
| 25 | A non-contributory pension is the benefit most prospective employees look for when considering a job offer , according to a KPMG survey . |
| 26 | Liu Chang 's mouth opened as if to form a question , then clicked shut . |
| 27 | What should you look for when choosing a ready-made Christmas cake ? |
| 28 | Ideal Home and Goblin are interested in finding out all about your vacuum cleaner , how you use it and the features you would look for when choosing a new model . |
| 29 | IDEAL HOME and Vi-Spring are interested in finding out about your bed , whether it 's comfortable and what features you would look for when choosing a new one . |
| 30 | my personal view was that we , we should have some form of , two things , one is communicating the realities of the situation , it 's a fairly new market , there was a lot of competitors in the market , coming into the market , there was a lot of confusion in the market there was a lot of confusion in the market as to exactly what it was that customer could buy , there was also a lot of confusion of as to , cos there are different types of customer , and over sixty five , there are about seven different categories , there was a need for someone and I believe it should therefore have been the market leader at that time to if you want to establish principals , establish what they , this was in the market and establish what the elderly would be , would , should look for when purchasing a retirement apartment . |