Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , you must have heard about or seen the horsemen hiding in the trees . |
| 2 | On the advice of a friend , she applied for and got a freelance job with the BBC in Plymouth . |
| 3 | BSB 's original backers , who applied for and won the contract to broadcast from 31° West , signed to use MAC . |
| 4 | In general , British managers are unfamiliar with property rental and are unsure as to how to search for and conduct the necessary transactions . |
| 5 | It asked for and received the help of the ruler of the Hohenstaufen ( Germanic ) Empire , Frederik 1 , known as Barbarossa ( ‘ Red Beard ’ ) who crossed the Alps and attacked Milan . |
| 6 | He asked for and received the resignations of his Cabinet ; it was not clear whether they included his own . |
| 7 | The existence of a strong Hellenizing party in Jerusalem , which asked for and obtained the support of the Seleucid king , explains what in Hellenistic terms was the exceptional behaviour of Antiochus IV . |
| 8 | He made as if to shut the drawer , saw the gun and hesitated . |
| 9 | And I made as if to open the door . |
| 10 | ’ When still she made no move , he chuckled and made as if to put the document away again , pausing when he saw out of the corner of his eye that she was returning to the desk , albeit hesitantly . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Systematic arrangements will be made to assess , provide for and review the health and social care needs of people with a mental illness who would benefit from support and treatment in the community ( Coventry ) |
| 13 | She , too , rose as if sensing the sudden chill between them . |
| 14 | He also had in him the wrathful patriarch of the Protestant religion , for he was the product of the two warring faiths , of an Irish Catholic mother and an Irish Presbyterian father , and of the Sunday ritual my mother would repeatedly describe as if narrating the auspicious early life of a saint . |
| 15 | ( For instance , librarians should know about and avoid the ‘ vanity ’ publishers — firms whose authors pay to have their works published . ) |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Family Planning Association and the Health Education Council provide a free Family Planning Information Service FPIS to help people to know about and use the free National Health Service facilities . |
| 18 | Meh'Lindi commenced some isometric combat exercises as if to repel the oppression of being in the warp , which at times could generate a spiritual migraine , an ache of the soul . |
| 19 | She writes as if anticipating the publication of her diary . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | Motoring journalists were reminded of the values that GT used to stand for when reviewing the 164.0 Cloverleaf . |
| 22 | Mayor Kropacek said : ‘ We must thank the Thun-Hohenstein family for having looked after and honoured the picture of the Annunciation for nearly half a century and for having now returned it , newly restored , to the church of the Holy Cross . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The method used in the past few years has been simple — ignore names put forward by organisations you do not approve of and pack the committees with more sympathetic interest groups . |
| 25 | Secondly , I 'd make the land around the barn blend and unify with the surrounding area ; it would merge with and reinforce the horizon beyond — harmonise rather than stick out like a sore thumb . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Provided you choose the right companies to work with and employ the right people to do it , you can get the right results . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Darwin 's thinking both drew upon and transcended the conventional ideas of his time . |
| 30 | But again there need be no problem in the marriage if the partner is equally committed to and supports the career climb . |