Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're only here once so you 've got to try and make the most of it and enjoy life to the full . ’ |
| 2 | And Alan Shearer , who has shown his versatility as a striker by scoring several of his 16 goals for Blackburn from distance , ought to try and do the same for England . |
| 3 | Erm I 'm just trying to think we really want to try and fit a few lessons into the holiday if you can it 's up to you fit in . |
| 4 | Secretan arrived at the same conclusion : ‘ It is scarcely to be wondered at that youthful craving for variety and excitement sometimes leads gangs of boys to try and put a little colour into their leisure hours in ways which lead to conflict with authority or to degradation of character . |
| 5 | They are encouraged to try and take a few steps back and be a little more objective with themselves . |
| 6 | He could think of some people who 'd say she 'd told him nothing he did n't already know and offer a few hundred francs . |
| 7 | On the few occasions when Fernando had some pressing business to attend to she was able to put her own mind to work and make a few valuable contacts for the agency but the majority of her time was spent with her love . |
| 8 | He kept pestering the others about what is known as " account trading " ( where one can buy and sell the same stock within a two week period , hoping that the stock price will have risen ) . |
| 9 | It was never still and no two waves rose and broke the same way . |
| 10 | Modern plastics and silicones have made pipe connections so easy : no more messing about with tarred hemp and mortar , which inevitably cracked and leaked a few years later . |
| 11 | After a moment she felt herself lifted and carried a few paces . |
| 12 | The Association of British Insurers says both versions cost the same to repair and look the same to potential thieves : ‘ With no difference in badging , you do n't know what you 've got until you open the bonnet . ’ |
| 13 | Made up of four 30-minute scenes , in each of which the same people say and do the same things in the same setting , Roll On Friday , it is no surprise to learn , has been developed into a five-year television series in New Zealand and Australia . |
| 14 | Urquhart stopped and turned a few yards ahead of her . |
| 15 | He has sat and matched the former world amateur champions shoot up the rankings and said : ‘ I 'm glad to see them doing so well but it 's annoying when you know you are as good as them but are not able to do anything about it . |
| 16 | Nothing much different inside , either ; still looks and smells the same : polished parquet flooring , sumptuous but fading old rugs , assorted mostly very old furniture , lots of big houseplants on the floor and time-dulled landscapes and portraits on the wood-panelled walls . |
| 17 | It makes so much difference if you tell each other what you hope for , rather than expecting your partner to know , or to assume that your partner wants and expects the same things . |
| 18 | That failing , there can be a conveyance between the husband and wife , to which the first mortgagee is a party , to release the husband from liability under the first mortgage and take a covenant to observe and perform the same from the wife who will also covenant with the husband to indemnify him in respect of the second mortgage . |
| 19 | Within their firm containment , he can slowly learn about holding mixed feelings — loving and hating the same person . |
| 20 | A great , black bird was flapping and hopping a little way behind the herd . |
| 21 | Father Kipling stooped and said a few words to them as he passed into the sacristy to vest , and they turned round and looked at Clare . |
| 22 | We think they deserve and want no less . |
| 23 | When they had met and exchanged a few kisses , that would be time enough . |
| 24 | In fact , men and women are often no longer free to explore and share the many aspects of maleness and femaleness which add texture , richness and depth to work and leisure life . |
| 25 | Versions of the traditional hornpipe danced by sailors of many nationalities are featured in many ballets because it is so descriptive of the very particular way in which seamen walk and do the many different jobs that have to be done on any kind of boat . |
| 26 | Industria Siquieroli has manufactured and sold the most units — 650 charcoal-burning , vehicle gasifiers at $750 a time . |
| 27 | The process is thus based on an ability to define and interpret the many possible and desirable relationships that can exist between two orthogonal domains . |
| 28 | The dive-bombing skuas , the screaming terns , the lovely trilling whimbrel and dunlin and the wailing divers , all are silent and will be seen and heard no more until spring arrives to warm the earth and banish the snows of winter . |
| 29 | Yet the baby , in looking and seeming the same , distressed her . |
| 30 | Friends pay more visits to our properties than most people do , and we know that many of you have noticed and appreciated the many improvements we have made . |