Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can begin to run , jump and fly around in your VR room . |
| 2 | He enjoyed the camaraderie of police life and spent several minutes going about the murder squad office , exchanging pleasantries with officers he did not know and catching up with the latest news . |
| 3 | Frighten or surprise one and it will stiffen and keel over in what appears to be a dead faint . |
| 4 | The process is slowed down by the young females ' strong attachments to their mothers some of whom may occasionally defect and move off with the young males too . |
| 5 | Again , let the surface dry and finish off with two coats of polyurethane and wax as for the straight sanding process . |
| 6 | Or she could kneel and look out of the window , or do some physical jerks . |
| 7 | If possible , introduce the female a few hours before the male , so she can explore and settle in in peace and quiet . |
| 8 | Decoration of the aquarium should be as simple as possible , and leave plenty of free-swimming space so that the fish can display and move around without having to dodge large objects . |
| 9 | In fact , the hours are so long at clubs I suspect an ordinary shop-keeping junior would soon quit and go back to Sainsbury 's . |
| 10 | He then generally obliged the heirs and entrusted to them that they should give and make over to each person whatever he had left them . |
| 11 | State employees will trap and shoot up to 75 per cent of the wolves in a region southwest of Fairbanks and keep numbers to that level for the next few years . |
| 12 | One of these was to ‘ plant ’ a seismic amplifier , a gadget that would monitor and transmit back to Earth precise details of lunar tremors . |
| 13 | ‘ What the world wants is a fast and comfortable commuter airliner that can land and take off from helicopter pads and heliports , which are now fairly common in the big cities , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Then we 'd dress and go back to the bar , order |
| 15 | She flushed scarlet , hastily collected as much as she could carry and started off up the cliff path . |
| 16 | when you feel something wet and wake up in bed |
| 17 | I had held on to Lili , and Syl had brought me home insisting that our mothers should stay and go on to dinner with Lili and Robert and the gallery owner as planned . |
| 18 | But I think I 'll stay and get on with some paperwork all the same , if you do n't mind . |
| 19 | Let's eat and get out of here . |
| 20 | You will need about a teaspoonful of yogurt which you then apply to face and neck and leave on for ten to fifteen minutes . |
| 21 | They did not squeal and race about in panic , but allowed themselves to be driven through the house and down the steep ramp to the underground slaughter-house without protest . |
| 22 | Rain felt her legs weaken and sank on to the edge of the bed . |
| 23 | The sources from which the children could find information enabling them to make fullest use of the church study were not confined to what they saw in the booklet nor what they could see and think out for themselves ; a number of people , both inside and outside the school , were enthusiastic and available for consultation . |
| 24 | Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected . |
| 25 | But it gets easier , and if we do n't begin and step out in faith then our gift will never mature . |
| 26 | The essence of good housing for old people is that it should be easy to run ( easy to heat , clean and move around in ) , conveniently situated , afford independence and privacy to the occupant , with opportunity for sociability and the security of regular contact . |
| 27 | The children fight a lot , wo n't do as they are told , I never get any time for myself and all I seem to do is to wash , clean and pick up after them . |
| 28 | He let the towel drop and dug around in a drawer for some underwear . |
| 29 | Better concentrate on what you can control and get on with it . |
| 30 | WHO KNOWS what petty grievances fester in the dark recesses of Martin Willis ' imagination , but on ‘ Au Fou ’ there seems an endless stream of negative subjects he can roar and screech about in snivelling , tired and emotional voice , rather like the Incredible Hulk moaning ‘ I do n't wan na go to school ’ . |