Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guntram 's bishops dealt with a disagreement between their king and his brother Sigibert in 573 , and Guntram himself summoned two councils to Mâcon between 581 and 585 , and another to Valence in the same period . |
| 2 | There is all the difference in the world between encouraging people to feel good , and encouraging them to feel good about the situation . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , Knut , I 'll put it simply , and bind you to keep this secret from my son . |
| 4 | This romantic view of the Germanic commune had an unconscious effect on Marx and led him to follow those German historians who were trying to reconstruct an old system which they say as smothered by a newer one . |
| 5 | ( 1981 , 1983 ) believed that the greenhouse warming should emerge from the noise level of natural climate variability by the end of the century , and expected it to become noticeable during the 1980s . |
| 6 | I phoned Annie and asked her to cancel both performances today , and those on Monday and Tuesday . |
| 7 | With this in mind , we searched out one of Britain 's leading exponents of the Gothic bodice-ripper and asked her to inject some life into the first ascent of the Eiger 's north face . |
| 8 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 9 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 10 | He gave Sandison the address and asked him to do three things : check that Maidstone was all right , check that he still had his money and give him back his hat . |
| 11 | The Council commended the existing structure to the Secretary of State and asked him to re-consider this as an option for Lothian . |
| 12 | The United Kingdom pointed out that , by letter of 1 March 1983 , it informed the Commission of the problem created by the registration of Spanish vessels and of its intentions in that regard and asked it to put forward measures which would enable the problem to be resolved . |
| 13 | Er , if they say that er , they should be er , a balance or reserve put in by constituent authorities then we will have the money available to do that , if we did n't then they may have frozen the reserves that are already there and asked us to put some more money in as well . |
| 14 | ‘ Things got a bit out of hand when they rang back and asked us talk live to Gerry . |
| 15 | It is no good pretending that you are ever going to do fine woodwork with this All Purpose saw , but for rough cutting and shaping it has many uses around the house . |
| 16 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 17 | I thought well after ten years , I thought , well I want I still want to get on and erm so I heard of this job down at Cambridge Station as Assistant Manageress at the Refreshment Rooms , you see , and er it was n't quite the same because er at Ipswich , you see , although the Catering Manager 's office er my work was office work and typing you know general thing and er because he was away most of the day , most days , because of er er the ten stations er from stretching as I say from Chelmsford , Witham , Marks Tey , Colchester and er I think it was Clacton and er and Manningtree and er I think , I do n't know Manningtree and Ipswich of course and er then er Bury St Edmunds and , and that 's it and I am not sure whether you went to Newmarket or whether to Ca whether to Cambridge now Newmarket but er , you see , so the days went on and we worked every other Sunday and of course I know things were a lot cheaper then but you see the pay was n't , was n't very good . |
| 18 | Just walk down the road here to all them shops and just knock one of them off , bring the stuff back , stash it till the morning and then go and sell it to buy some gear … |
| 19 | I needed my own fairy-tale — my own legend — and to see it come true . |
| 20 | There is evidence that the body clock of ‘ larks ’ runs faster than average , so that there is a tendency for the clock to wake them up earlier — and make them feel tired earlier . |
| 21 | Motivate others and make them feel confident . |
| 22 | Try telephoning the practice nurse in advance so that she will know your son or daughter 's name and make them feel welcome and special when you arrive . |
| 23 | Mr Nash added that the whole basis of ASB chairman David Tweedie 's approach was to stop people looking at special figures and make them examine various factors . |
| 24 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 25 | This belief has lasted to the present day ; and , in revenge , we should round up all the people who made these awful hippy records and make them read old Charlatans interviews until they beg for mercy and we hurl them into a well filled with angry weasels . |
| 26 | After all , one might dream up all kinds of outlandish ideas , and make them look good by persuasive argument decked out in the trappings of authority and the careful selection of data . |
| 27 | I 'm going to use what they can give me and try and make them look good . |
| 28 | Keith has a lot of talent and I think David used to go to him and Keith would rearrange the songs and make them sound good with his bass lines . |
| 29 | Come to think of it you could call anyone by a name which is not their own and make them sound stupid . |
| 30 | The assistants try and make them fill this in . |