Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hardly surprising given the enhanced status , power and influence which the nineteenth century had brought , that Nonconformists had come to identify the Christian religion with the values and secular goals of their times , the most important of which was an acceptance of the inevitability of progress through change . |
| 2 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 3 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 4 | He whistled after her and shouted a coarse word , whilst Beatrice looked down at him , unshaven and dishevelled , and asked who the big Sicilian was ( an insult , of course to an Italian ) . |
| 5 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 6 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |
| 7 | But that 's the real world and we have to be positive and make it the best for them as it can be , with love , affection and trust . ’ |
| 8 | So let's really all commit ourselves to the national raffle and make it the biggest and most successful raffle Save The Children has ever had . |
| 9 | If a club comes along and offers us the right money for Simon , then so be it , but at the end of the day erm we 'd like Simon on our books . |
| 10 | onto the rail and offers you the last fruit , |
| 11 | it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . |
| 12 | Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe . |
| 13 | With this in mind we take a look at the kind of thing the cold weather walker should be wearing on page 26 and bring you the latest thermals on page 24 . |
| 14 | Bill Williams , a journeyman , witnessed how he had met Day in the Barley Mow at Hungerford , and sold him the incriminating tobacco box . |
| 15 | The German army itself was in theory a composite force of Prussian , Saxon , Bavarian and Württemberger troops ; this diversity meant little more than differences of name and uniform , for the Prussian staff controlled the whole apparatus as a unified system and made it the best army in the world . |
| 16 | This position put its schools in the forefront and made it the leading school of Europe from the 1140s , until Paris began to take the lead in theology and philosophy ( but never in law ) in the 1180s . |
| 17 | A great looker , and he may have shown his admiration because she had ducked her dark head in mock embarrassment and given him the slowest smile as she had moved away . |
| 18 | Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved . |
| 19 | Yes , it uses eight watts against a hundred , well I say probably against seventy five , eight watts instead of seventy five and given us the same amount of light out . |
| 20 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |
| 21 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 22 | Well Julie went and got it the other day that 's why fetched her out , to get their presents . |
| 23 | Most fax software lets you define a group of names in the fax phone book , and send them the same fax at the click of a button . |
| 24 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 25 | Please accept my application and enrol me into Quality Paperbacks Direct , and send me the five introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 26 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 27 | In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle . |
| 28 | Refuel the plane and send us the other brother , and we will send you the other passengers . |
| 29 | Under Rachel 's serene autocracy the firemen agreed that there was nothing much to be done now , that the house seemed safe enough but they should not use the attic until someone ‘ from the department ’ had been and inspected it the next day . |
| 30 | things you see , so erm , I thought right well that 's it Ben can have the garage , I 'll go and buy her the flying circus , Joseph can have the bus and call it a day . |