Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Anyone attempting to flout the restrictions and climb conventionally is at serious risk of injury from BAA members abseiling down the cliff face .
2 He 's invested heavily in this new venture … the only time … the only place where Nigel Mansell seems to change gear and slow down is on the golf course …
3 People often have an underlying doubt about falling in and dislike not being in complete control over what they are doing .
4 And do n't be in the least distressed about coming to us .
5 A Mersey Docks and Harbour Company official said : ‘ They are quite old , and have not been in regular use in recent years . ’
6 A spokeswoman for Mersey Docks and Harbour Company said : ’ They are now quite old and have not been in regular use in recent years so it was decided to dismantle them to improve the appearance of the area .
7 New methods will come , no doubt , with the fruition of that research which the Home Secretary has urged and supported ; but we can not even claim to be using existing methods , when 7,550 prisoners are sleeping tonight three in a cell , and when policies which , but for the war , would have been on the statute book in 1939 , and have already been on the statute book for half a generation , have hardly begun to be carried into effect for lack of premises .
8 There has been coverage with such as yourselves and er the local papers , and we are getting word of mouth enquiries now , but we , we have said it 's for the newly qualified driver and since we 've started this scheme , I would put newly qualified in inverted commas , because we 've had two or three ladies ring us up who 've had four and five years driving experience as such and they 're frightened to death to go on a motorway and have n't been on a motorway .
9 They first went to The Hitman in Blackpool after seeing one on TV and have since been to at least 10 of the shows .
10 I also want the rights to all other churches in the Lothians , now existing and to be established , which are not and have never been in the past dedicated to the shrine of St Cuthbert .
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