Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
| 2 | A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise . |
| 3 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table . |
| 6 | I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday . |
| 7 | They saw him start and jump back to the shelter of the bank . |
| 8 | And the lads used to go and pinch out of the girls ' bags . |
| 9 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 10 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 11 | Well I mean it 's , it 's well as soon as , it 's , well did you write in and object in within the time ? |
| 12 | Which was supposed to open and flap back at the end of the world and let her out , resurrected . |
| 13 | The Somme dragged on through July , a futile and terrible battle of attrition that cost hundreds of thousands of lives , through Aubers Ridge , Delville Wood , where the Cameronians had a section of trench they called Buchanan Street , and into a dreadful September , when Haig decided to try and break through on the Somme with a secret weapon , the tank . |
| 14 | Or — and something came apart in his stomach and turned a revolution and plummeted downwards — were they all politely and patiently waiting with well-controlled longing because it would not be too long now before they could get home and carry on with the lives they preferred without him ? |
| 15 | Wash your cans up erm and er and then they 'd go and finish off in the corn fields . |
| 16 | Under the circumstances , with the band far keener to slope off and mope back at the hotel , the gig goes remarkably well . |
| 17 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |
| 18 | A little later , Lok 's interpretation of the scene is rendered without the introductory simile : " a track among the green smoke began to twist and sway down towards the river … |
| 19 | No sooner was I home and motherly than it was time to dress up and head back to the theatre . |
| 20 | ‘ Another job well done , Ralph , let's pack up and head back to the station . ’ |
| 21 | Then he remembered his mother and Stefan and made himself go back and look up at the bodies till he did n't mind any more . |
| 22 | Far away along the path we saw him turn and look back at the hound . |
| 23 | To confirm this we have to pause and look back from the road to Aubeterre as it climbs the eastern slope of the valley of the Tude , just as Pound must have paused in 1911 ; and then we see that , whereas the modern town of Chalais is in the river bottom , old Chalais , a manorial village grouped round the gate of the château , does indeed stand on the ridge behind , so that the tops of the tallest poplars by the river wave just below the walls of the château . |
| 24 | Or she could kneel and look out of the window , or do some physical jerks . |
| 25 | I was strong enough next morning to go and look out of the front window . |
| 26 | No , it 's just somewhere to sit in and look out at the en , er the ships and boats going by . |
| 27 | Their job is to try and keep up with the train on nearby roads and hopefully help catch the faster of the trespassers fleeing from their colleagues on the trackside . |
| 28 | Northern prop Roy Powell 's attempt to kick the ball dead miscued , allowing Ropati to dash through and touch down beneath the posts . |
| 29 | Establish an Arms Conversion Agency to help arms manufacturers to diversify and convert out of the defence field , funded by savings made in the defence budget . |
| 30 | We liked the motor camp at Marahau so much that we stayed two nights , giving us a chance to wash and clean up after the Abel Tasman . |