Example sentences of "and [vb base] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They often feel they know it all and tend to give the impression that they are ‘ experts ’ on blacks . |
| 2 | Why t why c why do they not communicate upwards and I think essentially people it in subordinate positions are about managing the impressions others have of them and tend to believe the notion , no matter how true it is , that er that organisations may have a shoot the messenger philosophy , yes ? |
| 3 | Arrows occur at the corners of polygons and tend to make the sides seem concave . |
| 4 | I 'll probably have crisps and we go and bulk buy the crisps we 'll get big packs |
| 5 | In practice it is usual for the new Emperor to be the son and heir of the old Emperor , as the Imperial family will use all its power and influence to prepare the way for its own candidate . |
| 6 | The exchange of dissimilar things in the patron-client relationship occurs because the patron offers the qualities that accrue to his superior status , that is , power and influence to help the client while , in return , the latter contributes support and esteem . |
| 7 | Another civilian was trying to set up a camera and tripod to photograph the scene and everybody was trying to sidestep the vomit on the carpet . |
| 8 | He parted the bushes and drew the beast in to them , and left Cynan and Meurig to hoist the lord of Parfois across his own saddle and hale him away hastily among the trees towards the river . |
| 9 | A careful consideration of the nature of virtues , or of the lives of the saints and apostles may help , as will meditation on the Passion and Mary , whose virtues enabled Christ to be born and make manifest the wisdom and goodness of God . |
| 10 | He said suing the building society would only delay matters and make resolving the problem more costly . |
| 11 | And make preparing the mill ready for the slate . |
| 12 | For these works , the use of bright colour , which flickers across the garden scenes , is less apparent , and the impressions rely more on goldens and browns , matured colours which denote fading grandeur and bring to mind the self-portraits of Rembrandt . |
| 13 | If you are resident in a country and intend to spend the rest of your days there , it could be sensible to opt for a change of domicile . |
| 14 | The punky four piece will record under the direction of Jessica Corcoran , producer of Ned 's Atomic Dustbin , and intend to finish the LP within a month . |
| 15 | We hope that Pat Kennedy will be able to work with us on this and intend to invite the student teachers to participate . |
| 16 | I am currently planning a backpacking holiday and intend to walk the area to the north-west of Fort William in Scotland . |
| 17 | In the wild , a good memory and fear keep the horse alive . |
| 18 | At first he was afraid that persecution would produce nominal Christians , hypocrisy and fear clothing the lack of an orthodox foundation garment . |
| 19 | And because she wanted to know more , she wanted to find out all there was to find out about this dark , ancient stronghold that her ancestors had known , at times she stole out from her bedchamber after nightfall and stood listening to the night rustlings and the soft settling of the old , old timbers ( and the footsteps ? did n't she still hear the footsteps every night ? ) and thought that if only she knew the right words , or if only she had the power , she could summon the enchantments and lay bare the secrets and understand this place . |
| 20 | The perfect tool to slice , peel back and lay bare the beating blood pump of their music and ideas . |
| 21 | Remove dead tips and shoots in early spring , and prune to control the growth at the same time . |
| 22 | Since the identity of the lover — the woman — becomes submerged in the other lover 's desire for her/his body , one of the two may become afraid and want to kill the other . |
| 23 | I think that it would be true to say that , nowadays , most materialists want to avoid theories that are as nakedly behaviouristic as this , and want to accommodate the common-sense intuition that something inner and introspectible is missing in the blind or deaf , for example , in addition to their lost capacity to respond . |
| 24 | Rap-stations are also being drilled at Cheddar , so those of you who 've had your appetite whetted by Pat Littlejohn 's excellent new South-West Climbs and want to sample the delights of the Ginsberg Wall will have even more reason to visit this excellent , albeit usually freezing , venue . |
| 25 | Ministers are said to have been impressed by what they regard as the success of privately-run prisons and want to extend the scheme to other parts of the criminal justice system . |
| 26 | If you have a pitched roof and want to use the loft space for habitable rooms , you need to insulate the underside of the roof slope . |
| 27 | Okay , how does Release Three and want to check the Windows differ ? |
| 28 | Imagine that you are Harkness and want to tell the story of the day your brother got the cane . |
| 29 | Now the organisers of the meeting , to be held in the Stafford House Hotel , Church Street , at 7.30pm on Monday , hope to prevent a repeat of the damage and want to hear the views of local people . |
| 30 | For example , in developed countries , as current education standards require more extended formal education and increasing proportions of women subscribe to these advancements , as younger women are enabled to and elect to join the labour force , marriage is postponed , and the secular trend towards younger age at marriage is reversed . |