Example sentences of "and [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particularly active has been the WJEC TEC co-ordinating panel set up in 1975 to co ordinate the work of the colleges and consortia and to promote a programme of in-service training . |
| 2 | Using a medium tension and hanging a weight on the scarf as it is being knitted will make it curl more easily . |
| 3 | Creating this elegant , opulent bedhead is as simple as making curtains and hanging a rack . |
| 4 | Eudo summoned all his strength , as if he could stand the pain no longer , and whispered a name . |
| 5 | One of the businessmen sniggered and whispered a comment to his neighbour , who burst into raucous laughter . |
| 6 | The sight of another horse , especially a friend , will calm and reassure a horse that is feeling anxious or frightened . |
| 7 | The gunner looks through his optical sight , lines it up with an enemy tank and squeezes a trigger to fire a laser that measures the range . |
| 8 | Commentators are fond of discovering and praising a guidebook clarity in the novel . |
| 9 | Eardwulf met and countered a succession of threats from rival aethelings in the first years of his reign . |
| 10 | A third party should be entitled to assume that a person in an authoritative position within an organisation is competent to bind the organisation , and the organisation should not be able to plead violation of an internal rule unless ‘ that violation was manifest and concerned a rule of its internal law of fundamental importance . ’ |
| 11 | EEE CHUCKY EGG BE A FERRET AND DRAG A KEG OF MILD OOPPT FROM T'GLORY'OLE |
| 12 | make friends and develop a relationship with the opposite sex . ’ |
| 13 | But , Prof Richard De La Rue , of the university 's department of electronics and electrical engineering , and his team hope to go 20 times better and develop a cable which will transmit ten billion pulses , or two million simultaneous telephone calls . |
| 14 | They recognize the pointlessness of confrontation with a small creature who does n't understand the assumptions on which the adult is operating , and develop a capacity to catch the passing joy and respect serendipity . |
| 15 | If you start getting twitchy towards the end , and develop a migraine the day you get back , that 's probably as good an indicator as any that your stress level is affecting your health . |
| 16 | But in the search for such pacts or agreements , the opposition parties will necessarily be drawn closer together , and the campaign for tactical voting will gather force and develop a presence that will make it better placed to make a major impact in the next election . |
| 17 | This would permit an accurate assessment of current purchaser and provider research and development activity , interest , expertise , and capacity and develop a framework for maintaining this . |
| 18 | The cheeses are matured in a specially constructed humid cellar for 2½–3 months , during which time they lose a further 225–325g/8–12oz in weight and develop a mould or rind beneath the muslin . |
| 19 | Rowden is a fine school and it 'll give him plenty of sports and develop a side of him which could never see the light of day in Ireland . |
| 20 | The users can compare all these possibilities and develop a prototype before making up their minds on a final design . |
| 21 | The strategy aims to regenerate four communities St Hilda 's , Grove Hill-Easterside , Ayresome and Newport-Gresham and develop a showpiece town centre . |
| 22 | They spend time getting to know their workers and develop a situation of trust so that their employees feel able to bring problems to them . |
| 23 | They identify and develop a product or service which they advertise and sell . |
| 24 | However brilliant our modern technology may seem , the best way to care for the Taj is to monitor its behaviour , try to reduce pollution and develop a team of conservators and craftsmen who can care for the building , carrying out maintenance and repair where necessary but not to do anything that pretends to be final . |
| 25 | Hence neighbourhood police cam deal with offences and develop a familiarity with their local area , knowing that the formal aspects of community relations , such as involvement with youth clubs , schools , and community groups , is being shared with people whose special responsibility this is . |
| 26 | A second after Perdita fell asleep , it seemed Luke was banging on the door telling her to get up and to wear a sweater as it was cold first thing . |
| 27 | The eight youths had each drunk up to 15 cans of lager and shared a bottle of Pernod before rampaging through the village of Alverstoke , Hants . |
| 28 | He found that they were suddenly eating pizza and jokingly said oh they might have got him one , so one of them used a police car to take him to the nearest all night pizza place and then he walked back to the airport and waited , having done a deal with the one taxi driver who was there , and he and shared a taxi , arriving home c. 0215 and then proceeded to have a meal of a MASS of pasta and sauce previously made by me , and of a type which both boys always ask day in day out when here or there ! |
| 29 | A down-at-heel English journalist , Charles Beadle , lived nearby and shared a passion for gardening with Beatrice . |
| 30 | Maddison and Shearer arrived at the Dell from their native north-east at the same time and shared a house when they were virtual unknowns . |