Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he took not the slightest notice of her demand Laura closed her eyes , forcing herself to breathe slowly and deeply as she desperately tried to pull herself together . |
| 2 | The measures are designed to deter non-essential traffic and to encourage drivers of essential vehicles to proceed slowly and considerately , not to obstruct and frustrate them . |
| 3 | This in turn depends on the relevance it has , how important it is to them not to get pregnant , and how easy emotionally and practically it is to go somewhere and ask for it . |
| 4 | As the date of the exam came nearer , he decided to go somewhere and read by himself . |
| 5 | Yet the survey also found the same drivers were far more likely to drive badly and to flout the law . |
| 6 | One might almost be driven to conclude that there are in fact two ‘ plans ’ , the public one which always seems to go awry and a secret one that the economy actually works to . |
| 7 | Right , now this is steep hill so I 've got to go slowly and hang on to you tightly so th buggy does n't run away from me . |
| 8 | Someone fired a shot but the trees were too thick to see properly and the boars ran out of the forest on to the open plateau above . |
| 9 | 'Nothing seems to go right and everyone else is better off than we are . ’ |
| 10 | It leaves it unsolved , but all right , given that our ancestors had this because they wanted to swim sinusoidally and eat , you know , filter feed and do things like that , we do n't swim sinusoidally and filter feed why on earth do we are we so conservative ? |
| 11 | I was now able to breathe properly and started to feel over my body with both hands . |
| 12 | Eden was so angry at having been made a fool of that the Director General of MI6 , Sir John ‘ Sinbad ’ Sinclair , was obliged to retire prematurely and was replaced by the head of MI5 , Sir Dick White . |
| 13 | I could n't understand what was happening to me and I began to sink deeper and deeper into the pit . |
| 14 | My brother and I used to sit together and drive this old horse up and down the field and throw the hay all over the place to get the sun . |
| 15 | I WOULD rather take my children into the main bar or lounge of a pub and expect them to sit sensibly and reasonably quietly so that we can all relax , drink , talk and eat in a proper pub atmosphere . |
| 16 | Now the place has an aura which is so enticing and unexpected in this quiet rural area that few people can pass by without stopping to go inside and become a part of the idyllic scene . |
| 17 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 18 | Now I 'm going to go inside and get myself a drink , ’ he announced , ‘ and then we are going to go over to the far field where there 's a modicum of peace and we are going to look at these plans together , OK ? ’ |
| 19 | However , whether employed by a large , medium or small establishment , the receptionist will be required to have a sound general knowledge of business practice , and , if called upon to do so , must be able to perform competently and efficiently the following tasks : |
| 20 | Realizing this will gradually help you to gain confidence to go deeper and deeper into relaxation and experience full benefit from it . |
| 21 | Here in the slow movement she allowed the gentle principal theme to flow naturally and above all musically . |
| 22 | Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 23 | The great majority would like to see better and wider roads which would be less congested and safer . |
| 24 | When life seems ordinary St James encourages us to wait patiently and joyfully for Christ 's coming and not to lose heart . |
| 25 | We used to socialize together and they used my garden as their flat did n't have one . |
| 26 | Surely such a sensible little bird , a bantam so civilized as to sit gently and happily on the head of a human child , should have known that her removal from an ill-chosen resting place , in the wilds of hazel and rhododendron , was for her own good and safety ? |
| 27 | Framed her own mind in Adam 's will and learnt to sit patiently and wait for whatever happened next . |
| 28 | Look it 's obvious this one 's a double positive and that 's a double negative so they 're going to go together and you 're left with H and O H which is going to make the water it 's obvious is n't it . |
| 29 | But the two struggles , for national liberation and against patriarchy , have to go together and I think that 's what went wrong in Ireland , when we got our pseudo independence . |
| 30 | As laicisation has forced religion from community to private practice , we should not be surprised that so few people know how to mourn together and share common griefs . |