Example sentences of "and pray " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Bedford must make the most of limited resources — and pray . |
| 2 | ‘ I hope and pray that the decision to give me the Nobel Peace Prize will encourage all those who pursue the cause of peace to do so in a renewed spirit of optimism and strength . ’ |
| 3 | It is women who have to go alone ; whose lovers do not have the patience to wait at home and pray for them . |
| 4 | We have to try to work as best we can and pray . ’ |
| 5 | To know that , if the disease does strike their children , they can do very little but wait , hope and pray . |
| 6 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 7 | He believes that the houses can survive next year only if they start making their own videotapes of performances , make a habit of exchanging productions among the 13 houses and pray for the arrival of pay-television in Italy . |
| 8 | The individual Jew must make his own pact with the Almighty , and pray directly to Him , not through an agent . |
| 9 | I was glad the well had been Christianized , as Michael Quirke himself could scarcely go on his knees and pray to the rascally old gods he so admired . |
| 10 | And pray for those who lost their lives |
| 11 | Together they would often walk and talk , read and pray . |
| 12 | We could hardly get inside for rubbish and could n't see the floor , it was all dirt , and there used to be two or three benches on which we had to sit down ; then old Morgan would read the Bible to us and pray , we had to kneel down — oh what a dry lesson . |
| 13 | I would scuttle back , shaking with cold to read the Bible and pray . |
| 14 | I goes ‘ Annemarie I hope and trust and pray you are not going to put that down on the paper . |
| 15 | The scientists and engineers-on site were asked to line the runway and pray . |
| 16 | We should give thanks for their work and pray for them . |
| 17 | I hope and pray that you will win — God willing , you will because you have all the ability in the world — but I have discovered over the last few days that there are people prepared to go to great lengths to stop you . |
| 18 | If it does , I hope and pray that they will stop there and leave you alone , at least for the time being . |
| 19 | While no longer under oath to abide by the rules and pray every day for their benefactor , the present tenants no doubt are thankful for their rent and rate-free accommodation , their free central heating and laundry and , though the gentlemen no longer receive a new suit every two years nor the ladies a new frock , they do receive a visit from the wardens and the clerk at Christmas bearing a small monetary gift . |
| 20 | Bishop David has now asked parishes to investigate the local problem , offer practical friendship and support , lobby the legislators — and pray for a just , compassionate solution . |
| 21 | Who will come at 9.45 and pray ? |
| 22 | But perhaps the single most important element in such groups is to support , encourage and pray for one another . |
| 23 | When you 've organised and publicised , all you can do is wait and pray ! |
| 24 | Ratso gets Buck an introduction to a man ( John McGiver ) who is supposed to put him in touch with some rich ladies , but he begs Buck to get down on his knees and pray with him under a kitschy lit-up Jesus on the bathroom door of his hotel room . |
| 25 | I quicken my steps and pray that soon |
| 26 | Most models will probably complete the roll anyway , but some may begin to fall inverted , in which case use full back stick and pray ! |
| 27 | ‘ I hope and pray this is a misunderstanding . ’ |
| 28 | The other mother , Maureen Bursey , 46 , added : ‘ I just hope and pray Carla-Marie is mine . |
| 29 | We decided to move the chairs out to make more room , but the acceptances kept coming in so we thought we 'd open the French windows and pray for a sunny day . ’ |
| 30 | It may be that as individuals learn and pray that they would be led to greater personal giving . |