Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] and [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gunman had stopped shooting and made off after a passing motorist arrived on the scene , the court heard . |
| 2 | Hermione Farthingale was one of the girls who had already been chosen and foolishly , I realized later , or maybe wisely , I partnered David and Hermione together because Hermione was extremely beautiful . |
| 3 | I should be very reluctant to go back to anything like the old system , which gave a perverse incentive for landlords to provide board and lodging rather than other accommodation . |
| 4 | The objective of the course provision is to produce office professionals who can make extensive use of technology but who are able to accept responsibility and operate heuristically as well as technically within organisational systems . |
| 5 | CB : Accepts refusal and carries on as before . |
| 6 | Thinker — producing carefully considered ideas and weighing up and improving ideas from other people . |
| 7 | There is , therefore , a heavy responsibility to be professionally concerned with all potential information and learning media and to be able to inform colleague and advise on and assess the potential use and/or value of such media . |
| 8 | He drew breath and leaned forward and he thought she actually knew what he meant to do and was n't going to object . |
| 9 | They grasped hands and pumped up and down , and Mary Rose picked her way through the muddy forecourt and approached , her smile at the ready . |
| 10 | Always remove suckers and briars thoroughly and completely . |
| 11 | Others seek autonomy and believe unquestionably that they are creative . |
| 12 | Some mothers can enjoy and care well for a baby in arms , but are disturbed by and neglectful of a toddler who starts to express independence and move away as well as towards . |
| 13 | Add the wine and clam soup and boil quickly until the sauce has stopped foaming and is well reduced . |
| 14 | Pour in about half of the stock , add chocolate and stir gently until melted . |
| 15 | Fifty or so of the females formed a tight cluster , joined hands and walked backwards until they formed the circumference of a large circle . |
| 16 | He 'd shifted position and walked up and down a piece of the street a few times , but this was hardly enough on a day when his own breath hung in the air before him . |
| 17 | So she said she 'd got some of the scale off but she could n't get u all of it on and she said these last , well three or four weeks she said every time he eats his food he goes meouw and runs away and he ca n't eat ! |
| 18 | I must marry Selina and settle down and raise a family . |
| 19 | We could hear them banging about , shifting things and wondered nervously if we were in for another move . |
| 20 | Ask your Redken stylist about the possibility of using TRUST or Vector Plus on large perm rods to give volume and control rather than lots of curl . |
| 21 | With the market 's retrenchment at the end of 1990 , that list evaporated , but Freud was not willing to renegotiate terms and consign rather than sell his pictures to his agent . |
| 22 | The type of move they ( reluctantly ) want to make is somewhere between the decision of The Undertones to leave Derry and to tour constantly but always return , and The Boomtown Rats , who have now disowned the fatherland . |
| 23 | ‘ There 's never been much of a plan , so there 's no reason to cancel out any initial plans of getting degrees and going on and doing something else . ’ |
| 24 | It had worked very well last night with Fräulein Hubert , better than he 'd hoped , but he ought to be careful until his plans were all consolidated , then he could dump Ingrid and carry on where he 'd left off with that lovely little thing . |
| 25 | I myself am guilty , he wrote , in that I want the glass to be seen , I want it placed in a morgue and I want people to come in and see it , pay money and come in and see it , if needs be . |
| 26 | ‘ The worst hit will be people who pay taxes and work hard but will only get legal aid if they pay huge amounts ’ ‘ What is the point of having laws and courts if large numbers of people can not use them because of the price ? ’ |
| 27 | " And while you 're doing that , I 'll take Silver and Buckthorn here and have a run down the fields beyond , just to get the lie of the land and make sure there is n't anything dangerous . " |
| 28 | people to talk to , encourage teachers and criticise constructively when required |
| 29 | And you see it 's the central heating and the women opening and shutting doors and running round and keep |
| 30 | Radio , in general , became par excellence the medium used while doing something else , mainly housework , preparing and eating meals and getting up or ready for bed . |