Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 're going to try and get that other door open , ’ she told me . |
| 2 | Yes we could do so it would be a matter of judgement for the er er for the Home Secretary how far to take it and he would have to balance the likelihood of er other countries all ratifying and the inconvenience to those taking part in the election here er if er there is some uncertainty to the end and maybe having to revert to the current constituencies , er I hope and expect that these matters will be settled in the next few weeks . |
| 3 | ‘ We hope and pray that young men will take very seriously the police campaign with the media for an end to the knife-carrying cult . |
| 4 | This account provoked an immediate riposte from Postman ( 1955 ) , who objected that no mechanism had been specified to explain the process by which differentiation occurs and argued that associative processes constituted a possibility . |
| 5 | Push and stretch that upper arm just a little further and hold for 1 second . |
| 6 | In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges . |
| 7 | But when Alice said , ‘ Fräulein , repeat after me : ‘ We do n't need a baby here … ’ she had smiled and nodded that great head , floppy on its neck even with her stiff collar . |
| 8 | Finally , Griffiths was concerned to ensure that the quality of services was regularly inspected and suggested that local authority registration and inspection units should be strengthened and supported by a national inspectorate . |
| 9 | 4.1.2 It is understood and agreed that all IEATP grant payments relating to the Project will be made to the Lead Organization as principal . |
| 10 | While such large molar masses are now taken for granted , it was difficult in 1920 to believe and accept that these values were real and not just caused by the aggregation of much smaller molecules . |
| 11 | The constitutional framework reflects and sustains that political culture by providing an almost paralysed political system that sets one branch against another and hamstrings those who aspire to lead . |
| 12 | ONE ELEGANT RELIC hardly describes the superb first prize that awaits the winner of our April competition but it is the correct answer to the anagram posed and wins that same prize for Lesley Allen of Hartshill , Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 13 | The culmination of these claims to national identity and of sentiments of this nature came in the preamble to Henry VIII 's Act in Restraint of Appeals of 1533 : ‘ Where by dyvers sundrie old autentike histories and cronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this Realme of England is an Impire , and so hath been accepted in the world … . ’ ( 36 , iii , 427 ) Here one finds an explicit statement of views on the nature of England , as well as practical conclusions drawn from them concerning the government of the Church . |
| 14 | Now , just for once try and earn that over-inflated salary we pay you . |
| 15 | Perhaps you would like to learn a new skill , rekindle an interest in a former hobby — or simply try and make that new girl at the office feel more at ease . |
| 16 | The claim was made by Tottenham Hotspur chief , Alan Sugar , who told the High Court about soccer 's behind-the-scenes transfer market wheeling and dealing and alleged that former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough liked a ‘ bung ’ a personal payment in cash . |
| 17 | The claim was made by Tottenham Hotspur chief Alan Sugar who told the High Court about soccer 's behind the scenes transfer market wheeling and dealing and alleged that former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough liked a ‘ bung ’ a personal payment . |
| 18 | I think that there is every reason to suppose and hope that that kind of approach is what most people want and er even er Mr Bush and Mrs Thatcher and others have said that er the last thing they want is a war . |
| 19 | But if the real Caroline was accessible to Jonathan Reeves , if she really liked and wanted that unprepossessing wimp , then she hardly merited the tribute even of his curiosity . |
| 20 | Infuriating it may be , but you may as well shrug your shoulders as the locals do and accept that these things are part and parcel of travel overseas . |
| 21 | Rather , it identifies the way in which the decision as to who should operate the telescope was taken and reports that many university astronomers felt the possibility of alternative organisational arrangements should have been publicly debated . |
| 22 | On that occasion he was awed and intrigued ; he hoped and expected that one day he too would share such a look with someone . |
| 23 | They hoped and believed that Bonar Law would fail to secure an overall majority for the Conservative Party . |
| 24 | No-one is suggesting that the forecast famine will be transformed into a flush but auctioneers anticipate prices being so strong they will be impossible to ignore and predict that reasonable numbers of finished steers and bulls will be pulled on to the market . |
| 25 | 4.5 It is the responsibility of each workplace manager to ensure a local system for summoning support is devised and to ensure that all staff are given information relating to any future arrangements as well as these Guidelines . |
| 26 | I could only sit and marvel that some things are the same the world over . |
| 27 | We er er erm in this country have a very bitter experience with B C C I , it was n't just the knock it took to the regulatory system but I need hardly remind this house there are thousands of people who lost everything they had and that and there are many people who lost everything they had and feel that this house has not taken their concern seriously and it 's something the minister must show that the government is willing to pursue these matters , even if it means introducing primary legislation . |
| 28 | Mr Taylor said he had received dozens of phone calls supporting what he said and claimed that some people had asked to join the Ulster Unionists as a result . |
| 29 | The circular changed and allowed that joint finance money to be paid over a much longer period and virtually in perpetuity . |
| 30 | ‘ Pathos means longing ; yes , longing and feeling that wonderful things are possible but not really happening ’ |