Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The HP.42 , G–AAUC Horsa , took-off from Basra on August 28 at 22.30 hours , to try and make up lost time . |
| 2 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
| 3 | Some miners used these payments to try and set up small businesses or farms . |
| 4 | Well I suppose it 's it 's just to try and find out different opinions on on different wars and things like that . |
| 5 | One is to try and pick up bypassable traffic and take it away from Harrogate and Knaresborough . |
| 6 | This means more than booking the physiotherapist to come and carry out postural drainage on a person with a chest infection , or ‘ getting the psychotherapist in ’ to try to help a distressed client . |
| 7 | Thus , the development of the angiosperm flora of the Palaeocene was paralleled by an extensive radiation of specialised herbivorous mammals with the capacity to ferment and break down tough plant material . |
| 8 | In contrast , trust is like the precious soil in which a relationship can grow and put down secure roots . |
| 9 | We tend to serve and finish off complete units of food as provided for us by manufacturers . |
| 10 | One reason for this is undoubtedly the fact that many of those who are attracted to homoeopathy are well content just to treat patients as they present , and do not have the expertise or the scientific bent of mind required to design and carry out clinical trials . |
| 11 | You will need the ability to initiate and carry out original research and to work effectively in a team . |
| 12 | The skills required to successfully design and make up complex documents are not learnt overnight . |
| 13 | These skills are important for everyone — boys and girls — and include things like being able to use equipment safely with good results , being able to weigh and measure accurately , being able to plan , design and carry out practical tasks . |
| 14 | God Akhenaten was his prophet and in fact claimed to be the son of God his son and er all other religions were persecuted and er , so what in Ancient Egypt was that the traditional polytheism which was rampant was persecuted by there was only one god and as Andrea says , even proscribe the word gods in , in the plural , you know the , you know the er feminist thought police would try and rule out certain words you 're not allowed to use like chairman which has become chairperson or something like that |
| 15 | We will supply and buy back foreign currency and Thomas Cook US dollar and sterling travellers cheques FREE of our normal commission charges ; and you will be offered a FREE eurocheque card . |
| 16 | In his inaugural speech to the Knesset ( Israeli parliament ) on July 13 , however , Rabin said that his government would continue to " strengthen and build up Jewish settlement along the confrontation lines , due to their security importance , and in metropolitan Jersualem " . |
| 17 | Delegates signed an agreement on legislative co-operation , including the regular exchange of draft laws and consultative meetings to " co-ordinate and draw up common approaches " . |