Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prices have continued to rise in the North , but to stagnate and fall in the South . |
| 2 | Any incoming mail for guests should be sorted and placed in the letter rack . |
| 3 | A man , understood to be Keith Pringle , remained in the house with Mrs Reece 's 21-year-old daughter Leanne as armed police surrounded and cordoned off the area . |
| 4 | A lip is not needed on the underside to form a key to the adhesive ; however , tonguing and grooving on the edges will help to locate the blocks during laying , maintain an even surface and reduce the possibility of loosening of individual blocks . |
| 5 | She stared at the creature twisting and wriggling in the glass . |
| 6 | The more the men whistled , the more ribald their remarks , the faster she walked ; but the faster she walked , the more of a sexual object , or sexual quarry , she became , twisting and turning between the rows of benches ( for she soon lost her bearings ) , stumbling over piles of metal parts , skidding on the oily floor , her cheeks as red as her hair , the wings of her nostrils white , her eyes fixed steadfastly ahead , refusing to meet the gaze of her tormentors. ‘ 'Allo , darlin' , lookin' for me ? |
| 7 | And now the children also saw the long thin slimy yellow-bellied lizard-like creature twisting and turning in the glass , and they squirmed and jumped about as well , shouting , ‘ What is it ? |
| 8 | every anthropologist has experienced ‘ culture shock ’ ; a temporary inability to grasp and act and think in the terms of the assumptions upon which the newly entered culture is based . |
| 9 | This section of the Policy covers the Policyholder if they are TOTALLY DISABLED from engaging in or giving attention to THEIR PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION , as disclosed and declared on the policy , as a result of sickness . |
| 10 | The fact that where goods are designed and manufactured to the buyer 's special order the seller will have greater knowledge of the buyer 's requirements and the buyer will rely on the seller 's skill may make it less reasonable for the seller to exclude or limit liability ; on the other , hand , if goods are manufactured to the buyer 's special order , it may be more reasonable to expect the buyer to insure against losses . |
| 11 | These were specially designed and manufactured by the firm of Waygood Otis Ltd , a company still involved with lift mechanism all over the world today . |
| 12 | The M-Series of mini-tower machines are designed and manufactured in the UK , and even have a British BIOS . |
| 13 | It owns one steam locomotive especially designed and built for the project which has successfully managed services since it was delivered in October 1986 . |
| 14 | The plaintiff was a tenant in a council flat designed and built by the defendants . |
| 15 | Designed and built by the astronomer Andronicus Kyrrhestes of Macedonia in the second quarter of the first century BC , with a wind vane and complicated sundials on each of its eight walls , its most interesting feature is a reservoir in a smaller building that stood next to its south side . |
| 16 | This border is just one of 30 new designs in Amelia Saint George 's book The Needlepoint & Cross-Stitch Book ( £16.99 , Conran Octopus ) which includes themes such as fruit , butterflies , roses , ribbons , animals and berries — all designed and embroidered by the author . |
| 17 | the way in which people interact is designed and ordered by the organisation structure so as to achieve joint ( organisational ) objectives . |
| 18 | Designed and produced by The Concept Partnership Ltd . |
| 19 | council liable in negligence for injury caused to original tenant arising in £ residential premises designed and owned by the council . |
| 20 | council liable in negligence for injury caused to original tenant arising in residential premises designed and owned by the council . |
| 21 | This survey was designed and supervised by the Library 's Research Officer , , in collaboration with , Planning and Services Officer , whose responsibilities at the time of the Survey included matters relating to conservation . |
| 22 | Now it was leaping and hopping among the grass tussocks , striking at the two rabbits with terrible darts of its head . |
| 23 | ‘ It sprang from the tightness of his jeans , leaping and rearing from the shorts that draped it . |
| 24 | I guess it was n't the first tournament to be won and lost on the Road Hole at St Andrews . |
| 25 | EVER since independence , Indian elections have been won and lost in the north . |
| 26 | ‘ Boxing titles are won and lost in the ring and in order to be a champion , you must fight the champion and beat the champion . |
| 27 | It was noted however and then the theory was that perhaps you had stumbled when you were out walking and fallen in the river . |
| 28 | He stopped walking and looked at the scrubland now directly in front of them . |
| 29 | Leonard spent hours walking and cycling around the neighbourhood looking for it . |
| 30 | He did a lot of walking now — walking and going to the pictures . |