Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb infin] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gunmen continued to fire at the house after he managed to scramble inside and slam the front door shut . |
| 2 | I 'm not sure whether practical , i.e. using a soldering iron , construction projects , are within Practical PC 's scope and readership but if readers are interested why not write in and sway the editorial decisions ! |
| 3 | I thought that I would go in and explain the whole thing to him and explain that there was no point in creating trouble unnecessarily . |
| 4 | It also meant that the boys could see in and witness the general untidiness of his tiny room . |
| 5 | ‘ You know well enough , James — you must have thought — once the government is resolved , and we have talked ourselves hoarse and there is no ink left in the country — then the dragoons will come in and cart the young men away as though we have done nothing . |
| 6 | We 'll go in and find the right moment to speak to her . ’ |
| 7 | They could n't get in and find the dead woman until they got another key or broke the door down . |
| 8 | At a meeting in the Ulster Hall , he insisted that if the RUC did not go in and remove the offensive flag , then he would do it himself . |
| 9 | The financiers may be willing to step in and provide the requisite guarantees , though at a cost . |
| 10 | It was the usual pattern of finding something to do — anything — — rather than sit down and face the empty page , except that that day the uneasiness was extra . |
| 11 | Bill might lean down and poke the crumbling framework . |
| 12 | You know I asked you to commit yourself , how much do you think it 's worth for me to do all this kind of work and he 's , you 're confused because you think I 'm actually talking about money and I take the weight off your shoulders by saying no it 's not actually money , it 's in the form of two or three names , people open minded like yourself , who I can sit down and discuss the whole situation with |
| 13 | Just a walk in those woods , a move closer to the edge to peer down and enjoy the full Lake Tourist sensation of Beauty in Horror , a lost footing , a clutching at Mr Crump for help , a swinging of Mr Crump around , a letting of Mr Crump go down , down , down into one of the most favoured of the Lake Tourists ' sites . |
| 14 | Was their purpose to debar wheeled vehicles from a congested part of the village , or to slow down and reduce the destructive effects of runoff during torrential rainstorms ? |
| 15 | She is one of many young researchers involved with the Expedicion Humana 1992 programme run by the Javeriana University in Bogota , which , in turn , is part of a worldwide project supported by the Royal Geographic Society to track down and codify the enormous body of information still existing in traditional native cultures worldwide . |
| 16 | It was decided that George should ride down and rob the drowsing boy while Joseph would stay behind to head off any aid he might be able to summon . |
| 17 | Let the hall fall down and let the so-called experts quarrel elsewhere . |
| 18 | Furthermore , a requested authority , whose law obliges the parties themselves to secure the evidence , and which is not able itself to execute the Letter may , with the consent of the requesting authority , appoint a suitable person to do so and recover the appropriate costs . |
| 19 | She paid up , thinking of the Pascoes praying visitors should do so and save the precious fabric . |
| 20 | What you are about to suggest , of course , is that we wait for the Kilcharran to come along and hoist the damn thing to the surface . ’ |
| 21 | Anxiety is like a smouldering fire , a wind can come along and ignite the glowing embers . |
| 22 | At the end of the franchise period he will have nothing to sell , so I can not see how people could go away and borrow the working capital with which to run a business . |
| 23 | She managed to make a half turn so that she could see the silver door , because perhaps she could reach out and reach over and grasp the elaborate handle and somehow pull herself out . |
| 24 | The violence seethed inside him , like milk bubbling in a saucepan , trying to boil over and escape the unendurable heat . |
| 25 | The Council had been insisted upon by the Benelux countries which , notwithstanding their strong commitment to the cause of integration , wanted a body whose purpose would be to watch over and defend the national interests of the smaller participants . |
| 26 | If the foe seemed too large or numerous to deal with , he would withdraw discreetly and leave the witless Cleo to her fate . |
| 27 | ‘ I must confess I 'd rather sit on and view the passing scene . ’ |
| 28 | This complex behaviour requires mechanisms to register the presence of prey or danger and to decide on and make the appropriate response , attacking or contracting into a blob — sensory cells , secretory cells , muscle cells and above all a network of electrically connected cells running right across its surface which can coordinate the hydra 's responses . |
| 29 | Fenella was trying to be very patient , because it was not in the least unreasonable of Caspar to want to go on and leave the Dark Workshops as far behind them as possible . |
| 30 | Carolyn Henderson finds out how pint-sized performers can take on and beat the big boys . |