Example sentences of "and [verb] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | She disappeared , then reappeared behind the counter and whispered something to the girl who was on duty there . |
| 2 | The little maid whom Elisa had seen earlier standing by the door in the sitting room came into the dining room on both occasions and whispered something into his ear . |
| 3 | The proprietor took over , and was still serving the portions when one of the waitresses came in and whispered something to Delaney . |
| 4 | The dark man had embraced her before he mounted , and whispered something no one else could hear . |
| 5 | Cousin Jane looked across at her and smiled and whispered something to Mike . |
| 6 | Then he leaned forward and whispered something into his left ear . |
| 7 | She gasped , and whispered something incoherently , her body shaking . |
| 8 | I watched as he sat next to him , and whispered something into his ear , the small man cringed slightly and looked as the middle aged woman had done at the tattered ‘ Summer Sun ’ adverts . |
| 9 | Er , you will be listened to , er , and that will create , and you will have influence , and that cycle will take you back into the positive memories for the next time you try and change something . |
| 10 | When the firemen finally arrived I pointed at the sacrificial pyre still burning and burbled something about my priceless slide-collection . |
| 11 | But , if it 's only hanging by a thread , let it fall apart and build something new from the components . |
| 12 | After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew . |
| 13 | To knock down and build something new . ’ |
| 14 | So you did n't have a letter there and then and asked something about was it put into writing . |
| 15 | Mr Sisulu , now 77 , was six years older than Mr Mandela and became something of a mentor to him on his arrival in Johannesburg in 1941 . |
| 16 | Ornamental grasses also featured here and became something of a talking point , especially Carex comans ‘ Bronze Form ’ . |
| 17 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 18 | obviously identifiable it 's a very effective one and also the structured thought patterns idea er before you go into something to actually sit down and prepare something er your thoughts in a developing from there er it 's a very simple thing to do but very effective . |
| 19 | Had Furlanetto done his homework on the great singers of the past , simply in order to try and absorb something of the tradition in double-quick time ? |
| 20 | It is this width of opinion and preference , and the infinite variety and ability of the rose to supply and please all tastes , that makes possible the incessant striving to breed , introduce and sell something new . |
| 21 | As the New Right has denounced and undermined a communitarian form of society , so ‘ The numbers of people for whom such communitarian visions are good and mean something at the level of their everyday experiences are declining , attenuating their moral force . ’ |
| 22 | Some people think you know really be testing er with language and mean something entirely different . |
| 23 | It was also a pleasant break from air-travel to go by road from Agra to Delhi , and to see something of the country . |
| 24 | She would come to the vicarage and borrow something of Sophia 's . |
| 25 | There was no talking that night in the darkness , men had enough to do to stay alive , and salvage something out of the ruin . |
| 26 | It seems to me the only people who do persist in that phase and make something tenable out of an unsatisfied , unsettled life , are rock musicians , and rock critics . |
| 27 | There 's a stubborn clinging to bad habits that benign social planners and therapists would like to ‘ liberate ’ us from , an obstinate refusal to ‘ move on up ’ and make something of oneself . |
| 28 | Opera can take almost , if not quite , any subject and make something worthwhile of it . |
| 29 | Managers are responsible for providing their people with development opportunities , but it is always up to the individual person to take the opportunities on offer and make something of them . |
| 30 | In a tone that brooked no argument , the old lady announced , ‘ You 'll marry Benedict , and make something of him ! ’ |