Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An officer on foot will often spend a whole shift without doing any police work , and without talking to anyone except to greet them and provide simple information … |
| 2 | Vincent came to see me and stayed all day . |
| 3 | She had been tempted to banish them and forbid all visits , but they would n't be intimidated . |
| 4 | His dog-leg patrimony ( his uncle was Lord Chelmsford ) has enabled him to support himself and to help some others . |
| 5 | It 's just a cynical publicity campaign to promote himself and sell more copies of the video . |
| 6 | Captive and wild elephants have been observed holding sticks in their trunks to scratch themselves and using leafy branches as gigantic fly swats . |
| 7 | You 're paying somebody to like you and to encourage other people to like you , which is a bit of a bizarre concept . |
| 8 | For example , he needs to be able to identify himself and give personal facts about himself . |
| 9 | And I know it 's their intention to discuss it and to make appropriate representations . |
| 10 | If you 're at all concerned about the quality of drinking water abroad , the best advice is to avoid it and drink bottled water instead . |
| 11 | Groups will also need to organise themselves and delegate different tasks in order to produce their newspaper by a strict deadline . |
| 12 | The courage to leave her and beg public forgiveness for his desertion of his cause and his friends . |
| 13 | The letter is about the vexed question of ‘ unmet need ’ and whether to record it and employ extra solicitors or whether to ignore it and allow the DoH to remain in blissful ignorance . |
| 14 | If you make a few small holes in the container , it will help to ventilate it and allow small animals to get in . |
| 15 | The next development was of those which required a larger number of people to build them and became corporate activities and into which the community cattle and goods could be taken and defended . |
| 16 | The next development was of those which required a larger number of people to build them and became corporate activities and into which the community cattle and goods could be taken and defended . |
| 17 | Clearly the questions must be such that the relevant population can be expected to understand them and to make informed responses . |
| 18 | Yes , that was just the thing to soothe her and relax sore muscles . |
| 19 | I wanted to forget it and to put that life behind me . |
| 20 | Others have been concerned to examine ways in which trade unions can best develop their own interests and bargain most effectively to protect themselves and to share any advantages accruing from the introduction of new technology . |
| 21 | The penalties against fat women are so extreme that women continue to starve themselves and buy useless diet products rather than endure such humiliation and exclusion . |
| 22 | and I had a very sheltered life , I was an only child , I had n't been around much , I had n't stayed away from home erm and I came to Suffolk to visit a girl penfriend who was working at Brandeston Hall and erm she at that time was expecting to get engaged to a chappy in the village here who was , and still is a friend of Hector 's and ours , and they did n't marry in the finish but she at that time wanted me to come up to Suffolk to see her and to meet this chappy who she thought she was going to marry and erm so , it was holiday from the art school where I was and I thought well why not ? |
| 23 | The key to success is to be able to recognize the different behaviours in yourself , to control them and to use this knowledge to develop your relationships . |
| 24 | The question is : who is the visionary waiting to succeed him and breathe new life into South African rugby ? |
| 25 | I thought it might have amused X. Ray to see it and hoped one day he would , but not under the hostile circumstances in which I had the misfortune to discover myself . |
| 26 | He forced himself to see it and recall those things which were connected with it . |
| 27 | Tom Huckin and Jim Hume have to be prepared to drop everything and run 24 hours a day . |
| 28 | Fran wished that it had been further away , wished that she 'd had more time to compose herself and remove all traces of that kiss , but as she opened the door and got out of the car when they stopped in front of the neat little semi she was aware of the throbbing redness of her bruised lips , the faintly dishevelled state of her silvery hair . |
| 29 | In all cases , the experiences will be more powerful if they relate directly to children 's current theories , and offer them the opportunity to test them and consider alternative accounts . |
| 30 | Because of this I decided it was n't worth going back to school so I just went in to tell everyone and collect some books . |