Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let the hall fall down and let the so-called experts quarrel elsewhere . |
| 2 | She paid up , thinking of the Pascoes praying visitors should do so and save the precious fabric . |
| 3 | If the foe seemed too large or numerous to deal with , he would withdraw discreetly and leave the witless Cleo to her fate . |
| 4 | Under this system prisoners could work together and use the same dormitories , but they were forbidden to speak to one another or communicate in any other way ; they were , therefore , under constant close surveillance day and night . |
| 5 | It also meant that the boys could see in and witness the general untidiness of his tiny room . |
| 6 | And always , on a clear day , you could look up and see the magnificent , snow-capped Alps . |
| 7 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 8 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 9 | As described in Section 3.3 , if it is possible for real particles to pass through them , then it will be possible for those particles to subsequently look back and observe the naked singularity in region IV . |
| 10 | The big advantage we 've got over bands from the '60s and '70s is we can look back and see the exact point at which they all turned shit — and we 're not going to make the same mistake ! ’ |
| 11 | Bill might lean down and poke the crumbling framework . |
| 12 | Any competent bush mouse , not to mention man or elephant , can step aside and contemplate the whole grass-roots frenzy at leisure , an object less of menace than of strangeness and wonder , the culmination of an evolutionary story as different from that of mammals as it is possible to conceive in this world . |
| 13 | He says as a champion I must perform well and give the public value for money . |
| 14 | Investigation was a lengthy process taking many months , a delay during which company share prices could move considerably and upset the original negotiations about the terms on which the relative shares of the companies should be valued . |
| 15 | Carolyn Henderson finds out how pint-sized performers can take on and beat the big boys . |
| 16 | It will , for example , be essential to set a short time-scale to phase out any remaining specialist LMS implementation teams in order that personnel within thy whole authority can take on and experience the new culture required by devolved management and competition . |
| 17 | 5-5 was the final score , with Oxford proving they can take on and tackle the best . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She was an extremely angry , very bitter woman , who was determined to get everybody around her as angry as she could , and she succeeded , and I do n't know where she 's moved now , but I 'm sure she will go on and do the same thing , and frankly , I despair of anything being done unless there is some provision made for people such as herself , and one of her friends in particular . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We 'll go in and find the right moment to speak to her . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 25 | For all our child protection inter-agency training we have got a standing agreement with private counsellors that if any professionals raise an issue that was personal to them , they could go away and have the first 12 counselling sessions free . ’ |
| 26 | Indeed , some would go further and criticize the liberal variant of normativism on the ground that that doctrine is based on what might be called ‘ the Rationalist Fallacy ’ in political thinking ; that human beings act on rational motives . |
| 27 | Having granted that Socrates is far from being a purely destructive force , we must now go further and acknowledge the full extent of his positive cultural significance . |
| 28 | I shall stand up and sing the national anthem and encourage all those around me to do the same . ’ |
| 29 | I shall stand up and sing the national anthem and encourage all those around me to do the same . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We can do it if the leadership of this nation will just stand up and do the right thing . ’ |