Example sentences of "[vb infin] and [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , first of all on the comment from Dave in relation to British Gas and the minimum achieved performance level or M A P L er the initials that I 've come to er know and love over the past few months , never having heard of them before . |
| 2 | Through this you , who have thought that the inner and outer struggle was your own , will understand , know and comprehend through the deepest fibres of your being that you are no longer alone and that everything you do matters to someone . |
| 3 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 4 | Let me be buried in lead at Claydon next to where your father proposes to lie himself , and let no stranger wind me , nor do not let me be stripped , but put a clean smock on me , and let my face be hid and do you stay in the room and see me wound and laid in the first coffin , which must be of wood if I do not die of any infectious disease , else I am so far from desiring it that I forbid you to come near me . |
| 5 | The proposals must be acceptable to the people and parliament of the United Kingdom as a whole and because of the land frontier with the Republic of Ireland any political arrangement must recognise and provide for the special relationship between both parts of the island . |
| 6 | Dreamily , the blood flowing slowly through her veins like a stream of thick honey , she gradually felt her breasts swell and harden against the rough hairs of his chest . |
| 7 | ‘ I was only asking why you waste so much time stealing stuff you ca n't eat and then waste more time stealing dogs when you could steal and eat at the same time , as it were . ’ |
| 8 | A Parliamentary and Local Government Advisory Committee was also set up with a brief to ‘ consider and recommend to the General Committee what , in their opinion , is necessary for the purpose of effectively carrying into effect the resolution passed at the Swansea Congress ’ . |
| 9 | I encourage our members to love , respect and pray for the other churches and to seek their well-being and growth above our own . |
| 10 | Claudia did n't contribute and concentrated on the younger children . |
| 11 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 12 | Hawley decided on an immediate attack by his dragoons on the enemy right wing before his own weary infantry had got into line , convinced that the Highlanders would break and run at the mere sight of the royal cavalry charging sword in hand . |
| 13 | Urging firms to take up the challenge of the new markets to safeguard their future , he added : ‘ It is the innovative and proactive oil and gas service companies of Scotland with the vision and drive to explore and capitalise on international markets who will succeed and grow in the next century . ’ |
| 14 | And I 'm going to talk about , and make do and mend in the second world war . |
| 15 | After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time . |
| 16 | Of course , the latter will relate and feed off the wider data base , but good systems development practice says that this should be identified at the outset . |
| 17 | Amiss directed ferocious attention towards his tray , giving a spirited impression of a man who could n't eat and listen at the same time . |
| 18 | I do believe , however , we 'll learn things from it that we can quickly adapt and put into the hundred and seventy six M F I stores . |
| 19 | Yes , you could think and dance at the same time . |
| 20 | This right he must acknowledge and exercise to the utmost , and not be deterred by any power , religious or otherwise . |
| 21 | In the vestry book for 1752 it is reported that Charles Wallis , Sexton , ‘ appeared at the vestry and being strictly examined touching the bounds of the churchyard do acknowledge and declare to the best of his memory that : |
| 22 | Yes — he will obviously see and know of the good points , but it is his job to find the faults and problems . |
| 23 | Head of Presentation , Dave Jamieson explains that all three regional bulletins on Central must begin and end at the same time . |
| 24 | In this way every general practitioner could shape and contribute to the future research and development of primary care . |
| 25 | A Committee sponsored by the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government to " look at problems arising out of the apparent failure … of government and industry to work together effectively " argued that " industrialists have been justified in recent years in criticising the government for failing to provide a stable economic framework within which they can plan and invest in the long-term " . |
| 26 | But , all those years ago , she simply had n't been experienced enough to realise that , despite those wonderful and ecstatic nights of passion , her marriage to Ross had been founded on a disastrously thin layer of quicksand ; a relationship which would crack and disintegrate under the first onslaught of any stress and tension . |
| 27 | My Group was anxious that all teachers should understand and think about the ideological assumptions implied by their approach to the teaching of English , for this is one way to overcome dogmatism . |
| 28 | ‘ Then we should both stop and groom for the final showdown , giving Barry Hearn three months to promote and sell the fight , ’ said Eubank . |
| 29 | ‘ Ca n't stop and chatter with the working class now , darling , ’ she continued . |
| 30 | If sterling were not in Europe 's exchange-rate mechanism ( ERM ) , the chancellor , Norman Lamont , might be tempted to cut interest rates , let the pound slide and worry about the inflationary consequences later . |