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 | How lovely , thought Winnie , letting her knitting fall and looking at the leaping flames , if she agreed ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | I encourage our members to love , respect and pray for the other churches and to seek their well-being and growth above our own . |
| 7 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This right he must acknowledge and exercise to the utmost , and not be deterred by any power , religious or otherwise . |
| 10 | Yes — he will obviously see and know of the good points , but it is his job to find the faults and problems . |
| 11 | In this way every general practitioner could shape and contribute to the future research and development of primary care . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Then we should both stop and groom for the final showdown , giving Barry Hearn three months to promote and sell the fight , ’ said Eubank . |
| 15 | ‘ Ca n't stop and chatter with the working class now , darling , ’ she continued . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He must try and look on the positive side as far as Maisie 's conversion was concerned . |
| 18 | Erm as well as all that erm I 'll just try and add in the extra bits that Erm what was oh sorry how did I come to Friends Provident then ? |
| 19 | I could then sit and relax and listen to the other violinists . |
| 20 | The hotel manager is at a very important meeting and the receptionist is asked if she could cope and deal with the difficult task of breaking the news to Mrs Jones . |
| 21 | In so doing they served notice that , although enthusiasm would ebb and flow through the following decades , a new and fundamental fact had entered the politics of the nation . |
| 22 | No one else did , and Salah was careful to stagger the entertainments so that the foreign teachers ( for whom he had a certain distaste ) should arrive and leave before the other guests . |
| 23 | I must go and apologise to the other guests . ’ |
| 24 | Oh shall we go and sit in the other room while daddy finishes the washing up ? |
| 25 | Well , come on we 'll go and sit in the other room . |
| 26 | You always have your meal in the kitchen and I 'm not opening the dining-room at such short notice , but you can go and sit in the front room if you want to . ’ |
| 27 | and you could go and look at the local one and talk to the people there and see what they 're doing and |
| 28 | She 's gon na go and slap on the fake tan |
| 29 | Essentially , the cold war preserved American power structures and so prevented the emergence of a new set of political institutions which could regulate the post-Fordist global economy , and which could manage and respond to the dramatic changes in the balance of the world economy as a result of the introduction of new methods of production , especially in Japan and Western Europe , based on the intensive use of information technologies . |
| 30 | You should arrive around 3.30pm when you 'll disembark and check into the five-star Dom Hotel for a very luxurious night . |