Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claire reaches over and puts the used Kleenex on the next table . |
| 2 | Everyone but the columnists of the Daily Mail and the Daily Express knows that the dole is n't enough to live on and asks the rhetorical question , " How do people manage ? " |
| 3 | It holds on and keeps the gentle tears away . |
| 4 | ‘ She covers it up and tells the little girl it 's full of fairies and pretty make-believe so she must n't be scared , and she tells the boy it 's really there , dead , under the shawl . ’ |
| 5 | Social interviews , sometimes known as ‘ trial by sherry ’ , are theoretically relaxed occasions , like a drinks party or dinner , but the atmosphere tends to become rather strained as one half of the party sizes up and assesses the other half . |
| 6 | The statement sets out and compares the respective criteria for NVQs and SVQs . |