Example sentences of "[n mass] and [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could then be converted back into vector form as polygon data and superimposed on the deterministic results . |
| 2 | ‘ I give them aspirin and hope for the best . |
| 3 | Its rich pastures are cropped by semi-wild sheep and fertilised by the prolific bird life . |
| 4 | After all , private-sector returns have been above 5% and rising for the past five years . |
| 5 | Most of them simply release their eggs and sperm and rely on the surrounding water to bring them together . |
| 6 | Beloved by the English media and blessed with the irritating air of a professional nice guy , Keegan was the ultimate yes-man . |
| 7 | Without ceremony , we headed past all these busy people and knocked on the half-open door of the secretary 's office . |
| 8 | You have turned your back on your people and consorted with the Great Satan , America . |
| 9 | The Frenchwoman who ran the hotel came in with a crowd of people and sat at the only other table . |
| 10 | But if the problems of training staff and investing in the necessary hardware and software systems are proving burdensome to national institutions , they will surely place an intolerable strain on the budgets of local archival services , many of whom are already faced with reduced hours of opening and the like simply in order to survive . |
| 11 | Briefly , for those who want to search for one of these rarities : beautiful , very fast , start saving at £14,000 and go for the carburetted rather than the injected version . |
| 12 | I 'm trying to flap my arms like a duck and quack at the same time . |
| 13 | Place over gentle heat and stir until the sugar and butter have melted , then simmer for 3 min and pour into the prepared pudding basin . |
| 14 | They are deadly enemies of the camp of the local tyrants and evil gentry and attack without the slightest hesitation . |
| 15 | Olivine , for instance , is the most unstable mineral in the weathering series and crystallizes at the highest temperature in the reaction series . |