Example sentences of "[art] [noun] and [vb base] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Death will quickly draw the veil and make us see how near we were to God and one another , and did not sufficiently know it . |
| 2 | She lifted her hand to the board and let it drop . |
| 3 | the organ is quite one of my most favourite instruments — it has that combination of depth , harmony , majesty and spirituality that can raise the soul , bring joy to the heart and let one cast aside the ephemeral tedia of everyday life . |
| 4 | Confused , she went after him down the winding stairs into the kitchen and let him organise hot drinks . |
| 5 | ‘ You can come through to the kitchen and help me make the tea , ’ Miss Honey said , and she led the way along the tunnel into the kitchen — that is if you could call it a kitchen . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm to be slightly too clever , the hare to your tortoise , so that you can plod past me half-way round the course and make me look a fool . ’ |
| 7 | Alternatively when the display is switched off ( 2a ) the LC molecules are aligned with the light and let it pass . |
| 8 | Like , when they come in here I 'll bring them down to the canteen and let them have Coke and sweets . |
| 9 | After about five minutes you may need to change the blotters but , eventually , when it looks as if it is not going to curl , you can remove the weight and let it air dry . |
| 10 | It did not so much reach a conclusion as slow down and dribble into silence , as though the players had got bored with the melody and let it slip through their fingers carelessly . |
| 11 | Over time it will also adjust the metabolism and help you burn fat easier . |
| 12 | Keith has a lot of talent and I think David used to go to him and Keith would rearrange the songs and make them sound good with his bass lines . |
| 13 | Do read the piece and let us know how you feel : if WOMAN can do something to help , I promise we shall . |
| 14 | We have been overwhelmed by the kindness and help we have received , the generous gifts , and the people who have made extra contributions on this , our special day . |
| 15 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 16 | They fought , and ran , and stood to fight again , tiring , separated , driven now like hunted hares , until Isambard called his men back at the brook and let them rest at last . |
| 17 | So we dismantled the screen over the window and let them fly around the back of the barn . |
| 18 | A London grandmother was particularly troublesome because of her drinking sprees , but her granddaughter was expected to clean her front doorsteps every Saturday : ‘ the old bugger used to sit at the window and watch me clean 'em . |
| 19 | He cut the engine and let it die down before speaking again . |
| 20 | Of course they could n't all be allowed to hide behind the columns of the nave or squat upon the font , and so the stewards took down the barriers and let them flood into my side . |
| 21 | He parked two hundred yards from the precipice and let her walk the rest . |
| 22 | I find it impossible to comprehend the scale of this arena , and that afternoon provided a great opportunity to relax in the mountains and let them have their effect on us . |
| 23 | I found one of the drummers and let him have a tape and he loved it . |
| 24 | She believes some people will vote Labour to shake up the Conservatives and make them reconsider their policies . |
| 25 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |
| 26 | Ross unlocked the bar and let it swing down . |
| 27 | Too often in the past , he said , politicians had been bamboozled by specialists into believing that the problems were so great that the answer was to set up bodies like the UGC and let them make the decisions . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | There was n't too much to tell , and after Rutherford had finished he would leave the American in the room with the file and let him gut it for himself . |
| 30 | People who see that high training encourages success , as obviously it does for Nissan , will follow the designs and needs of the marketplace and will themselves introduce high training . |