Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drafter may be tempted to adopt a 'scissors and paste " approach , drawing individual clauses from a number of precedents and putting them together to form a finished product . |
| 2 | But she put it to her eyes and brought it away streaked black and green . |
| 3 | Downes closed his eyes and squeezed them tightly shut . |
| 4 | Roman laughed suddenly , catching her by the shoulders and twisting her round to face him . |
| 5 | She took her by the shoulders and turned her round to face the house . |
| 6 | Roman put his hands on her shoulders and turned her gently to face him . |
| 7 | Add the carrots and turn them frequently to coat them with the pale glaze . |
| 8 | So I fell on my knees and asked them not to punish the child any more . |
| 9 | Mina piled up the plates and took them outside to wash , and the dog rummaged round the floor in search of bones . |
| 10 | She has never had to compete with private collectors for company archives and hopes she never has to . |
| 11 | ‘ To do that , you take a lot of identical molecules called amines and join them together to form a chain . |
| 12 | If he is to continue , he should now be taking different movements and linking them together to form his fighting style — a format of defence and attack that becomes second nature to him . |
| 13 | The boss nurse gave her two minutes and told her not to talk . |
| 14 | ‘ Then Robert would have stamped out the flames and carried me still smouldering into the thicket . ’ |
| 15 | She made him take tap classes to loosen his ankles and gave him daily exercises to do under her assistant 's instruction . |
| 16 | Says another curator , ‘ Rusty may not have the vision to say , ‘ We need a Guido Reni at the National Gallery ’ he 's not the sort of person who could walk through the baroque galleries and realise they even need one , though if a curator went to him wanting to buy one , I think Rusty would certainly be supportive of the move , whereas Carter would basically have turned up his nose and said ‘ no ’ ’ . |
| 17 | From the day of their first meeting , Paul Alexandre was struck by his prodigious artistic talents and begged him not to destroy any of his studies , offering him what little money a young doctor could spare . |
| 18 | Single people or couples living alone were encouraged to join a cookery pool , saving fuel by pooling rations and take it in turns to cook meals for other people in the group . |
| 19 | I have also had three two-hour sessions at the job agency which has the training facility , and , having taken down some scribbled notes and typed them up have gone back over it all to improve my notes , so that I can continue re-reading them till I improve my knowledge . |
| 20 | He is said to have shown his adoration for her by kissing her holy manuscripts and having them richly bound for her . |
| 21 | Cold air like rushing water battered at his face , beating in his cheeks and making it hard to breathe . |
| 22 | Unlike the days of old when typography and design were learned over generations , desktop publishing has provided a fast track where we can take ideas and try them out to see if they work . |
| 23 | ‘ The battle of ideas only begins now , and we will produce our ideas and have them fully debated , ’ the Prime Minister 's press secretary , Mr Bernard Ingham , said . |
| 24 | Keep them to objective statements and re-remind them not to speculate on subjective reasons like ‘ emotional rejection ’ , ‘ lack of love ’ , etc . |
| 25 | Mike was an excellent shot at short and long distances and taught me how to control my weapon , how to change magazines with a simple wrist flick operation , and where it was best to hit a person if you wanted to be sure of incapacitating him . |
| 26 | You 'd got the tools and different things and show you how to use them . |
| 27 | We take a look at the latest perming techniques and show you how to care for your curls in our brilliant perm feature . |
| 28 | Solve the clues in both circles and match them up to form seven breeds of dog |
| 29 | Louise Hignett , a stylist from Keith Hall the Hairdressers salon in Arnold , Nottingham , cut off the damaged ends and texturised it throughout to encourage the curl and take some of the weight out of it . |
| 30 | ‘ You are the last woman I would have thought I would want — you 're everything I despise , but you 're in danger of becoming an obsession and there 's only one way to deal with it : we 'll make love until we 're sated with each other , then we 'll both be free to go our separate ways and forget we ever met . ’ |