Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bronwen ap Bryn said , as she stroked her tattooed scalp thoughtfully and turned to leave the sick-bay . |
| 2 | Instead you peer inside and try to calculate the merchandising policy : what value of stock is required , per metre of shelf space , to meet overheads and instil profit ? |
| 3 | The government has spent £1 billion on the Expo site alone and expects to recoup the cost from the visitors . |
| 4 | It is high time that the Minister went to see Anglo-United and told it to get its act together and stop polluting the environment . |
| 5 | It was strange how good and bad could run into each other , could appear as interchangeable : not the good of succouring the sick , nor the bad of shooting the helpless , but in the subtler regions of morality where things blended together and seemed to make the business of living easier . |
| 6 | Leeds fortunately got their act together and started passing the ball around and a couple of minutes later Forrester volleyed in from ten yards after good work on the right by Dave White . |
| 7 | Higher education within further education has also grown apace and has taken the form of both vocational and non-vocational provision following the creation of the polytechnics and the merging of the colleges of education into the further education sector . |
| 8 | Consider each one separately and try to apply the guidelines and hints that have been offered so far . |
| 9 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 10 | He forced himself to bow politely , and then turned away and began to descend the stairs . |
| 11 | Mum jumped up straight away and began rearranging the furniture which had been upset in the commotion . |
| 12 | Confronted with Donna 's exuberant wardrobe , she realized there were only two courses open to her : either she took it on the chin ( ‘ straight spine , old girl , ’ ) , or she slunk away and refused to answer the phone when Donna called to see why she had n't been met . |
| 13 | She turned her head away and refused to recognize the women who hung over her , imploring . |
| 14 | She jerked her glance away and pretended to adjust the strap of her bag . |
| 15 | This was a visionary proposal which would have brought economic and foreign policy matters within the ambit of the Union decision-making process , would have strengthened the position of the EC Commission , would have phased out national vetoes to which I referred above and have given the EP an enhanced law-making ( as opposed to its largely consultative ) role . |
| 16 | Seb shouted up to tell him what had happened and it took Dolly no more than a couple of minutes to hurry downstairs and throw open the cottage door . |
| 17 | The cows are particularly milky and can give high ratios of calf weaning weight to cow weight ; they calve easily and have retained the Highland 's strong mothering instinct . |
| 18 | But we were driving to the ice-cap anyway and needed to reach the peaks by nightfall . |
| 19 | Harker punched and kicked the girl and when she escaped he smashed a window , went outside and began to smash the windows of her brother 's car . |
| 20 | Matata slept outside and promised to keep the fire burning ; I hoped he was a light sleeper . |
| 21 | When he gently pushed her backwards and began undoing the buttons of her dress and cupped a hand over one of her small breasts she made no attempt to resist . |
| 22 | It was nice to meet your properly and get to know the others a bit better . |
| 23 | As people identify their own problems collaboratively and begin to analyze the conditions that contribute to the problems , they can develop strategies that are appropriate for their own culture , time , and place . |
| 24 | Donna sighed wearily and prepared to continue the search . |
| 25 | He laughed bitterly and prepared to leave the office . |
| 26 | Being able to say these difficult , and intensely private things to her mother before the funeral was the trigger she wanted to be able to grieve genuinely and begin to feel the loss of her mother , rather than nurse the resentment she had had for so many years . |
| 27 | Mr Berkley turned aside and began to study the stills of Bicycle Thieves in the portico . |
| 28 | Anybody who scores more than 40 errors on that first drive is taken quietly aside and told to take the bus home . |
| 29 | Gently he pushed her aside and went to fetch the wine . |
| 30 | He stopped work long enough to look up directly into her face , then bent his head once more and continued cleaning the skull with neat , precise movements of the knife . |