Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [coord] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got to go and get some potatoes . |
| 2 | Mann pleaded guilty to taking jeans valued at £37 and £200 in cash while McClelland admitted handling and receiving stolen goods to the value of £92 . |
| 3 | As industrialisation advanced eastwards across Europe , so social and political pressures within the logic of capitalist organisation helped to simplify and solidify national identities as part of the new economic and political order . |
| 4 | This , he said , helped to evoke and release suppressed memories and emotions that were having a detrimental effect on the health of these people . |
| 5 | He tried to smile but darted anxious glances at me , at the pig and back again . |
| 6 | This improved customer focus has aided the development of existing commercial opportunities and helped to identify and pursue new ones . |
| 7 | In a strong khaki handkerchief he kept his money , the handful of coins he had managed to save or pilfer and hide away in spite of Sweetheart 's threats that she would always find him out if he tried to lie or keep wicked secrets from her . |
| 8 | Aberconwy 's chief executive , Alan Carr , said that the majority of flood-hit areas had already been ‘ rough cleaned ’ which involved mopping-up and removing damaged furniture . |
| 9 | On May 3rd , in an imaginative charade played out before invited cameramen , a group of settlers dressed as ‘ PLO Police ’ set up roadblocks outside Jerusalem and pretended to stop and harass Israeli drivers . |
| 10 | In his mind he had obviously got fragments of things that he 'd heard and seen that day , there was an expression that was being called out , To arm citizens , because war had been declared . |
| 11 | What I want to ascertain is how the Greeks came to know and evaluate these groups of non-Greeks in relation to their own civilization . |
| 12 | Meredith leaned forwards to the chart she 'd made and ticked those items off . |
| 13 | Her body was weary but her brain was buzzing , trying to make sense of everything she 'd seen and heard that day . |
| 14 | Traders like tavern-keepers in the Strand and wine merchants in St James 's Street , learnt to expect and tolerate late payment , and to ensure that any steps to obtain settlement were taken with the greatest diplomacy . |
| 15 | It is a word or phrase added to qualify or define another word or words in a sentence . |
| 16 | According to refugee experts , existing procedures failed to identify and protect genuine refugees . |
| 17 | Central banks agreed to buy or sell unlimited amounts of currency at points 1 per cent either side of their established par values , although the mere fact that they were prepared and willing to do this was often sufficient to limit the extent to which they had to intervene in practice . |
| 18 | The courts of England and France shared common cultural influences and strove to imitate and emulate each other . |
| 19 | This envisaged collecting and processing relevant information contained on the payroll tape held by the Data Processing Branch . |
| 20 | On Oct. 18 Iran and Iraq agreed to pardon and release those prisoners of war convicted on legal charges by tribunals in both countries . |
| 21 | Are n't you tempted to try and buy this house for yourself ? ’ |
| 22 | The Daurog began to whitter and make shrill noises . |
| 23 | Whilst surveying land for new railways , he began measuring and drawing medieval buildings . |
| 24 | I could feel myself starting to slide off into sleep ; I began to imagine and see all sorts of weird things behind my eyes : maze-shapes and spreading areas of unknown colours , then fantastic buildings and spaceships and weapons and landscapes . |
| 25 | Men began to smile and say nice things to her . |
| 26 | Sociologists , social psychologists , anthropologists and economists began to use and develop variable analysis in a series of what became classic studies . |
| 27 | Moreover , in view of the government 's stance , their new associations began to recognise and establish on-going relations with unions on an industry or regional basis — although they continued strongly to oppose a union presence within the enterprise in order to maximise their own control . |
| 28 | In 1939 the government began to study and develop new levadas . |
| 29 | Baldwin suggested that there should be more working-class Conservative candidates , and began to consider and develop social policy within his 1924 to 1929 administration . |
| 30 | Without the slightest warning at all bombs began to drop and shift whole areas at least fifty yards square . |