Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got to go and get some potatoes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This , he said , helped to evoke and release suppressed memories and emotions that were having a detrimental effect on the health of these people . |
| 4 | This improved customer focus has aided the development of existing commercial opportunities and helped to identify and pursue new ones . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | According to refugee experts , existing procedures failed to identify and protect genuine refugees . |
| 9 | The courts of England and France shared common cultural influences and strove to imitate and emulate each other . |
| 10 | On Oct. 18 Iran and Iraq agreed to pardon and release those prisoners of war convicted on legal charges by tribunals in both countries . |
| 11 | Are n't you tempted to try and buy this house for yourself ? ’ |
| 12 | The Daurog began to whitter and make shrill noises . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Men began to smile and say nice things to her . |
| 15 | Sociologists , social psychologists , anthropologists and economists began to use and develop variable analysis in a series of what became classic studies . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In 1939 the government began to study and develop new levadas . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Without the slightest warning at all bombs began to drop and shift whole areas at least fifty yards square . |
| 20 | Then , when she judged the moment right , Laura shut down the damper in the smokestack , sealed the air-vents , and the whole kiln began to throb and pant black smoke . |
| 21 | John Barclay , Deputy Group Chief Executive and Terry Pearson , Senior Securities Adviser , hosted an industry-wide initiative at the Bank 's Lombard Street office when 60 securities specialists met to consider and promote practical ideas to develop a rapid and cost-effective replacement . |
| 22 | It outgrew its premises , and in 1982 the plaintiffs decided to acquire and convert other premises ( ‘ the bakery ’ ) to become the new premises of the centre . |
| 23 | However wanting to keep my set-up as simple as possible , I decided to try and use one flashgun mounted in the hot shoe of the camera . |
| 24 | In Guatemala and Honduras there were large Indian populations , which the settlers coerced to clear and cultivate large estates . |
| 25 | Then resources and manpower became available on a scale coercion could never match — and one of government 's major preoccupations became to control and guide popular attitudes and the process of socialization in order to ensure an adequate tax base and flow of manpower . |
| 26 | The Corporation demanded to see and approve all drawings . |
| 27 | Lydia swirled the water in the pan into a whirlpool and slithered in the egg , which proceeded to foam and display other signs of rebellion . |
| 28 | It was like a valedictory speech , possibly the last big statement he would utter as Leader of the Opposition , the opportunity to deliver a personal justification of what he did to try and ensure that Labour 's values joined together with the popular vote to save the party from the political wilderness . |
| 29 | It arose from observations of old people who appeared to welcome and initiate increasing isolation as a release from the problems , pressures and difficulties of life . |
| 30 | Unofficial sources report that the two organisations aimed to research and develop Mongol culture and that their activities were public . |