Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We always want to see and hear confident actors . |
| 2 | I long to paint and paint other things . |
| 3 | I mean , in the long run their both , they both give the same outcome , alright , but farmers want to try and avoid that variability of income , alright , so they 'll much prefer to , instead of having , you know , they probably prefer erm , a certain income of forty pounds rather than erm , an equal chance of getting one hundred pounds or zero . |
| 4 | Over the coming year , we expect to consolidate and develop this work . |
| 5 | Little wonder more organisations who want to retain and develop key staff are moving to the Open Business School . |
| 6 | Want to motivate and lead other people . |
| 7 | The Home Office Drugs Branch has shown itself hopelessly ineffective at quickly and effectively using the Notifications Index to warn and inform local communities about extensive drug use . |
| 8 | Business people — manufacturers , farmers and traders expect to produce and sell more goods in the south , so making enough profit to pay for the more expensive land . |
| 9 | From what has been argued so far , it is apparent that there are powerful forces at work which tend to denigrate and diminish old people . |
| 10 | ‘ We should all be regarded as people of faith who are pilgrims together and as we seek to understand and appreciate each others traditions and values then we shall be gaining rather than losing . ’ |
| 11 | One day I hope to return and spend several weeks exploring County Galway . |
| 12 | Their basic proposition was that we tend to organise and simplify incoming information until it makes a satisfying pattern . |
| 13 | Proteins tend to coagulate and form large particles when heated , but this is controlled using a high shear process ( intensive blending ) . |
| 14 | Top of the Pops stuff does n't , in the sense that people who like to go and see live music do n't people who like that kind of music prefer the dis prefer it in a |
| 15 | We know horses like to caress and scratch each other with their muzzles and teeth , and we can copy the same sort of contact on the horse 's back , neck , or chest , with our fingertips . |
| 16 | I recently met the Japanese Keidanren when they visited this country , and I reassured them that the Government continue to welcome and support Japanese investment in this country . |
| 17 | If we can laugh out loud about getting old , break the silence that surrounds it instead of suffering quietly , then we are beginning to escape from a fear society wants us to have — so we will buy uplift bras , expensive face creams and continue to fear and envy younger women . |
| 18 | You know , so all the time you 're up here , like this , and then perhaps you stay to try and get some work finished before you go home , and as sure as fate , that 's the day when you promised to take somebody out , when you go home , and you 've forgotten about it . |
| 19 | Outside the ring , you feel frustrated , but you try to argue and get some facts . |
| 20 | Most West European governments now attempt to assist and promote technical innovation , particularly in the field of microelectronics and computers , as for example in the Alvey Programme . |
| 21 | We aim to continue and develop this approach as we take on new responsibilities for arranging residential and nursing home care . |
| 22 | The other thing was we do n't seem to be able to keep a manager for very long without eating them — they start to shake and have nervous breakdowns . |
| 23 | The multiculturalists fail to intervene and support these women . |
| 24 | The judges serve to enforce and interpret such acts : they can not strike down an act . |
| 25 | Children 's toys , for example ( dolls or ‘ Action Man ’ ) , clothes ( pink for a girl , blue for a boy ) and names help to establish and define stereotypical patterns of behaviour associated with being male or female . |
| 26 | I think it 's about five thousand that we really require to establish and equip this unit . |
| 27 | However , we wish to discuss and agree any amendments that you may seek to make to the contract in advance of you submitting your final binding offer . |
| 28 | Care assistants help to run and supervise these activities . |
| 29 | You come to fear and loathe reserved passengers who turn up after the flight is supposed to have left , squeezing out standbys . |
| 30 | Constitutional norms serve to influence and mold political behaviour . |