Example sentences of "and [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
| 2 | It was a lovely sight to see all the sleeping hens on their perch and exciting to open up the door in the morning to find they had laid eggs for our breakfast in the three nest boxes on the floor . |
| 3 | ‘ If there were only six stetches in the field and eight ploughs working , the first baiter then put the second baiter and another to open up the furrows and lay the tops , so all the ploughs were employed . |
| 4 | The tramp 's eyes were closed but Magee used his thumb and forefinger to push back the lids . |
| 5 | So it was that — ill-equipped , ignoring all warnings , and unable to pick up the BBC World Service on our radio — we confronted El Jocoso without guides and in a thunderstorm . |
| 6 | The UN Secretary-General 's special envoy in the Iran-Iraq peace talks , Jan Eliasson , shuttled between Tehran and Baghdad , the capitals of Iran and Iraq , between Nov. 1 and 16 to speed up the process . |
| 7 | His determination and stubbornest to carry out the bond is also regarded as immoral . |
| 8 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 9 | The new process could make carpet recycling possible on a major scale ; until now it has been laborious and expensive to separate out the component materials , which often include wool , nylon as well as latex . |
| 10 | What I need most is something strong and sharp to pick out the cement between the stones with . |
| 11 | For the average funeral the pall-bearer was expected to perform his duties en route as well as within the church ; whereas at the funerals of the great , the pall-bearers were only called into service once the coffin was at the church and ready to proceed up the nave . |