Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 2 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 3 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
| 4 | Go and make me a nice cup of tea Mike ? |
| 5 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to tuck you in , then go downstairs and make you a hot drink . ’ |
| 7 | This can be a two-way flow ; a good home base can help to create contentment , and at the same time personal satisfaction in life will feed back into the home and make it a pleasant environment for others . |
| 8 | ‘ He has long arms and I think he 'll use them to hold me off and make it a long bout . |
| 9 | ‘ Who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose , tae ma wee hoose tae ma wee hoose ; for who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose and make it a wee bit bigger ! ’ |
| 10 | In late 1991 LIFFE revised its ECU bond contract specifications in an attempt to increase its liquidity and make it a viable product rather than delisting it . |
| 11 | Therefore , if you really want to move the business forward and make it a great business , you 've got to live it . |
| 12 | We must sacrifice the most valued possession among us and make it a burnt offering . |
| 13 | Right come the morning arrived and and somebody else I ca n't remember who though , and there we were all ready to go and were walking with the press into the massive great shed where they roll the paper and make it a massive place the size of a couple of football pitches , we were just going in the door and somebody said to me they 're no gon na be using their flash guns are they ? |
| 14 | In the last months of 1989 the people of Central and Eastern Europe take it upon themselves to address the future and make it a different place to be in . |
| 15 | propel it along and make it a little bit different to the book erm with some of the other things , I mean for example if you erm get stuff off , I do n't know , for example people like Ian erm |
| 16 | Bolt Head , the gangster who financed and masterminded both the Robocranker project and the computer generated hologram , meets the Robocranker after his defeat and offers him a new body in return for operating one of his machines … |
| 17 | The wheel of fortune has turned up trumps and offers you a handsome payola today . |
| 18 | I 'll go downstairs and make you a hot drink . ’ |
| 19 | Although she says that it was not necessarily an easy step to take , her community was behind her , and the reactions she has had from friends and teachers have convinced her that the step she took was an important one , challenging stereotypes in the West about what it means to be a Muslim girl , and bringing her a great sense of identity and of no longer being at odds with herself . |
| 20 | She recalled that she had at the time been a little put out by the prince 's interest in Joan — but now the important thing was to persuade Joan to join in the festivities and bring her a first-hand report . |
| 21 | God speed you , and bring me a hopeful answer — both for England and Wales ! ’ |
| 22 | She came down to him and made him a hot drink and felt his forehead which was burning hot and covered in drops of sweat . |
| 23 | Is it my fault if the King has spoilt his son and made him a laughing stock in Europe ? |
| 24 | Charles I was equally well disposed towards Salisbury and made him a privy councillor in 1626 . |
| 25 | With Dawson it was his bulk which undoubtedly contributed to his premature death along with his broad , rubber face that became his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in true bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 26 | But his bulk , along with his broad , malleable face , was virtually his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in the finest bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 27 | In one act at the exhibition hangar gave NAM ‘ back ’ its workshop , enabling the restoration of Anson C.19 VL348 to come on apace ; it allowed several of their exhibits the luxury of a controlled environment ; gave the Museum an ‘ all weather ’ visitor capability and made them a suitable location for the RAF Museum to loan them their Airspeed Oxford and North American Harvard — see the August issue . |
| 28 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |
| 29 | While nineteenth-century Catholic teaching had been suspicious of ‘ human rights ’ discourse , John embraced it eagerly and made it a central theme , greatly extending the range and number of ‘ rights ’ , including those of minorities ( 95–7 ) and refugees ( 103–8 ) . |
| 30 | Yet this season , he 's played all but two matches , and since the ‘ 5 man defence ’ appeared when Batty got injured , the reviews I 've read have even called him a Batty replacement , and given him a good write-up . |