Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government finally agreed to fresh negotiations and promised not to proceed with legislation on banning strikes for two years . |
| 2 | Dot fingered her victory badge and tried not to listen in case it seemed like prying . |
| 3 | She could hear cars and lorries swooshing past and tried desperately to call for help but she had no breath . |
| 4 | He came back to England and seemed about to succumb to pneumonia but , ten days after his return , he went on another visit to Paris , on this occasion to receive an honorary degree from the University there . |
| 5 | The man stepped back into the centre of the circle , and seemed almost to go to sleep . |
| 6 | Phanerozoic TTD suites do exist , however , and seem also to relate to subduction zones . |
| 7 | He fetched his sleeping bag from the cornbin , where he kept it so the mice would n't make a nest in it , and curled up to go to sleep . |
| 8 | Depression audiences were given a hero who first fights in the World War and then finds it difficult to settle back into a factory job ; this innocent man is then twice sentenced to a chain-gang , the second arrest coming after a period during which he had succeeded as a respectable businessman ; the film ends with him still on the run and having now to depend on crime to keep himself alive . |
| 9 | Mr Salmon told me that he 'd heard the best barrows were being sold off in the Old Kent Road , on account of the fact that so many young lads were heeding Kitchener 's cry and joining up to fight for King and country . |
| 10 | I can drive a tractor , ’ he said , and went on to speculate at length on the possibilities of the English dole . |
| 11 | I informed Mrs X that this was absolute rubbish and went on to explain about safety precautions , such as protective clothing and inoculations . |
| 12 | Consider your fixtures and fittings and ask how to guard against damage to property . |
| 13 | The Japanese had been trained in jungle warfare , and knew how to trek across country and live on the jungle . |
| 14 | Reach T-junction with track ( castle on left ) and turn left to pass in front of castle ( b ) . |
| 15 | If Microsoft is found to have a case to answer , the minimum possibility is that the company is forced to sign a consent decree under which it has to unbundle , and agree not to bundle in future — for instance it might have to dismantle Windows for Workgroups and sell the networking elements as a separate product ( similar networking code will be an integral part of standard Windows NT ) ; at worst , the company could be forced to split itself into two completely different companies , one for operating systems and languages , the other for applications . |
| 16 | A couple of hours and aching arms later the copper and brass was gleaming and sitting back to bask in satisfaction a voice soon broke the momentary pleasure . |
| 17 | Denis nodded and leaned forward to speak into Boxer 's ear . |
| 18 | It also challenges my attitude to the more superficially respectable , whom we simply do not want to get on with , and strive earnestly to keep at arm 's length . |