Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cripps gave his name to an era of austerity , queues , shortages and high income tax ( 9s. 6d. in the pound again in 1951 , almost as high as in wartime ) , flattening the peaks of the income range and lopping off any surviving Matterhorns . |
| 2 | Overtake the instant and drag out some writhing thing . |
| 3 | Albert Hammond that is and er A Free Electric Band it 's Radio Nottingham it 's a quarter to one and er Action Line Action Line time now and er in a film Thelma and Louise that 's starter of the trend for stronger independent women if er you fancy a lift but want something a little less drastic then our Louise from the Action Line team is here today with something to tickle your fancy I 'm scared now I hope you 're not suggesting that er women take to their cars and mow down any unsuspecting male that gets in their way . |
| 4 | The Angel of Death looks in and he says : ‘ You 've got five minutes to get your clean nightdress on , and arrange your effects , and put the cat out , and tear up that compromising letter , and then I 'll be back for you . ’ |
| 5 | Seems a naive little bitch : very anxious to meet her famous sister again , and kiss and make up some pathetic family squabble . ’ |
| 6 | The agency will also have powers to charge private companies for " permits to pollute " , and to carry out such environmental monitoring work as is required by law . |
| 7 | requiring the defendant to comply with the abatement or prohibition notice or otherwise abate the nuisance in a specified time , and to carry out any necessary works , |
| 8 | Here 's your reservoir going down to town , there 's a a big drop there they 'd normally put it through the turbine and pick up some free electricity |
| 9 | That will actually I 'll be able to put the targets , or the ideas of the targets onto computer , and pick up any trailing training from that . |
| 10 | Anyway , if you 're goin' to tea with the toffs you 'd better get scrubbed down and pick out some decent clothes . ’ |
| 11 | I mean I notice you picked one of the matters of expenditure which is not the certainly in the higher range of of expenditure and pick out this one example . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll make up the fire , Miss , and bring up some more coals — ’ |
| 13 | The setting sun — it was now mid-August , so the sun just dipped below the horizon — would round the headland of Flakstad village and dance over some tiny skerries off the shore . |
| 14 | Gavin , with an innocent air , carefully scraped up the worst of the burned shell from the stewpot , but then saw Luch watching ; somehow he found himself dropping the charred scraps into the fire , and ladling out some better meat . |
| 15 | And , in view of what you 've told me about the computer and knocking off all those agents , this whole thing is a lot bigger than just guarding Trimmler . |
| 16 | She says a massage will help loosen you up and get the blood flowing normally and warm up those aching muscles . |
| 17 | Lining is a must except for sheers — and interlining recommended for insulating — both keeping in the heat and keeping out any cold air — cutting down noise and dirt absorption . |
| 18 | Now , I wanted to look at the possibilities of a rather softer approach and tried out some alternative ways of using eh Faber-Castell Polychromos Pastels . |
| 19 | Eyvør woke up and made food-begging noises , so the Birdman finished his story and cut up some more strips of herring which he fed to the little bird . |
| 20 | Leave approximately 25cms hanging below the bear , attach the toggle and cut off any extra cord . |
| 21 | To prevent birds pulling them up , net the rows until they root and cut off any wispy tips . |
| 22 | Draw a rectangle around it as shown and cut out all three triangles , ( numbered 1,2 , and 3 on the diagram ) . |
| 23 | That was largely due to John McKee who started off as sweeper but ended up playing in front of teenage centre back Mark Molloy and cut out many threatening moves . |
| 24 | Prune and thin out any old growth and place plant on moist gravel in a bright window . |
| 25 | Hoomey shot up round Bones 's ears and Bones , remembering his old ways , shook him back into the saddle and let out some contented snorts . |
| 26 | The captain sent some of his sailors in a boat to land there and bring back some fresh water . |
| 27 | If you go down to Newman Mobray , and walk down that little alleyway , Rose Place , you see what is the frontage of that house , and it 's very fine , and you can tell these are important people building themselves a fine house . |
| 28 | To establish how the advisors shall report on their activities to the investors , and to set out any other conditions which the investors may wish to establish . |
| 29 | ‘ Quite frankly , Ken and I could n't be bothered to let our place and give out all those orders . ’ |
| 30 | In climbing down from Mount Olympus and passing over these concentric circles , you can imagine you are tracing the path of magma rising at the mid ocean ridges , eventually to spew through vents , producing large quantities of mineral ore . |