Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under ordinary circumstances , Nurse Goodman would probably not have given permission but ‘ the Major ’ , as he had become known , was such a mystery that she was glad to feel that at least somebody knew of his fate and cared enough to come to the hospital to see how he was getting on . |
| 2 | If you can scrape together a few hits and make enough to retire to a little place in the suburbs , you 've made the most of the opportunity . |
| 3 | The sinewy elegance of these figures is unusual , and has perhaps to do with the fact that the Aeginetan sculptors are recorded as preeminent in bronze . |
| 4 | When the counsellor faces this situation it is often more appropriate to leave the subject of drinking , and to try instead to focus on the nature of the social distress that the individuals are experiencing . |
| 5 | He got in alongside her , slammed the door , and moved forward to speak to the driver . |
| 6 | Closely-related snow buntings Plectrophenax nivalis winter in small flocks where the snow is thinnest on the southern tundra , and fly northward to breed on the high arctic tundra in summer , when snow still plentiful on the ground ( Pattie , 1972 , 1977 ) . |
| 7 | The BMC immediately leapt on the white chargers they keep permanently tied up outside Crawford House in Manchester and thundered southward to deal with the problem once it arose . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes ! ’ he said , the word jerked out of him furiously , and twisted away to hide from the malicious smile he dreaded . |
| 9 | The seven year old spoke for the first time and darted away to return with the roll of foil . |
| 10 | Gradually other women finished the insides of their houses and came outside to work in the sunlight . |
| 11 | The Museum of Modern Art , 30 Pembroke Street , from January 24 to March 28 is reviewing the opus of that doyen of American minimalist and conceptual art , Sol Le Witt , presenting a concise historical survey of his career from 1963 to the present rooted in the Bauhaus , and fruiting so to speak in the fashion and perfume house of Nina Ricci ( sponsors of this show ) for which he has designed packaging for the manly fragrance Ricci Club . |
| 12 | I draw parallel with the door and crane forward to see into the room . |
| 13 | Someone had come down the stairs in a hurry and turned sharply to go towards the back of the house . |
| 14 | The second sort , often described on the tins as ‘ for hungrier babies ’ , contains more protein and carbohydrate and takes longer to pass through the baby 's stomach than normal formula . |
| 15 | Prominent in this development was a Lewes-born doctor who had studied at the University of Leyden and returned home to marry into the local gentry , combining estate management with medical speculations , and systematic enquiry . |
| 16 | Ironically enough , on recovery her parents were gentler with her and began gradually to compromise to a certain extent , and now she is at a college of further education . |
| 17 | Suddenly , it growled at her , bent its great shaggy head , picked up the carcass in bloody jaws and padded away to settle on the grass , paws holding the meat down while it tore the flesh with its teeth . |
| 18 | Each babe emerges folded in two , head to tail , the size of a small tea-leaf , and swims away to hide in the leaves of the water plants . |
| 19 | This gives a good idea of the rates of deposition and seems effectively to dispose of the idea that Loch Ness might have acquired 1000 m of sediment since the last ice age . |
| 20 | West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl broke off his visit to Poland on Friday and flew home to deal with a dramatic political situation after East Germany opened its borders to the West . |
| 21 | Moodie , despite a clutch problem on his Honda , closed within four seconds at Ramsey on the final lap , but the 37 year-old Reid put the power down and pulled away to win for the second successive year . |
| 22 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 23 | The Cabinet briefly discussed and rejected a dissolution and election on the issue and decided instead to try for a decisive election victory within three years . |
| 24 | But if we go on refusing to accept our true age and try instead to remain at a stage of life to which we no longer properly belong , then looking younger than our years is a false statement . |
| 25 | We can and often should stop reasoning about art , and go instead to look at a painting , listen to some music , read a poem . |
| 26 | The heir tossed the creature in a well and went away to fight in the Holy Land . |
| 27 | I rose , bid him good evening , and went outside to stand in the road and enjoy the scents of darkness and the sight of the moon . |
| 28 | ‘ That is not your business ! ’ she shouted and went upstairs to dress for the evening . |
| 29 | Anti-abortionists in the House , faced with growing defections from their ranks , abandoned the struggle to strike out the clause , and chose instead to rely on a promise by President George Bush , on June 4 , to veto the legislation . |
| 30 | Forester moved the machine aside and leaned forward to look into the dark space that was uncovered . |