Example sentences of "and [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the past , this normally involved a process of barter : to obtain information the ambassador had to be able and willing to give it in return . |
| 2 | There would be a few drinks , some canapes and a few staff who were free and willing to do it on overtime . |
| 3 | In the Preface of the Octavo Dictionary ( 1724 ) , Philip Miller remarked that before the beginning of the century this country 's preoccupation with trade had allowed the Italians , French and Dutch to outstrip it in horticulture . |
| 4 | The men who walk our streets as community bobbies today are equipped and ready to take them by force tomorrow . |
| 5 | At seven forty-five , she was dressed and ready to face him over breakfast , but a knock on the door made her stiffen . |
| 6 | That being moved by imagining from a sufferer 's viewpoint does draw me towards his goals is sufficiently shown by my impulse to shrink from imagining as painful in itself , and liable to draw me into action against my own interests . |