Example sentences of "and [vb base] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most controversially , they recommended stronger police powers to search and arrest brothel-keepers and make soliciting on the streets illegal . |
| 2 | Their Majesties mount the platform and remain standing under a canopy , having on their right the ministers , marshals , admirals and the Court officers ; on their left are the Empress 's ladies and facing them , the diplomatic body . |
| 3 | Alarmed , they drop quickly and remain suspended at the end of fine silk-like threads . |
| 4 | They had also seen migratory birds in the sky directly above the paralysis , suddenly stop and remain suspended in the air . |
| 5 | Necks and bodies are paired up very early on and remain paired throughout the whole of the production process , ensuring compatibility , good fit and finish . |
| 6 | We share that judgement and intend to continue with the passage of the Bill . ’ |
| 7 | Enter The Miser , Moliere 's play about greed and deceit revolving around the avarice of old scoundrel Harpagon . |
| 8 | It 's significant that when I get home at night and want to listen to a record for pleasure I usually choose a disc made over 30 years ago — the message survives the medium to an astonishing extent in the best old records . |
| 9 | If you are using a lot of roses in your pressed flower pictures , you may find it worthwhile making up a small stock of finished roses in different colours to save time when you are in an inspired mood and want to concentrate on a design rather than the various techniques involved . |
| 10 | Some people take furniture to her that they do n't like or are tired of and want transformed into a work of art ; she optimistically feels that no piece of furniture is totally without hope . |
| 11 | We wake and sleep according to the sun 's cycle , and research is showing that celestial rhythms still control many other areas of our life . |
| 12 | They became involved in dismantling pipework , hydro testing and flange testing on the Eagle platform . |
| 13 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 14 | He graduated with first class honours in oil technology from Imperial College London and his early career was spent with Amoco and Shell working in the UK , Netherlands , Guyana and Australia . |
| 15 | These can be drafted by outlining the area with tape or transfer lines , and then painting in the central area with matt black enamel paint ; or , fill in the middle by laying down wide transfer lines , slightly overlapping each other and cut to shape with a scalpel . |
| 16 | Although there are special fittings to allow washing machine waste pipes to be connected to the sink waste , the best way of plumbing in a washing machine is to make a permanent connection to the pipes in the kitchen for the water supply and to fit a stand pipe and trap leading through a hole in the outside wall for the waste pipe . |
| 17 | Just before noon George heard his mother 's pony and trap coming down the road . |
| 18 | I spot a pony and trap running along the coast road and point it out to my son who is interested in such things . |
| 19 | In other words , pre-exposure to the stimulus may both retard the acquisition of the CS-US association and act to interfere with the retrieval of the information embodied in this association when it comes to a test trial . |
| 20 | I am making plans for a series of visits to all parts of the country and hope to return to the north-east in the midst of those plans . |
| 21 | It was a strange sound , that united wail — continuous , pitiful , strong — like a great sigh or murmur of vague desire and hope issuing from the heart of despair , piercing the gloom and murky atmosphere of that vaulted room , and reaching to the heart of God . |
| 22 | He also thought of Dame Agatha 's smiling face before drifting into a dreamless sleep , leaving Ranulf and Maltote to argue over the fortunes of dice . |
| 23 | He sheathed his dagger , whispered to Ranulf and Maltote to wait at the top of the alleyway , and knocked gently on the shop door . |
| 24 | This will stay in our nature until we become aware of the process and let go of the chains that pride puts around us . |
| 25 | Giving a bellow of pain and rage , Raimundo jumped a foot in the air and let go of the pony , who took off , jerking to a halt as the slack of the rope ran out . |
| 26 | Maybe the smoker will realise how disgusting his habit is when he hopefully decides to kick it once and for all and stop relying on the NHS as a safety net . |
| 27 | Cut the salmon into thinnish steaks , arrange them in one layer in a well-buttered baking dish , sprinkle them with salt and seasonings , add about I oz. of fresh butter , cut in pieces , for every pound of salmon , cover the dish with buttered paper and a lid , and put to cook in the centre of a moderately heated oven , gas no. 3 , 330 F. In 45 to 50 minutes — a little more or less according to the thickness of the steaks — the salmon will be cooked . |
| 28 | It all but sunk Pompey and put United on the crest of the wave . |
| 29 | But since her captivity , a babel seethed around her constantly , the cries and demands of Sycorax , the commands of the men on guard over her , the hammering and planing of the pales for the stockade and for the settlers ' other plans ; the shouts of the men from the boat-building on the beach , the barking of orders to bondsmen brought from England on the ship that had returned , the yells of slaves whom they had loaded in Dahomey or Yoruba on the journey back , and roped and chained and put to work under the whip , and the bellowing laughter now and then of the overseer , a tall African who had been taken out of chains himself to hold the lash over his fellows . |
| 30 | My Lady Dedlock ( who is childless ) , looking out in the early twilight from her boudoir at a keeper 's lodge , and seeing the light of a fire upon the latticed panes , and smoke rising from the chimney , and a child , chased by a woman , running out into the rain to meet the shining figure of a wrapped-up man coming through the gate , has been put quite out of temper . |