Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then my father swung me up out of the sledge high above his head and down again , trying to distract me , to make light of what had happened and make me see the funny side of it . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , they get these ideas and these bees in their bonnets and try and make everyone think the same way , and they change all the rules and upset everything , and Freud got it wrong in one way and Marx got it wrong in another . ’ |
| 3 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 4 | I can evoke the wind at will and make it rustle the stiff papery blades of the bamboos and sing , through the comb-like leaves of the yew , as a worthy accompaniment to the voice that on that day and on all other days , even to the final silence , spoke words that had always the same meaning . |
| 5 | And trust you to like the one person you can never have , she mused . |
| 6 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 7 | In fact it is just as misleading to ignore the packaging and expect someone to assess the new situation without any help . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I will have to sit at home with my fingers crossed and hope we get the right result . ’ |
| 9 | When Hazlitt and Coleridge visited Alfoxden the following day , Wordsworth was away from home ; but Dorothy provided them with a ‘ frugal repast ’ and let them see the now-abundant manuscripts intended for the Lyrical Ballads . |
| 10 | We would issue slides to PS staff and let them run the charging system themselves . |
| 11 | Now , for God 's sake , go to bed , and let me do the same . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Now for heaven 's sake get some sleep — and let me do the same ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Let's say that he should have come to me first , ’ George said in a heavy , measured tone , ‘ and let me sort the whole thing out . |
| 14 | ‘ Chris , great to see you , and let me introduce the lovely Lindy . |
| 15 | Let his man make his way back there , and let me have the third horse and bring you the quickest way to Ullesthorpe . |
| 16 | The beliefs and behaviour of remote cultures challenge most profoundly our own ethnocentric experience and assumptions , and compel us to recognize the amazing variety and versatility of human social arrangements , moral standards , and cosmologies . |
| 17 | Cut the bad stuff out and er put the new timber in and shape it to fit the existing door casing , architrave and |
| 18 | A sander will be required to remove excess filler and shape it to match the existing timber . |
| 19 | A sander will be required to remove excess filler and shape it to match the existing timber . |
| 20 | Louise tried to soothe him and persuade him to drink the antiseptic draught which McNab had given her . |
| 21 | It was the gentleman who seemed to spring to the door and open it to let the two heavily laden customers out . |
| 22 | Phonelink Plc has applied to the London Stock Exchange for trading of its shares on the Unlisted Securities Market ( CI No 2,166 ) and will use the £9.9m raised to fund research and development , increase its visibility on the market , and ensure it has the financial clout to sit alongside its partners on a equal footing . |
| 23 | And ensure you have the right tools for the job — a long-handled back-brush or loofah for the bath , or a massage strap in the shower . |
| 24 | You know yeah may be may be and it is difficult situations do it but I think some of the problem comes in that it 's very difficult for us to stick with the point and hear ourselves say the same thing over and over again because it does n't feel right how many how many of you did n't feel right doing doing what you were doing ? |
| 25 | Her crew were idle so she armed them with brushes and mops and set them to scrub the magnificent monument clean . |
| 26 | With what seemed super-human strength and control he drew the short sword to the left , then back to the right , his intestines spilling out onto the cobbles . |
| 27 | The cash will help companies and inventors developing new products which need patent protection and allow them to exploit the technical information available . |
| 28 | First year university students are often left bewildered by the challenge of having to organise much of their study time and find they lack the necessary reference skills to work effectively . |
| 29 | Although in general the evidence suggests that it is usually the man 's retirement that provokes most friction , this may change as more of today 's working wives turn sixty and find themselves facing the same need to make difficult adjustments . |
| 30 | We love Malta , with its beautiful climate and friendly people , and feel we have the best of both worlds , here and England . |