Example sentences of "and [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We share that judgement and intend to continue with the passage of the Bill . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He sheathed his dagger , whispered to Ranulf and Maltote to wait at the top of the alleyway , and knocked gently on the shop door . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In their second year these children become able to walk , they leave the hut and begin to participate in the life outside . |
| 11 | They saw him leave the room where they were sitting and begin to walk across a bar which lay between it and the entrance to the building . |
| 12 | They walk up the cleft in the hills beside the stream and begin to climb above the valley . |
| 13 | And remember to go to the video boutique if you have n't seen the videos recently . |
| 14 | Turn round day is a bit hectic for us , so we suggest you pack your bags in the morning , leave them in our safekeeping , and disappear to explore for the day ! |
| 15 | Remove the pears from the heat and allow to cool in the syrup . |
| 16 | Place in the cooled liquid and allow to stand in a refrigerator for at least 12 hours . |
| 17 | Another is that they do n't shove the gear up on their dining-room walls ; you ca n't have a cop or two show up at some billionaire 's apartment in Sutton Place and demand to go through the strongroom . |
| 18 | Like other ‘ Third World ’ nations , the Arab people had suffered and continue to suffer as a result of colonialism and imperialism . |
| 19 | He does n't even tilt his head and try to see round the blindfold . |
| 20 | It 's not unusual for blood pressure to go up as a result of stress , so if you have a high reading at some point , your doctor or midwife might suggest you rest and try to relax for a while before they check it again . |
| 21 | ‘ Sit down and try to relax for a minute . ’ |
| 22 | At times of the greatest mental stress I would wander into some cool church and try to pray in the dimness scented by peasant sweat , cold candle-grease and stale incense . |
| 23 | Two children climb down into the hole ( having first borrowed a rope ladder ! ) and try to talk to the creature . |
| 24 | Often , the best way to prove a mathematical theorem is to start at both ends , and try to meet in the middle . |
| 25 | This requires a re-examination of such chairs as please my eye and try to come with a starting point . |
| 26 | And the way we do this is by resort to moral principles , which we identify , weigh , and try to apply to the issue before us . |
| 27 | I suppose English critics will always work on the old lines , and try to get behind the book to quiz the author … instead of seeing that he is almost irresponsible , that it is the result of haphazard circumstances , and that the writer rubs his eyes and wonders how this and that got into his pages as much as the reviewer does . |
| 28 | ‘ If no one else turned up we 'd play three pots in , at night we 'd get nearer the light in the pub car park and try to play in the pitch black . |
| 29 | In a short while she would be installed in a quiet hotel room where she could get on with her work , and try to forget about the arrival of that frightening letter . |
| 30 | But then — if we are taking our time and stay to look at the town as a whole , walk around it in the cool and quiet of the evening when the shops are shut , and the traffic has gone home , and we can really see its contours and its bone-structure — other questions begin to arise in the mind , which even the best of guide-books does not answer . |