Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later on in the day I wander up to Low Force with no boat and no-one except my girlfriend and the fish trying to swim and jump up the fall for company . |
| 2 | Lazy bitch , she was : lying on this couch day after day feeling too bad to move ; but she could go upstairs and carry out the duties of a wife whenever the fancy took her . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , the only ambition she ever had for me was to marry well and bring up the colour of the family . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd better go and look over the script before dinner , ’ she told him without meeting his eyes . |
| 5 | The bloke behind the counter said , look , I 've just got to go and look up the year of manufacture , I 'll be back in a couple of minutes . |
| 6 | The Courtaulds man explained : ‘ Hashing serves the needs for expatriate communities to relax and work off the frustrations of life in a foreign land . ’ |
| 7 | It would now be easy to go on and work out the field between two concentric spheres . |
| 8 | The method of preparing the blank before inserting the cutlery blank is simply to drill and clean out the hole in the shaft before fixing , put the Special T on the tang and insert with the handle on top so the Special T does not run down the wood . |
| 9 | I wish someone would come and blow up the school for us . |
| 10 | However , they do appear to gently tighten and tone up the surface of the skin ( albeit temporarily ) and moisturise at the same time so skin feels softer and smoother . |
| 11 | When they reached the garage Leo left her to go and sort out the problem of the Land Rover , and Hilary continued on alone . |
| 12 | He began a slow and careful descent , stopping only once to turn back and whisper over the grumbling of the Darkfall : ‘ Keep that door open … in case I have to come back quickly . |
| 13 | Stage 1 is to mark and cut out the material for the sail and the keel . |
| 14 | In the meantime , the transport ministers also agreed to harmonise standards for air traffic control equipment to try and cut down the delays at EC airports . |
| 15 | Fish used to lumber and shamble around the stage like a confused and wounded animal , bellowing out his lyrics as if only this could ease his pain . |
| 16 | Then home we would go and share out the proceeds from our trip . |
| 17 | ‘ However , I have received an assurance from the Post Office that in the event of the present franchisees not being able to find a buyer for the business , then the Post Office will step in and take over the running of the counter service again . ’ |
| 18 | The large and thriving congregation was stunned by the Jesuits ’ sudden announcement , in March 1989 , that they were to close and sell off the church on the open market — ‘ for any reasonable use ’ , according the sale particulars . |
| 19 | This , in plain terms , means that apart from one small section of scrambling , you can chicken out and walk along the Arête with your head bobbing safely below the crest . |
| 20 | This could be converted into a worldwide trip , so Roland went on to the ‘ Hot Spot ’ to try and get around the world in 80 seconds answering as many questions as possible . |
| 21 | When you do not bend your knees then the back muscles have to support and pick up the weight of your torso , arms and head ( 70 per cent of your body weight ) , as well as the object you are carrying . |
| 22 | Their importance to the level of employment at the port was recognised by the journeymen carpenters who in 1792 let it be known that if the slave trade were abolished they would riot and pull down the houses of leading abolitionists . |
| 23 | These were heavy family pressures but not particularly unusual nor sufficient , in my opinion , to overset and bear down the will of Mrs. O'Brien . |
| 24 | Will my right hon. Friend tell me how best to reply to a constituent of mine who has recently completed a course of treatment at Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford and who tells me that the nurses and doctors were fantastic , that the treatment was magnificent and that he is fed up to the back teeth with the constant efforts of the Labour party to undermine and talk down the achievements of the health service ? |
| 25 | Sparc International , which is currently at version 8 of the Sparc interface definition , said the 64-bit stuff in version 9 will be just ‘ the tip of the iceberg , ’ and that it would be putting out the new specifications ‘ relatively soon : ’ it still has to go and dig up the stuff from down at Sun Labs . |
| 26 | He could go and dig up the roadworks during the night , and get some cement made up in a small container and cement up the holes in manhole covers you used to lift the things up by . |
| 27 | As part of this strategy , senior managers are using FDC to improve and speed up the production of monthly reports . |
| 28 | At a meeting on Nov. 30-Dec. 1 , EC Immigration Ministers , meeting in the context of the Trevi Group , agreed on measures to co-ordinate and speed up the processing of asylum seekers ' applications . |
| 29 | You will be asked to walk , trot and canter around the ring with the other horses . |
| 30 | It is also sensible to try and find out the likelihood of offers being accepted . |