Example sentences of "and [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This argument will not force the financial institutions to surrender , but it can help to ‘ legitimate ’ the case for investment planning and develop the popular support which would be needed in the ensuing political battles . |
| 2 | You ca n't almost die and remain the same person you were before . |
| 3 | In the fifteenth century the Italian humanists introduced considerable refinement , the ‘ humanistic minuscule ’ was gradually adopted throughout the Christian world , and became the cursive hand which was eventually termed ‘ italic ’ . |
| 4 | It is possible to install an over-large CHP unit and sell the excess electricity it generates back to the grid . |
| 5 | When the time is right Shamans pick the special fungus and make the vile brew which sends the Fanatics crazy and turns them into uncontrolled whirling maniacs . |
| 6 | This brings us to the problem of whether to leave serial harmony as it is , the product of a system , or to override the system and make the harmonic result our own . |
| 7 | The franchise is a form of business which has grown up in recent years and offers the would-be entrepreneur what may at first sight appear to be an easy way to start up in business . |
| 8 | ‘ I did not want to lower my standards and lose the special relationship I had with the fans . |
| 9 | A recent edition carries a joint statement from the Christian and Islamic communities urging the people of Zaire to join together in an act of reconciliation and to support the democratic process which has been undermined so severely since January this year . |
| 10 | He flung open a pair of doors she had not even noticed in the gloom and revealed the largest room she had ever seen , endlessly high , and filled with the grey light of the sea . |
| 11 | There is plenty of skilled labour available and given the short-term view nobody will train . |
| 12 | This organ has received much attention from surgeons , who are confronted with the problems which arise when the prostate enlarges late in life and obstructs the urinary channel which passes through it . |
| 13 | In 1831 the Sultan 's Egyptian vassal , Mehemet Ali , launched an assault on Syria which challenged Constantinople 's authority and endangered the strong position which Russia had acquired on her southern flank as a result of the Treaty of Adrianople . |
| 14 | If Andrew Orkney does indeed lead over Anchor Bridge , jumps the last two obstacles cleanly and wins the great event it will be a story entirely appropriate to its ridiculously romantic pattern . |
| 15 | Remove the column shroud and slacken the clamping screw which holds the switch assembly to the column . |
| 16 | However , the evidential task becomes more difficult if the employer opts to make and refine the patented invention himself . |
| 17 | watching the telly and eat the whole bag it 's |
| 18 | ‘ He desired to appeal to the moral feelings of the nation and approved therefore of promoting petitions to parliament ; but he distrusted and disowned the questionable strength which might be gained by systematic agitation . ’ |
| 19 | Sadly for them , their response to it works against them and encourages the very behaviour they fear most . |
| 20 | One is the Best Imaginable — to work steadily to reduce the losses even further and eliminate the day-to-day variation which is still there . |
| 21 | Since the conversation was outpacing my efforts to note the salient points , I gave up trying and used the little tape-recorder I had brought with me . |
| 22 | Those small producers who were so intimidated by the problems of securing significant distribution that they simply carried on producing small , cheap pictures which , according to Hepworth , ‘ helped to build up and succour the very evil which was bringing about their downfall ’ , inevitably went under first . |
| 23 | upstairs and warm the bloody brandy we just , you know that brandy gives off fumes when it 's been heated up ? |
| 24 | ‘ I had heard much about the Island , but could not have been prepared for the spectacle of some three hundred and eight square miles ’ says Val , ‘ I had five days in which to explore and photograph the unfamiliar panorama which stretched before me . ’ |
| 25 | To produce an amplifier to drive headphones successfully and to obtain the maximum performance which they are capable of requires that both these problems must be addressed . |
| 26 | This should be done by writing to the Address given below or by completing and returning the tear-off slip which was included with the Notification of Entry . |
| 27 | And now , wo n't you come back and enjoy the delicious lunch your mother is providing for us ? |
| 28 | and to find the little place itself was ridiculous . |
| 29 | That was the boy 's job , not a very pleasant one too because he had to — one of the hardest jobs I reckon , and the least paid — he had to cook the food and coil the big rope which was a nasty job , especially in the summer when the jelly-fish were about ; they used to sting the hands and he 'd get a rash between his fingers . ’ |
| 30 | The woman thief arrived with an accomplice at the house at Camlough and told the elderly woman she was thirsty . |