Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb -s] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Air Mail has continued to follow the format that was developed in 1989 , and which seeks to maintain a balance between Association policy , news and items of historical , Service and general interest . |
| 2 | I throw up onto the floor and they pause the video for me and somebody goes to get a mop . |
| 3 | Any member not in receipt of a ballot paper for the election to the vacancy on the Women Chemists Committee , and who wishes to place a vote , can obtain one from M. Mackenzie , RSC , Thomas Graham House , Science Park , Milton Road , Cambridge CB4 4WF ; tel : 223 420066 . |
| 4 | Sometimes in truth they do not exist : not all human behaviour is addictive in nature and one has to keep a sense of balance . |
| 5 | If his instructions are disobeyed and he continues to fear a breach of the peace , he can therefore arrest , for a breach of the peace , the person who refuses to comply , and either seek to have the person bound over , or prosecuted for obstructing a constable in the execution of his duty . |
| 6 | Or suppose , again , that your neighbour has agreed with you that he will not open a public house or carry on a school of music next door , and does and threatens to continue doing one or the other ; or that you have a right to light for your windows , and he threatens to erect a building within three feet of them . |
| 7 | of ideological progression , maybe he thought that , that , that erm the only , ultimately the only way to capitalis er to communism was through capitalism and he needs to establish a period of capitalism first . |
| 8 | If he be a rustic , or unused to travelling , and he intends to take a morning train , he will probably make a point of taking up a strong position at the station the night before his prospective journey and camping on the platform . |
| 9 | Please sir , Axl 's doctor said we 're to be nice to him because he comes from a broken home and he has to wear a kilt . |
| 10 | His arm is weak , and he has to wear a splint on his leg . |
| 11 | Moreover the interpreter of a text has to make a decision on the relative importance of the different elements in a work , and he has to find a way of relating these elements to one another . |
| 12 | Of these identifications of a new underclass as the victim of affluence in the two-thirds ( affluent and Tory ) versus one-third ( not ) society , Bauman 's formulation is to be preferred to Saunder 's because it sets up issues which are subject to empirical review and it continues to use a conception of reproduction : |
| 13 | And it needs to have a path to get there and back . |
| 14 | They also play havoc with your skin and it tends to get a bit sweaty under all the make-up I have to wear . |
| 15 | Then you remember it and it starts to come a bit true does n't it ? |