Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's all right for me — I can close my eyes for a moment , and stroke my beard , and make little gasping noises to myself . |
| 2 | Conventionality and Contrast together allow speakers to be consistent from one occasion to the next in their uses of the conventional meanings assigned to linguistic forms , and to maintain the same form-meaning pairings over time . |
| 3 | Yet another partnership prospered beyond 100 , the third in succession , and Sohail eventually cut Salisbury to the pavilion boundary to reach 203 after 5½ hours in the middle . |
| 4 | Attention decrement can be compared to the order effect in cases where subjects ‘ hold on ’ to initial words and do n't pay attention to later words — ; ‘ tended to remember first 3 adjectives better than last 3 ’ . |
| 5 | If you are staying in a caravan or tent and do n't have access to a refrigerator , buy food only as you need it . |
| 6 | Firstly because editors and journalists and so forth get an awful lot of them , and do n't have time to pore over them , and secondly because they pick them up , they sort of come in , they look at it and say , ‘ I ca n't see how I can use this . ’ |
| 7 | In asking questions , therefore , try to do this in an uncritical way and do not present ones to which there is a simple answer of ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ . |
| 8 | The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man have substantially more independent systems of government , and do not send MPs to Westminster . |
| 9 | that decisions are made for the right reasons and do not run counter to deeply held attitudes or beliefs |
| 10 | BR 's LDCs have considerable influence over issues such as the allocation of work between depots , and have strongly resisted changes to the established pattern of working , since this determines earnings levels . |
| 11 | They have been on shopping trips , watched plenty of television and have even enjoyed visits to the Camelot theme park and Formby sands , courtesy of John Davies , another friend of Bob 's , who is currently out of work and has volunteered with his wife to take the Causevics on occasional days out . |
| 12 | I personally would n't regard having to contact Germany for spares as the end of the world , and have always found Warwick to be extremely helpful in such circumstances . |
| 13 | Some of the claims have been on the basis of debatable information , and all have been highly selective and have only drawn attention to the adverse elements of research whilst ignoring much encouraging , positive information . |
| 14 | If you would like to reassess your life and learn how to use stress to your advantage , come along . |