Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Only the Conservatives will substantially reduce the Community Charge in Oxford , and bring it down to a level that people can afford . |
| 32 | Once a site in a bush or tree has been selected , the pair of long-ta fled tits search for moss and bring it back to the site . |
| 33 | He took a stick and poked the leaves till they glowed , orange flames flickered around the strap and the helmet began to shrivel , slowly becoming unrecognisable , so that Barnes would n't pull it out later and bring it back to the house . |
| 34 | Insert needle again in stitch above and bring it out through the next stitch at the left ( Fig. 4 ) . |
| 35 | Insert needle again in the lower stitch and bring it out in the next stitch to the left ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 36 | I generally work from dark to light and bring it out from the dark . |
| 37 | I generally work from dark to light and bring it out from the dark . |
| 38 | What an extraordinary suggestion , to put forward a girl — a charity child who was not a Sister , a novice , a postulant , nor anyone with the remotest intention of becoming a nun — and raise her up above the many Sisters in the Community who were all hoping and praying for a chance of higher education … what would they feel if a girl who had already been pampered , it seemed , by the convent in Knockglen , were put in to study , over their heads ? |
| 39 | You sit there in the head man 's office , you wave your hands about , your voice goes up and down , you raise your eyebrows and round it off with a quizzical smile and a subtle twist of the head . |
| 40 | You know how you poke your nose against wire netting and push it up against an apple tree , but you still ca n't bite the bark because of the wire . |
| 41 | Keep listening until you are sure that you will recognise the sounds the next time you hear them , then withdraw the spade and push it back into the ground some feet away . |
| 42 | Well , she her , her sleeping habits during the day change to afternoons , and , well today she 's been she had about two hours this afternoon , so if we did our normal and gave her tea at five o'clock , and send them up for a bath at half past six , there 's no way she 'd be asleep . |
| 43 | We check the statements , file them and send them on to the band along with our commission invoice . |
| 44 | I draw in the markings of each Friesian heifer — they 're all unique , you see — and send them off to the breed society , then they 're registered . ’ |
| 45 | At the same time , you wanted to grab Connie Fraser , and send her out in the country with a medical man to say she could n't talk to the law . |
| 46 | We will select a winner , publish the card in the paper , and send it on to the national finals . |
| 47 | Just write it on a memo form Paul and send it round with a circulation slip , and those who feel they want to get involved put their name down , probably the quickest way of doing it . |
| 48 | I think they 've all got their own washing machines on the ward and that sort of thing , whereas we had to do it by hand and then bundle it all up and send it down to the laundry . |
| 49 | This union along with the Labour Party should have no with the philosophy of workfare , it once and once and for all reject this philosophy and send it back to the bad old days of workhouses , parish guardians , the real Victorian values . |
| 50 | it 's all mass produced and they might as well not sell it to you , and send it back to the manufacturers and get a full discount . |
| 51 | I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer . |
| 52 | It lay around the office for a day or two , until someone had time to open it and send it back with a brief note , giving the time and circumstances of Elsie 's death . |
| 53 | And last night it was : ‘ Look , write a ‘ Sorry I ca n't ’ letter and I 'll have it photocopied and send it out to every number in the Yellow Pages . ’ |
| 54 | Fill in the coupon on this page and send it off with the appropriate cheque |
| 55 | To apply for supplementary pension get leaflet SB 1 from the post office , fill in your name and address , sign it and send it off in the pre-paid envelope . |
| 56 | Like tonight , Parents ' Evening , when they had assembled at his behest in the Staff Common Room overlooking the school driveway to watch out for arriving parents and usher them through to the headmaster 's sitting-room , where the first part of the festivities were to take place . |
| 57 | It is n't a good idea to climb hills after eating at the Naked Man — ideally you should find a quiet corner and sleep it off like a boa constrictor does after it has swallowed a goat or two too many . |
| 58 | One of mankind 's first artistic gestures was to cover his hand with charcoal and press it on to a cave wall : ‘ I , man , was here ! ’ |
| 59 | Dampen the edge of the buckram , bring over the seam allowance of the band and press it on to the dampened edge , notching out excess fabric on inward curves . |
| 60 | Next Thursday 's club E.G.M will debate a plan for chairman Wallace Mercer to buy the ground and lease it back to the club . |