Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the man who made his money out of glass lenses invited the finest craftsmen in Britain to design and make up a series of stained glass windows . |
| 2 | Weeks fifteen to twenty one is subject specific and all the details that have to come in and make up a record of achievement . |
| 3 | Can you imagine , we have to try and make out a picture of that ! |
| 4 | Colonel Feather had then expressed a worry that children could easily reach over and scoop up a fingerful of frosting , perhaps spoiling someone 's chances , so he and Mr Doran — the latter complaining mightily about his lumbago — had moved the cakes to the back of the table . |
| 5 | What better way to end a dinner party than to relax and linger over a glass of port and a generous chunk of Stilton . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ You know , the only ambition she ever had for me was to marry well and bring up the colour of the family . ’ |
| 8 | Aware of their vanity and dread of baldness , he would reach over and lift up a lock of hair , saying , ‘ A little more brain showing today ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Courtaulds man explained : ‘ Hashing serves the needs for expatriate communities to relax and work off the frustrations of life in a foreign land . ’ |
| 11 | It was up to her to try and work out a plan of escape , but without expert help that was n't going to be easy . |
| 12 | ‘ First of all , I need to sit down and work out a plan of campaign . ’ |
| 13 | Erm did n't say you 'll go back and work out a plan of attack for me or did you ? |
| 14 | I mean any of us really could sit down and draw up a list of er of things where , if we , you know , a list of rules if e war for a very small subscription ornot many groups other and if everybody stuck by them , everything would be wonderful |
| 15 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When they reached the garage Leo left her to go and sort out the problem of the Land Rover , and Hilary continued on alone . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | After gorging itself it would lie down and go into a digestive torpor , and could alternately eat and doze over a period of several weeks . |
| 21 | The first men 's giant slalom racer out of the starting gate today will swing and glide over a carpet of manmade snow 80 centimetres deep . |
| 22 | The first man out of the starting gate today will swing and glide over a carpet of man-made snow 80 centimetres deep . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 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 | It is also sensible to try and find out the likelihood of offers being accepted . |
| 30 | I seem to recall I did once look in a dictionary to try and find out the definition of settlement , all it said was something like a place where people settle . |