Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll be staying with a number of Japanese families so will have to learn how to communicate and become less of a gaijin ( foreigner ) , ’ he says . |
| 2 | So behind every change , every innovation , every development project , there must be somebody with a vision who has been able to communicate and sell that vision to somebody else ( even when the change begins with an assignment , not a self-directed initiative ) . |
| 3 | There is an obvious need for a national network to be established which would publicise the families ' needs and allow prisoners ' partners to communicate and support each other . |
| 4 | Yet in spite of this , we all need to communicate and to get some general understanding of each other and of the world we live in . |
| 5 | An incompetent head is one who fails to master the task of reconciling a management plan with a financial plan , who fails to communicate and to ensure enough understanding for the financial plan with his or her teacher colleagues and who is unable to engage with governors at a level where there is both trust and understanding . |
| 6 | However , others have tried to modify and develop some of the early functionalist ideas , for instance in the examination of the development of paid work among married women . |
| 7 | A lurcher has all the necessary speed to catch and seize any speeding rabbit or even hare , but in truth virtually any dog that 's half a dog can catch a bolting rabbit during ferreting . |
| 8 | ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids . |
| 9 | Incredible as it may seem , he had designed and painted this , months before he ever heard of our sale . |
| 10 | Having designed and built this boat , Nathan knew its capabilities better than anyone . |
| 11 | The LMSR Company was the biggest operator of commercial road vehicles in the country , and because of this , and the fact that it built all its own stock of horse-drawn vehicles and designed and built all the bodies to its own designs on various motor chassis , it had great influence on the development of commercial vehicles in Great Britain from the early 1920s until around 1940 . |
| 12 | Recent cases , where health authorities have overspent , have usually stemmed from a failure to properly install and operate such a system . |
| 13 | In the stables , the horses on whom thousands of pounds would be won and lost that afternoon stirred as their lads unlocked their boxes , brought them their feed . |
| 14 | For a long time now Luce had been a great admirer of Peter Sebastian 's work , and had been over the moon when she 'd been approached and offered this wonderful opportunity . |
| 15 | There 's a lot we can do , I think , to help the community in a wider sense , and I see that as one of the key elements of my work , to try and make that work . |
| 16 | And when the muttered reply , ‘ He 's … he 's gone on a trip to try and make some money so we could … could get married , ’ came from her shoulder , she pushed Jessie upwards , saying , ‘ Oh my God ! ’ |
| 17 | The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them . |
| 18 | yes , we we 've got to look at this in in in in the assessment er procedures as well but we 've go we 've got to try and link this up with er the the the computer work that we 're doing erm we we 've got I I I think really we we should have possibly a reasonably hefty session one evening next week to say right , how are we going to put this into practice ? |
| 19 | It did n't show too badly when he finished the race with several layers of clothing on to try and retain some body heat in the cold driving rain . |
| 20 | I would like to try and sort that out on the day apart from the |
| 21 | Yes you were going to try and wash some of those that were stained in something strong . |
| 22 | That covers me for office work to negotiate to try and settle this case . |
| 23 | But if she thinks it 's worth the risk , then it 's up to you to try and contain that risk — make sure there 's nothing to trip over , and that someone who can react quickly is on hand to give tactful support where necessary . |
| 24 | Bearing in mind that er we 'd like to try and distinguish those which would fall within a structure plan umbrella and those which would be more applicable possibly at local plan level . |
| 25 | Once the pain and muscle soreness disappears I 'll have to try and restore any muscles that might be in danger — and in doing that restore the nerve routes — the circuits , if you like — that link muscle and brain . ’ |
| 26 | pretending to try and spill each other 's cocoa . |
| 27 | That was strictly his own idea to try and cover any hesitations while he hid the trail that led to Miss Tuckey and the picture on her wan . |
| 28 | And we had a great deal of commercial encroachment that took place on it in quite illegally and unauthorised manner with Medley boat station expanding on to the banks , and the City Council have been working since nineteen seventy four would you believe , to try and end that and restore that land to common land again . |
| 29 | The purpose of this chapter is to try and clarify these issues by asking : ( a ) what is quality in health care ? ( b ) whose quality are we talking about ? ( c ) how can quality be turned into a reality in the new NHS ? |
| 30 | What I can say to the honourable gentleman who I know always attends these European debates with great regularity , I 'll be only too glad to speak to him outside as well as the honourable gentleman to try and clarify these matters . |