Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every hill-walker dreams of seeing a wildlife drama unfold in front of them as they peer over a crag , hoping that the next rise will reveal an osprey fighting off a wildcat which it returned to find attacking the nest , forcing the great bird to drop its intended dinner , a pine marten , which runs for its life , stopping only to catch and eat a grounded , flapping , pipistrelle bat . |
| 2 | Alternatively fly and hire a car or motor home . |
| 3 | He 's kind , loving and affectionate — we touch and hug a lot — and he 's intelligent , reliable and very sweet . |
| 4 | As far as the ‘ artisan'-producer is concerned , Carole King 's picture of institutionalized song-writing in New York in the early 1960s — ‘ squeezed into our respective cubby-holes … you 'd sit there and write and you could hear someone in the next cubby-hole composing a song exactly like yours ’ ( Frith 1983a : 13–12 ) — fits into exactly the same frame of reference as Abner Silver and Robert Bruce 's classic 1939 text , How to Write and Sell a Hit Song , which describes the ‘ standard ’ forms and techniques , and from which Adorno quotes with withering relish ( 1941 : 17–18 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 're miffed because I do n't want to sell and I 'm sorry our views on the nuisance value of my workshop conflict , ’ Ashley said , ‘ but why do n't we wait until the villas are occupied and take a vote among the owners ? |
| 6 | I used to unyoke and make a wisp of straw and wisp her all over , rub all the sweat off so they did n't take cold , you see . |
| 7 | For a time ‘ tumultuous thoughts like masterless Hell hounds did roar and bellow and make a noise within me … . |
| 8 | Maybe he just wanted to make 'em hunt and fret a bit . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ More money , more money ! ’ he demands , and clever minds set to work at his behest , the computers shift and change a little all over the world , and presently his bank balance shows another nought ; and , so that that nought should be there , somewhere in the undeveloped world another ten backs break needlessly . |
| 10 | Debbie was unhurt and Gary was bruised and cut a finger . |
| 11 | If this is a valid criticism , rather than make an excuse accept it , apologise and offer a reason — a true reason if you can . |
| 12 | What are they to finish painting and do a bit |
| 13 | The officials want and respect a minister who can pick up a problem quickly , select from among the alternatives the line most in accord with the outlook of his Cabinet colleagues and his party , who is courageous and can win any necessary battles with other departments outside or inside the Cabinet , and who can explain the policy well in public . |
| 14 | You negotiate the price of the model you want and pay a deposit either by cash or as a trade-in . |
| 15 | On this aspect of the story Mr Sale is an invaluable guide and teacher , but he goes well over the top in his determination to present Columbus as the representative of a devilish western world driven only by the desire to rape , grab and despoil a land of innocence . |
| 16 | Edward Hirst , whose 11-year-old son is undergoing treatment for leukaemia , said : ‘ Our message to the Government is ‘ Come and have a look at the work that is done here ’ . |
| 17 | So erm you know , if you , if you er , do n't know what to say to your family to buy for Christmas , why not come and have a eyebrow trim and they can buy you a gift voucher for that ? |
| 18 | Well your wife said there w Oh well you 'd better come and have a look , you see . |
| 19 | I 'm sure the day after will be fine , but I 'll do as you say and leave a note . |
| 20 | To suggest a casual relationship , the approach needs to deviate , hesitate and show a certain sensitivity by inflection to minor incidents along the way and a disinterest in the awaiting subject . |
| 21 | Simply mention this offer when booking and take a copy of this magazine with you on your first visit . |
| 22 | Stained surfaces , however , rapidly fade and acquire a brown discolouration in the beam , so transmitted-light examination and photography of stained samples should be carried out before irradiation . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , he faced rebellion , possibly a challenge from a rival aspirant to the throne , in 761 when , after a three-day conflict , he defeated and slew a certain Oswine , who is otherwise unknown , at Eildon on 9 August ; and in 765 the annals record that he lost the kingdom of the Northumbrians at Pincanheale on 30 October . |
| 24 | The assembly 's February session in Strasbourg was debating draft legislation that would create an EC inventory of the estimated 8000 ingredients already in sue and establish a common system of nomenclature . |
| 25 | ‘ If Americans — and particularly the Brits — have a horse or a dog that behaves badly — they admit the fact , and rather celebrate and make a joke of it , right ? |
| 26 | He would also give up taxi driving and become a monk . |
| 27 | Welsh Organic Foods make Pencareg and Cardigan cheeses which are sold in several big supermarkets , and West Wales Organic Growers grow and pack a variety of vegetables . |
| 28 | We grow and sell a large range of herbs and cottage garden plants in pots and we also grow many herb flowers which we dry for use in herbal garlands and baskets . |
| 29 | The strategy for maintaining collusion consists of choosing a critical level of price such that , if market price falls below that level , firms infer cheating and enter a punishment phase , a price war . |
| 30 | It is , in the words of its financial adviser Sohei Nakayama of the Industrial Bank of Japan , the project 's main financiers , ‘ the first time that a corporation has decided to found and manage a whole city ’ . |