Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To act on or defy a socially established rule has effects on all who benefit or suffer by its observance . |
| 2 | And then we can pull in or have a stop , probably at the delivery if it 's a delivery involved , we can have a little chat about any areas which we can discuss . |
| 3 | If Lahore symbolized military power , Victoria Terminus represented a scientific and commercial dominance which could suck in and re-process a whole range of other cultures . |
| 4 | But Alexander could not hold it against the Edoni , local tribesmen , which may have given the Athenians the idea that they could move in and plant a colony ( 465 ) . |
| 5 | She will say : ’ Having been through music school , I 've seen so many people who really play their instruments — I mean , they did n't just plug in and press a button . |
| 6 | Locals predicted that it would be allowed to fall down and then the property developing Mafia would move in and build a housing estate on the fourteen acres , by means of a considerable backhander to the Council . |
| 7 | He says over the last few years there 've been a number of applications by local people who live and work in the area and want to stay here and they 've been refused permission to build on their own land for single dwellings and we think it would be terribly unfair if Redlands could come in and build a whole new estate , doubling the size of the village . |
| 8 | It 's just a question of finding the right people to bring in and form a fashion-design group . |
| 9 | Catastrophes would serve a useful function in killing off the old species just as the conditions were changing , leaving the world clear for the Creator to step in and design a whole new population adapted to the environment that would stabilize after the upheaval . |
| 10 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 11 | If we 're going to go in and make a positive impact in certain parts of the region , erm then both my staff and myself and our colleagues who are working in the arts in the region have got to pull even harder together to make sure that we can make the partnership between us bureaucrats and the artist really be as effective as possible for the broadest range of the community . |
| 12 | We discovered that you now need £2 to get in and give a week 's notice for 300 pots . |
| 13 | If the bags are full of rotting food , or there is a smell or filth around the place , then more action may need to be taken , but the first priority is establishing what the person concerned feels , before asking ‘ Would it be helpful for someone to come in and give a hand with tidying up ? ’ |
| 14 | If they do come in and give a computer or prevent the school library closing by providing books , may the council not simply take the opportunity to make more cuts in the hope that the parents will pay up ? |
| 15 | But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen . |
| 16 | To rush in and quantify a situation which one does not understand is wasteful of the time of both researchers and informants . |
| 17 | It was time to give in and do a bit of grovelling . |
| 18 | ‘ Now we know they can go in and do a job . |
| 19 | ‘ When we move over to this scheme it will be perfectly possible for people to pop in and do a module in June , July or August , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Rather the Report sought to present English as the principal means whereby the universities might both engage in and direct a much wider mission of national cultural renewal . |
| 21 | It takes every ounce of self-restraint not to go in and grab a handful of glazed donuts , tempting me in their neat little rows , glistening under fluorescent lamps . |
| 22 | Jackals may slip in and grab a straggler . |
| 23 | Now it looks as though the Council of Europe might step in and establish a small network of centres of excellence for postgraduate research and training . |
| 24 | All we have to do is get in and establish a bridgehead , so to speak . |
| 25 | But , having given permission and encouraged the port authority and dock company to move in and operate a port , which is a major long term undertaking , it is hardly reasonable to seek to stop or materially limit it without compensation and when the dock company is doing no more than making a success of that for which permission was granted . |
| 26 | It would have been easy for anyone to reach in and yank a club out of the bag . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It should be a warning to them that if they 're really serious about fighting drug abuse , they need to step in and take a leading role . |
| 28 | Do come in and take a seat . |
| 29 | ‘ Marcus , would you care to step in and take a cup ? ’ |
| 30 | So I thought well I do n't have to wait three weeks for mine so next time I do n't feel great I 'm gon na call in and take a couple of days off . |