Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | normally they want to get in and start waffling |
| 2 | Now Kevin could reach in and start to pull out the debris causing the blockage . |
| 3 | I 've got to have some new official piece of evidence before I can go in and start interrogating those old sods . |
| 4 | Seagram , one of the world 's largest wines and spirits companies , stepped in and agreed to help save the National . |
| 5 | Eventually , after the subject had been raised many times by the Inspector , the CEGB gave in and agreed to produce the figures ‘ without prejudice , to its main argument . |
| 6 | Few people have it , but as there are comparatively few copywriter positions in London , you ca n't just waltz in and expect to make a mark . |
| 7 | Our bi-annual Rally will once again be held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Saturday , 26th November when there will be classes to join in and displays to watch , the added excitement of the first draw of our latest money spinner the ‘ 200 ’ Club , also our usual sales stall with Medau T-Shirts , pens , books , notelets etc . |
| 8 | She leant in and stooped to take her under the arms ; like a peach tree blighted by leafcurl , Sycorax lay tinder-dry in a narrow crescent , her body hardly filling the hammock 's web . |
| 9 | Just take take the bag , put it in and let go and then shut her there for the night , just for one night . |
| 10 | Sarah 's young sister Kate came in and offered to do her step dancing to one of the records . |
| 11 | He waited while Father Barnes unlocked the front door , then followed him in and offered to make a cup of tea , the British specific against disaster , grief and shock . |
| 12 | I n't that rotten , there got a thing , there got people voting , ringing in and voting to see whether they want Willy Thorn or John Virgo to go in the gunge tank . |
| 13 | The programmers were called in and told to fiddle with Univac 's brain to make the prediction more realistic . |
| 14 | as if sensing she had finished , Lyddy came softly in and began to light lamps and draw the curtains , gently pulling Alexandra back to reality . |
| 15 | About mid-day , the National Police moved in and began arresting demonstrators . |
| 16 | Lisa watched in a kind of mute subdued horror as the waiter came in and began to arrange the coffee things on a low glass-topped table between Vass 's armchair and her sofa . |
| 17 | After that , they broke in and began to steal whatever they could carry away — little things at first , like crockery and silver , but later on the furniture went as well . |
| 18 | The electricians descended and moved their equipment , and a moment later two men came in and began unrolling the carpets . |
| 19 | Peter came in and began to chat me up . |
| 20 | He had come in and asked to see Peter . |
| 21 | I had heard my mother and Robert come in and had gone to sleep much later . |
| 22 | Her red dress had not been made to walk in and had seen better days . |
| 23 | Indeed , so shaken was she that , without being fully aware of what she was doing , she had invited him in and had led the way into her sitting-room before she had got herself back together again . |
| 24 | It was only after we had settled in and had sorted out our luggage that we realised that although it was still broad daylight , our watches told us that it was nearly two o'clock in the morning ! |
| 25 | Because some people came in and had offered sixty , that 's what I was told , the last lot that came in had offered sixty . |
| 26 | Although the subject was something not discussed , almost everyone in the road had at one time or another been confided in and had helped Mrs Browning as far as they could , although she seemed to feel she should not worry any particular neighbour too much so went from one to another , as it were in turn . |
| 27 | But the contention was put forward on Mr. Steed 's behalf that , even if the transfer were only voidable and notwithstanding that the building society was not implicated in and had had no notice of the Hammonds ' fraud , nonetheless the court had a discretionary power under section 82 of the Land Registration Act 1925 to order that the building society 's charge be deleted from the register , leaving Mr. Steed with an unencumbered title and the building society to claim an indemnity under section 83 . |
| 28 | But he had n't deserted her , he had arranged a suitable marriage with his under-gardener , had given the couple the lodge to live in and had had the child named after one of his sweetest heroines , Brenda Nevil of Wrenwood . |
| 29 | Pump that one in and kept moving on . |
| 30 | ‘ Michael was in a play in London and he came in and kept asking me to play Donovan 's Catch the Wind , ’ recalled Gabrielle . |