Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The McLaren girl did not answer right away and Mrs. Favor leaned towards the girl . |
| 2 | Clearly , the earlier the better , but here the problem is that recovery itself follows a " wavy path " and one may rush in inappropriately and cause justifiable upset . |
| 3 | ‘ How can an athlete train and prepare so well and be so good and take so long to recover ? |
| 4 | In view of Fen 's objections to her presence , should she stay down here and keep a low profile , or should she risk going up on deck ? |
| 5 | The causal sequence is unimportant , that is , whether the elation or depression came before or after the rise or fall , as the importance of the behaviour would be that ‘ he should stay down quietly and not try to make a comeback for some considerable time ’ ! |
| 6 | All their friends are doing it , and they are aware that never again will they be in the situation where young people of similar ages , interests and academic abilities can mingle so freely and in such numbers . |
| 7 | I can hardly believe that anyone should behave so cruelly and insensitively to any woman expecting a baby , especially to one like you , almost alone in a strange land . |
| 8 | They think hard , but as Freddie says , you ca n't just plunge in unilaterally and put everything to rights . |
| 9 | No , well there were n't much to see if your hopper was full , you ai n't got far to go cos they only come about a foot off side , you see you could just kneel down there and catch 'em . |
| 10 | People may blunder , she thought , and their actions can still have a fine echo ; or they may act all right and the echo can be bad . |
| 11 | I 'm just afraid he might fall over again and hurt himself . ’ |
| 12 | It comprises nearly 150 oil paintings , collages , gouaches and sculptures from all periods of Picasso 's career and is a rich illustration of the opinion advanced by John Richardson in the first volume of his biography of the artist that still-life was a subject which Picasso ‘ would eventually explore more exhaustively and develop more imaginatively than any other artist in history ’ . |
| 13 | If so , the gas will plunge rapidly inwards and settle on the middle set of closed elliptical orbits , called the ‘ x 1 family ’ . |
| 14 | They had stalled him for long enough , but with a baby coming , he could n't wait any longer and then when Rachel told them she had to get married , she was thrown out of the house . |
| 15 | ‘ But it gets to the point where I ca n't wait any longer and I 've got to try out whatever mod I have in mind . |
| 16 | At noon , Florrie could n't wait any longer and went round to Josh 's house to find out what had happened to Ebenezer . |
| 17 | As she searched for them in her pocket , Oliver could not wait any longer and ran into her arms . |
| 18 | It was the path from my cottage , and I remembered the little cove called Halfway House , a cove where in any weather a boat might tie up safely and its owner make his way round to Taigh na Tuir . |
| 19 | ‘ We should pack up now and go . ’ |
| 20 | I 'll hang up now and clear the line . ’ |
| 21 | Bathroom floors are more likely to get wet , and should have either a smooth surface that is well sealed , or a carpet that will dry out quickly and wo n't rot . |
| 22 | Anybody who has played Chinese whispers will know how quickly and easily such distortions happen . |
| 23 | He would hang about outside and then go up to the grave afterwards and pay his own quiet tribute . |
| 24 | Sometimes these less aggressive horses can behave very unexpectedly and take us by surprise . |
| 25 | When Jess holds the ball , looking for men to beat , the truly hooked observer is caught in that exquisite dilemma of wishing he 'd get rid of it so as not to risk failure , while at the same time hoping he 'll carry on regardless and do something outrageous . |
| 26 | If he did she would break down completely and beg him to hold her , beg him not to leave her . |
| 27 | ‘ Then ca n't you just give in gracefully and save us all a lot of trouble ? ’ |
| 28 | Afraid she might give in quickly and completely if she stayed here any longer , she made a dash for the door . |
| 29 | Can I also say really I agree with Martin when he said erm , and has been saying for at least six months that surely we have more important things to , to talk about than , than this and I 'm sorry for Martin that he had to erm , give in really and put this I was the movement of the amendment in January ninety two erm , which confirmed that the rights of tenants and old occupiers of land in county council ownership to er allow or stop fox hunting over land in their care . |
| 30 | and because they wo n't break so easily and erm , they 're light because you do n't want to drag down to the floor do you ? basically |