Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] and [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | AMPES ' work was basically to try and get more women to join the trade unions and political organizations . |
| 3 | Also there was a cluster of messages on small adhesive labels , like the ones Boy had seen stuck in phone boxes near the railway station , and he bent down to look and read all of these . |
| 4 | Okay , so to negotiate and achieve some sort of compromise what are your objectives ? |
| 5 | Ruth 's legs were soon aching with climbing steps , only to turn and descend another staircase in the opposite direction . |
| 6 | Who was there here who knew her well enough to discern and identify any flaws in her own polished public persona ? |
| 7 | ‘ My GP told me not to worry and to drink more fluids . |
| 8 | No approach to professional support and development , still less an account of ‘ good practice ’ , can afford not to identify and confront these . |
| 9 | Not to emit and receive these sounds constantly might be our equivalent of the sun 's disappearance at night , of someone switching the light off , or of partially shutting one 's eyes , though these creatures are also supremely aware of externally generated sounds . |
| 10 | There is already an ever-increasing variety of suggestions and recommendations emerging as to how best to assess and record this whole process of transaction of subjects , topics and activities . |
| 11 | The nature of these changes , then , can be seen as some confirmation that the trends identified by Dearlove were genuine enough , but that working them through has taken much longer to achieve and involved much more upheaval than his initial analysis would have suggested . |
| 12 | The money would support action at four levels : in the community to improve and preserve plant genetic resources ( PGR ) in the field ; nationally to stimulate and support such work and run gene banks ; regionally to allow collaboration across borders ; and globally to set policy , mobilise and distribute funds and promote a plan of action through an intergovernmental council , with executive board , scientific and technical advisory committee and PGR trust fund . |
| 13 | You have to be quick though to beat the sharp-eyed dealers who are there early to spot and buy such things . |
| 14 | Erika , born after the smoke of the death camps had stopped drifting across Europe , wanted deeply to try and say this to dapper Uncle Karl , born before the smoke fouled the skies . |
| 15 | Before we go on to illustrate and extend this model , there are one or two disclaimers to be made . |
| 16 | get back with sugar or can you nip up to shop and get some sugar ? |
| 17 | At 30 frames per second , the amount of time available both to decompress and process each image is one-thirtieth of a second . |
| 18 | So so we know roughly going up to get and make some stars and he 's going to put chains and like all round these stars . |
| 19 | He wanted more money to be spent on broadcasting and a separate Ministry to be set up to direct and coordinate all information policy : this was the only way a minister would be able to deal with all the criticisms levelled at the broadcasters . |
| 20 | The therapist can help such ventilation or expression of emotions by indicating that it is normal and appropriate both to have and to show such feelings . |
| 21 | In the US , some 500 companies sprang up to exploit and develop this new technology . |
| 22 | I was just taking these out to go and get some tissue for my nose I 've |
| 23 | The article is set out to try and answer some of your questions and help you map out how best to set about producing and marketing without becoming involved in a contract should one be made available . |
| 24 | We see jobs being lost every week as our employers cut back to try and outbid each other not in the interests of defence of this country but purely because of political dogma . |
| 25 | Narrow your stance and pull your rear hip back to try and reduce this profile , but notice also how this makes you gradually more and more susceptible to a foot sweep . |
| 26 | A further one hundred questionnaires were sent out to develop and validate these vignettes , and an analysis of the questionnaires resulted in the development of eight distinct styles of information use , pupils matched to these eight styles by their teachers have been interviewed and differences in the way these pupils talked about tackling two assignments in different subjects are currently being analysed . |
| 27 | With the authority and control characteristic of the highly acclaimed Headway course , Headway Advanced sets out to clarify and resolve those areas of language which remain problematic for advanced students , and which present a barrier to the fluency and accuracy they seek . |
| 28 | This was a restrained and early work from an architect renowned for his roguish style , who went on to shock and irritate many of his contemporaries but also to amaze and satisfy his clients . |
| 29 | And Jesus came first and foremost as he is , as Nicodemus learns here to seek and to save that which was lost . |
| 30 | It must have been a daunting task to know how to encompass and animate such an extensive and familiar subject , but the Royal College of Art , which was commissioned to organise and design the event , enlisted that most reliable of cultural populists , John Julius Norwich , to curate , and he has proved a model of Dimblebyan dependability , as well as introducing the commendably brief but informative and well laid-out catalogue . |