Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A conscious decision is needed to get government out of things the private sector does better and to concentrate government on the basic things that only governments can do . |
| 2 | Major competitions are held annually and provide sport for the participants and a colourful spectacle for the landlubber . |
| 3 | 1 ( a ) From Moot Hall cross to Mill Inn opposite and take road to left of it , signposted A12 . |
| 4 | Whether we know him or not whether we 've never had any dealings with him in the past or not , he is able to bring peace once we allow him to come in and to take control of the situation . |
| 5 | I mean , you imagine somebody breaking in and setting fire to a trailer . |
| 6 | They went over it repeatedly until it weakened and gave in and became part of them . |
| 7 | It is often associated with a group of scholars in the USA known as ethnomethodologists : because they ( — ists ) set out to discover what methods ( — methodolog — ) people ( ethno — ) use to participate in and make sense of interaction . |
| 8 | I liked going to the Youth Club or the pictures with him , or staying in and watching telly in his new flat , but we 'd grown apart . |
| 9 | Five classes of advertisement are excepted from all control : those on enclosed land , within a building , on or in a vehicle or vessel , displayed on a balloon , incorporated in and forming part of the fabric of a building ( for example , incised stonework lettering ) , and displayed on an article for sale . |
| 10 | Are there natural pauses in the flow of language which give the viewer time to let it sink in and take shape in the mind ? |
| 11 | He knew only too well what would happen ; no doubt his stepfather would have the daily help to come in and take care of him , but as far as the business was concerned , it would likely be whipped from under him by the many land sharks who would prey on the defenceless old man without the slightest compunction . |
| 12 | The resolution went on to state that " any attempt by [ the PLO ] to sneak in and take control of the process in any way will result in the termination of the process and Israel 's withdrawal from it " . |
| 13 | Ershad met with senior Army officers who informed him that they were unwilling to step in and take control of the country . |
| 14 | There 's a kitchen here , we have a girl who comes in and cooks lunch during the week and there 's always cheese and things around . |
| 15 | 12.55 : I sat down and had lunch with the kids . |
| 16 | Then there was the one where it was a frozen joint of meat , and the constable sat down and had lunch with the family . |
| 17 | He is not in any other big races , which are closed anyway , so we might as well let him down and stop work with him . |
| 18 | But she managed to calm him down and seek help from a neighbour . |
| 19 | But the stranger reached down and took hold of his nose . |
| 20 | And he revealed : ‘ We sat down and took stock after losing to Leicester and decided that we had to stop feeling sorry for ourselves . ’ |
| 21 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 22 | I am a sole practitioner and have been asked to stand down and make way as auditor of a limited company for a larger outfit , following a JMU visit . |
| 23 | The whole lot was to come down and make way for a million square feet of office space , and the company developing the site had held a competition to find a master-planner . |
| 24 | He said I bet it 's that that 's been , oh and then it jumped down and ran corner at g where ch caravan is , he said I bet that 's what 's been eating your bloody daffodil bulbs and that . |
| 25 | For once Bernard Gaume sat down and enjoyed dinner in the Chelsea Room . |
| 26 | Royal licences to quarry stones , or to cut down and sell timber in the woods of subjects , or to bring such woods into cultivation , or to pasture cattle therein , were frequently preceded by such an inquiry held by the Justice of the Forest or his deputy . |
| 27 | The advice to drivers is to slow down and take heed of the warning signals . |
| 28 | And once the baby 's born everyone 's bound to calm down and take stock of things , realise what 's important in life . |
| 29 | Bob could remember his own loneliness and isolation when he had first come down and started work on the paper . |
| 30 | Would that I had the luxury of a museum director to track down and obtain credit for works by other artists that owe even superficial debts to my work . |