Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , thallium you old berk , thallium , the heavy metal poison that makes your hair fall out and gives you diarrhoea and you die screaming . |
| 2 | The miracle happened : she heard the car slow down and stop beside her . |
| 3 | For Dr Richard Gill , senior executive in the Pharmaceuticals Division at the British Technology Group , which helps industry seek out and develop new technology originating in universities and institutes , the decision on whether a project goes ahead rests in part on animal welfare issues . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's about time England adopted the attitude of : Why make Gazza track back and defend , when we could have other players to do that and let Gazza do what he 's good at . |
| 5 | I watched the light drain away and felt the cold clawing at the earth between the tables . |
| 6 | He paused to let the effect sink in and to allow the participants to notice that the machine was not showing the correct time . |
| 7 | It was the words that had made her mind reach out and collect information from long ago . |
| 8 | He took her hand again , guiding it down within the folds of his pau , then heard her gasp as her hand closed on him ; saw her eyes go down and look . |
| 9 | She heard his car start up and drive away . |
| 10 | In a few moments they heard a car start up and drive away . |
| 11 | Evelyn heard a car pull up and poked her head through the heavy curtains of the front room . |
| 12 | Cross it over , round the back , and back up to the front again , do a reef knot here and tuck your ends in straight away of course like so and then this little bit can just be tucked up where you 've crossed the two ends and make it look neater with no ends hanging out , no that , all that does is keep the dressing secure , keep infection out , okay ? |
| 13 | She made Maggie kneel down and lean her head over the bathtub , just as she had when Maggie had to have her hair washed as a little child . |
| 14 | Let the hall fall down and let the so-called experts quarrel elsewhere . |
| 15 | As they approached from the South , the pilots watched the flyingboat go down and land at Kalafrana , but at that moment Hancock saw two Bf109Es approaching , and thought for a moment that they were about to attack the Hurricanes . |
| 16 | Before starting work , turn off the boiler at the programmer ( gas or oil-fired systems ) ; let solid fuel boilers go out and cool down . |
| 17 | Er in the morning he would be in before any of them , sort of thing , getting a fire lit getting the rivets heat up before they come on the job and ah the the quicker he could the the rivets heat up and passed on to the the squad , then okay the more they could put in so , if he were a good rivet boy you could maybe get a good wage , but again that was up to the squad up to the riveter . |
| 18 | ‘ So why do n't those countries get together and refuse to pay ? ’ |
| 19 | Do n't let your feet roll inwards and keep your knees over the toes ! |
| 20 | The results were often not good , yet only in a few severe cases did HMI go in and make an impact with its report . |
| 21 | In your new brochure here that you 've put on the table erm it says a meeting it does n't actually say a meeting actually it says we need your ideas come along and tell us that 's why we applauded . . |
| 22 | ‘ Just let their targets sit back and wait for the bullet , eh ? ’ |
| 23 | He saw Spatz swallow drily and nodded to himself , satisfied that he had cowed the man sufficiently . |
| 24 | It is important to remember that the reason for letting your customers buy now and pay later is not to make a sale , but to make a profit . |
| 25 | As he clambered over the rocks , parting the scrub and the brambles to peer into crevices , he heard a droning throb overhead and looked up to see a helicopter . |
| 26 | He had a choice of two shots and he played the most difficult one — the one that would make his ball stop better and hold . |
| 27 | Rosa looked at the weapon piercing the heart of the Mother of God , around which her finely carved wooden hands , so lithe and brown they too might one day reach out and clasp hers , fluttered as if poised either to grasp it and draw it from her or plunge it in deeper . |
| 28 | Er we pride ourselves on our housekeeping , it 's a selling factor for us , and we have customers come round and look at the plant and they always commend us quite highly on our housekeeping . |
| 29 | I saw Sam sit up and ease the pressure , and copied him immediately , none too soon for my taxed muscles and speed-starved lungs . |
| 30 | For Tara , and for Ireland , and for the world of the Future , and perhaps also for the legendary Lost Prince who will one day rise up and defeat Medoc … |