Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be enough to make him lose interest but , if he persists , discourage him briefly and matter-of-factly , explaining that such words show bad manners and offend some people , who will like him less if he insists on using them . |
| 2 | Andrew Kennedy , the Essex Under-17 hockey captain , hit powerfully ( 61 in 64 balls ) , in a drawn match against Berkhamsted and showed some promise as a seamer . |
| 3 | ‘ We can stretch our legs and have some coffee and something to eat , but we 'd better keep going , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The experiments are not particularly relevant to anything , they 're just experiments for experiment 's sake , one experiment illustrating a particular bit of theory ; it does n't do anything particularly useful , you just look at an oscilloscope and take some readings and hence you can demonstrate this bit of theory . |
| 5 | The black construct before her split , spun into a thin loop , fleshed into a globe , flipped inside out to reveal a hovering pink mass , which detached itself from the main bulk and drifted some distance away . |
| 6 | Mr. Stirling attended the auction and bought some vehicles . |
| 7 | He was tough , though , and at last he opened his eyes and demanded some ale to wet his throat . |
| 8 | His voice quivered with emotion , he sniffed and wiped his eyes and took some time to recover . |
| 9 | ‘ Want to go to a club and see some damage done ? ’ |
| 10 | Or you might go to a sports club and meet some colleagues , or some friends there , and while you 're training together you 're talking , about other things , you see and again , you ca n't be , you 're not thinking about work . |
| 11 | Michael Parkinson , who presented the programme and added some credence to it by his presence , said afterwards : ‘ It just shows what a capacity television has for delusion . ’ |
| 12 | He has expanded police powers , limited the formation of new parties , marginalised the old opposition and criminalised some types of political dissent . |
| 13 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 14 | Speaking at his home in Godalming , Surrey , he added : ‘ It has been a hard few months and I am now looking forward to a break and spending some time with my family . ’ |
| 15 | They say the emergence of large purchasing consortiums could lead to the merger of the Northern Region 's 16 districts into six super districts , leading to confusion and prompting some staff to quit . |
| 16 | PLANS to restrict the brands of contraceptive Pill available on the NHS could result in more unwanted pregnancies and lead some women to pay up to £135 a year to protect themselves , a magazine claimed today . |
| 17 | We can go in your roof and shoot some cars . |
| 18 | This is nothing like a synchronized , long-distance , man-and-dog walk and should not be confused with it , but it is a minor walk of sorts and demands some interpretation . |
| 19 | You could also thinly spread some glue on the cracker and sprinkle some glitter powder over it . |
| 20 | Fenella offered to make her some hot sweet tea and fetch some chocolate biscuits from downstairs to comfort her . |
| 21 | She made herself some tea and took some aspirin and paced about the flat . |
| 22 | Back at the house Philip made himself some tea and ate some cereal . |
| 23 | Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings . |
| 24 | Before inserting the l.e.d. clip , clean the front panel with meths and take some time to create an impressive design using rub-down lettering and symbols . |
| 25 | The Centre is also engaged in research training ( supervising graduate research and providing some undergraduate teaching ) , in organising conferences and seminars ; in publishing both substantial pieces of original research on socio-legal topics and other socio-legal materials , such as bibliographies ) ; in providing an institutional locus for visiting scholars from elsewhere in Britain and from overseas , and in responding to a growing demand for advice and information about socio-legal studies in a variety of ways . |
| 26 | ‘ Go home with Lucy and get some rest , and do n't worry your pretty head about the business , ’ her father added with a slightly guilty air , as if suddenly recalling her convalescent status . |
| 27 | Once LIFESPAN knows about its media types , available units and has some media items available for use ( ie. in State 2 ) , it is ready for the first Offline run . |
| 28 | For herself she was relieved she did n't have to struggle to harness their zippy , anarchic minds any more to a future of filing and fast food shoppers — till for Christ 's sake let's get married and turn on the telly and have some peace . |
| 29 | The coalition had regard to-the- mechanics of the single transferable vote and made some attempt to match the number of candidates nominated with the support which those candidates might expect to attract in each constituency . |
| 30 | In the afternoon , when only her mother was with her , she stated spontaneously to a nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she had been a Jehovah 's Witness and retained some beliefs . |