Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The families sit through a trial and feel short-changed by the sentence handed down . ’ |
| 2 | With an interpreter we met for a drink and he told me that because his home was in East Germany he had been forbidden to travel abroad until quite recently when he became an old-age Pensioner ; this voyage was his first taste of freedom . |
| 3 | However the one thing that you must never do is to go between a cow and her calf and I made this mistake one morning and I had to take to my heals and run . |
| 4 | Then you would remain as a group and could observe your own customs , those which do not conflict with our law . ’ |
| 5 | on the other hand , a school with a high rate of staff turnover can not usually afford to wait for a consensus and readiness that may never come ; and a staff hand-picked in a new school , or for a new school situation such as amalgamation or unstreaming , is usually in a mood for bigger adventures . |
| 6 | Breathless , she straightened up and said fiercely , ‘ You can only stay for a minute and then you must promise to go . ’ |
| 7 | He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ? |
| 8 | But she seemed to fidget him ; he would let her stay for a while and then say , ‘ Run along , duckie , ca n't you see I 'm busy ? ’ |
| 9 | Those moths that settle there will probably only stay for a day and then continue higher still . |
| 10 | She had seen to Mrs Goodwin by nine o'clock and stopped for a chat and a bit of buttering-up . |
| 11 | The clerk stopped for a moment and whispered to Mr Albert , who , realizing that instead of selling a pair of jeans he really had a customer with money to spend , hurried towards Hank . |
| 12 | She reached into the Mini and lifted out her bag and began to rummage for a pen and paper . |
| 13 | Having considered the conflicts that might arise between a landlord and his tenant , Dr Clay concludes that : |
| 14 | I applied for a job and three people turned |
| 15 | Image ‘ I would n't mind if it was someone I respected as a player and a hard-man . |
| 16 | A baby boy narrowly escaped death when his pram was crushed between a car and a garden wall . |
| 17 | They got ashore dry shod — as they described those landings in which you do not get your feet wet — but in these harsh conditions , Lieutenant Arthur Komrower suffered severe back and leg injuries when he was crushed between a rock and the 10-ton assault craft that had been on fire . |
| 18 | Bryn was disguised as a priest and issued with false documents to deceive the enemy . |
| 19 | Set in the prohibition era , it gleefully played with conventions , maximised Monroe 's diaphanous ( cf the scene where she attempts to arouse the supposedly impotent Curtis ) and coaxed a manic , uproarious turn from Lemmon , on the run from gangsters , disguised as a woman and pursued by a randy millionaire . |
| 20 | The youth hostel was closed , the only shop was disguised as a garage and had no window , a local quaker family had helped to close the only pub in the village in the 1950s , and a farmer I asked said he had none . |
| 21 | He then said that he now had confirmation from the police and that I qualified for a transfer and would receive an offer for Govan ( where my dad is ) within a week . |
| 22 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 23 | In the Paris of the 19th century , it was a pleasure to go for a stroll and to be delighted by the public buildings . |
| 24 | How come the board have allowed Cuntona to go for a sing and a prayer ? |
| 25 | You know cos the woman I was with wanted to go for a swim and I said no you ca n't this guy , so I went up to him , I said what , what on earth are you fishing for ? |
| 26 | And they 'll actually sit down and work that out for people and encourage them to go for a job and give them all the forms they need to claim Family Credit or whatever . |
| 27 | Then he walked over and told me that a Corporal from the Foreign Legion recruiting office at Lille would come to pick me up in two hours ; until then I was free to go for a walk and get something to eat . |
| 28 | I 'm not that way inclined , I like to go for a walk and have the fresh air on me and everything . |
| 29 | The facts are : Lady Eleanor kept to herself , put on her cloak to go for a walk and , in the half-light , slipped on the staircase at Godstowe , fell and broke her neck . ’ |
| 30 | My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home … |