Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] and [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was determined to carry on and won a full scholarship to the Escuela Normal , the teachers ' training school . |
| 2 | I had intended to go on and become a teacher , but when Dad died of a heart attack I was needed to help run the family art gallery . ’ |
| 3 | Another reason to be grateful for all the publicity and discussion about child abuse is that former victims are seeking treatment at a far earlier age than was previously the case and therefore are able to go on and live a normal life once that treatment is complete . |
| 4 | ‘ I would say , just sit down and tell a good story , and to hell with the morality , ’ Allan Ahlberg declares . |
| 5 | First sit down and make a list of your plus and minus points . |
| 6 | tried to do joined writing , apparently we are supposed to do that as teachers , actually said got ta put their primary on primary education , it says sit down and write a poem in joined up writing and look at your own writing and before you try to teach it to children make sure that you know |
| 7 | ‘ Hello , Piper , you are a little bit late for a bit of breakfast but sit down and have a mug of tea . ’ |
| 8 | Anyway , when it all gets too much and you ca n't bear the thought of writing another Christmas card or eating another mince pie just sit down and have a quiet read of your NCT newsletter ! |
| 9 | If not , sit down and have a chat with your child ; but not at a time when feelings are running high . |
| 10 | ‘ Sit down and have a cup of tea by here with us . ’ |
| 11 | Sit down and have a drink . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ So sit down and have a drink , Zlorf , and let's talk about this sensibly . |
| 13 | If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman . |
| 14 | You sit down and have a rest , and we 'll pop in the chemist and get some Calpol , cos we 're running out . |
| 15 | I very rarely sit down and have a meal now . |
| 16 | Just sit down and watch a ruddy tape you know and |
| 17 | WHAT the Taylor Report offered was a chance for everyone concerned in soccer — officials , players , spectators , politicians even — to sit down and create a blueprint for the game for the next 100 years . |
| 18 | Because it obliges you to sit down and make a careful observation of the chosen subject , you discover so much more than by just pointing a camera . |
| 19 | To this end it can be quite a good idea to sit down and make a list of all the social activities you would like to enjoy if you were free to do so -such as visiting and entertaining friends , going to the theatre , cinema , concerts , evening classes , study groups , church activities and special interest clubs , as well as the occasional holiday . |
| 20 | So far , man has described and named about 700,000 of them and there are certainly three or four times as many still unnamed , awaiting the attentions of anyone who has the time , patience and knowledge to sit down and make a systematic review of them . |
| 21 | I mean basically you say the bloke says we 're going to sit down and make a decision tonight |
| 22 | Since no scientist was prepared to sit down and do a comparable amount of research in order to demolish a theory which seemed so patently to be a load of rubbish , they all simply cried ‘ Rubbish ! ’ and stamped their feet . |
| 23 | In the wake of the War of Independence , Americans were able to sit down and generate a political system from first principles . |
| 24 | Erm and our marketing executive who goes round signing the surgery up leaves a certain amount of information er and particularly these erm a sheet si similar to this with er we ask the practice to sit down and compile a list of businesses . |
| 25 | They can have all the cleaning equipment ready for you , tidying and moving any light objects , as necessary , as their contribution to the exercise before your arrival , and then when the work is completed they will usually be very pleased if you have allowed time to sit down and have a cup of tea or a drink with them for a while before you leave . |
| 26 | Time to sit down and have a coffee ! |
| 27 | But he was shaking so badly that he had to sit down and have a rest . |
| 28 | ‘ The staff at the Hillcrest then invited my husband Bill and myself to sit down and have a special anniversary dinner — I felt very glamorous indeed ! ’ |
| 29 | When I want to sit down and have a cigarette I have n't got any . |
| 30 | Blanche waited for him to sit down and take a couple of sips . |