Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed that the prison had a long-standing reputation of having a liberal regime and added , ‘ I would have been mad to try and change it radically . |
| 2 | And you have to try and think it differently . |
| 3 | Terry had invested so much in the project that he was damned sure he was going to try and get it home with him . |
| 4 | I do n't think it 's possible to try and keep it exactly as it used to be , nor do I think you 'd want to . |
| 5 | as far as I 'm concerned is to try and kill it as quickly |
| 6 | If you go to a thousand she 'll only have to come and do it now cos well I 've won ai n't I ? |
| 7 | Cranston took to the food like a duck to water , smacking his lips , draining the blackjack , and shouting for the taverner 's pot boy to come and fill it again . |
| 8 | All of these factors weaken the ties that such businesses have with the communities in which they are located and make it less difficult for them to close down and/or relocate if and when business conditions deteriorate in one country relative to other countries . |
| 9 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 10 | She winced and pushed it away from her . |
| 11 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 12 | When a search is completed up to twelve small images will be displayed on the lower area of the screen , you can then choose the one you want and enlarge it so that it appears on the screen together with any relevant background information . |
| 13 | ‘ A lot of people thing they 're difficult people , but it 's more a case of them knowing what they want and doing it again and again until they get it right ’ . |
| 14 | " The peg will catch and tighten it again . " |
| 15 | The people must have come and put it there while he was out . |
| 16 | One of the problems I have with what you 've all been saying so far is that you 've talked about encouraging a sense of warmth and security , well maybe we ought to confront the fact that the world is not a warm and secure place and deal with those kinds of issues , and say and put it squarely before children . |
| 17 | I hope that the hon. Member for Newry and Armagh , and other hon. Members who represent Northern Ireland , will agree that one of the absolute keys is to ensure that the money we spend gets to the people who most deserve and need it as quickly as possible . |
| 18 | It is part of this recipe knowledge to remain emotionally detached and consider it as just another incident or another death , and to treat the dead body , for example , ‘ as a piece of meat ’ : a phrase used several times by policemen and women . |
| 19 | So you 've now actually taken all that nice typing that you 've done and rendered it totally illegible ! |
| 20 | What you need to do is to involve people so they know what has to be done and plan it as far ahead as possible to minimise the impact . |
| 21 | Even if they do as much as glance directly at an advertisement , they rarely stop and read it carefully , making notes as they do so . |
| 22 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
| 23 | It happened at night in the stable , and in the morning the Untouchable women came and dragged it outside and butchered it just in front of the house . |
| 24 | ‘ Then the police came and took it away , ’ said Anna , ‘ and we all went to hospital . ’ |
| 25 | before they came and did it again . |
| 26 | He heard his voice shouting and lowered it carefully . |
| 27 | My doom I speak and change it never : |
| 28 | ‘ Inversely , the division of labour in manufacture reacts back upon that in society , developing and multiplying it further . |
| 29 | Young people especially just take it for granted and order it automatically . |
| 30 | Nor could you just shut your eyes and throw them down the hatch ; because the whole pleasure of a chicken 's foot would come from sucking and nibbling it slowly , seeking out the tasty skin and the fragments of flesh like the last moments of a particularly luscious spare rib . |