Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trees did not whisper and murmur and chuckle with an evil malevolence … |
| 2 | Governors should be made aware of key material relating to schools in the 1990s and demand from their LEA governor-training officers the courses they want and need as an individual group . |
| 3 | On these occasions you may be offered a job on the spot , so it is very important to have a good understanding of what you want and need from a job before you go . |
| 4 | ‘ in a street ( or public place ) called … ‘ 'Street ’ is defined at section 1(4) Street Offences Act 1959 as any bridge , road , lane , footway , subway , square , court , alley or passage , whether a thoroughfare or not , which is for the time being open to the public , and the doorways and entrances of premises abutting on a street ( as herein before defined ) and any ground adjoining and open to a street , shall form part of the street . |
| 5 | As all things in life fade and come to an end the poet realises so must he . |
| 6 | Riding a bike is a suitable analogy : if you have been pedalling very hard for a while you can stop pedalling and freewheel for a short distance without losing any speed . |
| 7 | We grow and develop as a result of those interactions . |
| 8 | Nor was it some stranger come to drink and dance and lie with a man in a borrowed bed . |
| 9 | I swallow and speak in a tremor . |
| 10 | Boil the potatoes until well done and mash with a little water to achieve a soft consistency . |
| 11 | It goes on to say and it came about that in thy journeying eastward they eventually discovered a valid plain and a land of Shinar and they took up growing there and they began to say each one to the other come on let us make bricks and bake and bake with a burning process , so bricks served as stone for them and |
| 12 | A simple way of introducing still image work with this age group is to have them walk or run round the hall and then stop and freeze at a given signal . |
| 13 | I really like my new jacket and hat and scarf , and when we stop and chat with a couple of people from the house , they say how smart I look . |
| 14 | Casually stop and look in a shop window and see whether your suspect keeps walking or stops as well . |
| 15 | I stop and think for a moment — shocked by my act of sadism . |
| 16 | There is amongst us inequality of talent , intelligence and virtue ; of capacity to enjoy freedom and create wealth ; and of the ability to rule , lead , organize and contribute to an ordered , harmonious and decent society . |
| 17 | When you are talking to a teacher in school , you speak and act in a different way from when you are talking to your friends out of school . |
| 18 | The Willow Craft Trail reveals how willows , or ‘ withies ’ are grown and make into a variety of baskets , furniture and other long lasting items . |
| 19 | Cover and bake in a preheated 200°C/400°F/Gas 8 oven for 15–20 minutes . |
| 20 | Cover and bake in a preheated 200°C/ 400°F/Gas 6 oven , until just opaque in the thickest part , about 15 minutes . |
| 21 | Cover and chill in a refrigerator for 30 minutes . |
| 22 | Cover and cook for a further 4 minutes . |
| 23 | Cover and leave in a cool place for 1 hour . |
| 24 | Cover and leave in a cool place for up to 24 hours . |
| 25 | Cooked garlic is thought to lower blood cholesterol , help prevent blood clotting and act as a decongestant , cough medicine , mucus regulator and bronchitis preventor . |
| 26 | They ache and burn like a bleeding throat . |
| 27 | He is not to retaliate and must always be happy ; thankful for all the help he has received and act like a fucking Samaritan to those worse off then himself . |
| 28 | His voice was friendly , coaxing , as if he was playing hide and seek with a small , reluctant child . |
| 29 | The valley is watered by the River Dee which rises high on Blea Moor and is precocious in infancy , playing hide and seek behind a screen of trees , often disappearing in fissures of its limestone bed and emerging to daylight lower downstream . |
| 30 | They have been redesigned and come in an array of bright colours . |