Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] and [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Every three months , the heads of department and managers sit in and discuss the benefits of what we are doing and how we can make improvements . |
| 2 | Make sure you sit down and fill the form in every evening , after your child has gone to bed , and try to be objective . |
| 3 | When they think they know , they can ask one of their friends and , as soon as they guess correctly , they sit down and watch the fun as the others seek out their own identity . |
| 4 | Spooky , it 's spiritual , it 's like re-in I often believe in re-incarnation when you hear stories like that , how can someone just sit down , little child sit down and play the violin . |
| 5 | Sit down and read the instructions fully . |
| 6 | But the next time this happens , instead of hurling buckets of water , switch on a tape recorder and then , the next day , sit down and enjoy the feline opera at your leisure . |
| 7 | Come rain , come winter evenings , sit down and enjoy the narrative and sound instruction in this holiday adventure . |
| 8 | As there will be no catch in this chaos we simply reel in and watch the merry-go-round . |
| 9 | Transfer to the cake drum , press on and trim the edges . |
| 10 | Lay the sinker plate down on the edge of a table , press down and turn the screw in a sharp , snapping movement — try not to ‘ chew up ’ the head of the screw . |
| 11 | Even if you have a technician on call to deal with equipment it is a very good idea to teach yourself how to set up , plug in and check the obvious things when something goes wrong . |
| 12 | That people delight in and desire the excitement and sensual pleasure found in sexual contact , food , bathing and money is an essential and straightforward assumption made in the fabliaux . |
| 13 | Top up and clean the battery . |
| 14 | mm , cos listen to what I mean , Ollie goes , I was sitting next to Ollie yeah and she looks at my thingy , yeah , and she goes that 's what , you 've missed out three , so I sat there writing all the nec numbers , yeah , and miss goes the other table and I 'm like oh come on Carla hurry up and do the numbers inside , and I missed , I just could n't , I could n't catch up |
| 15 | Now , hurry up and open the curtains ! ’ |
| 16 | All credit to them they know they have n't got a big guy apart from Ormanroyd as an outlet player so they 're prepared to be patient and build up and pass the ball al pass their way through . |
| 17 | Dean Patterson says the use of solar energy is important to all people around the world … and he says we will say electric cars on the road within five years but even with the sun shining … they 're are breakdowns … punctures and problems … a driver says they 've had a stone fly up and brake the chain but they 'll get going again |
| 18 | In this way , both counsellor and counsellee can clarify , test out and refine the hypothesis , so that it more accurately reflects the actual feelings , situation , and state of mind of the counsellee . |
| 19 | Now you can help the reptilian brothers leap around and win the hand of the fair Daisy ( hmmm … |
| 20 | ‘ Garry , nip round and get the quick for your mother . ’ |
| 21 | change , change over and change the tapes and all that sort of thing and erm they give you packets of batteries and your supposed to change the batteries every two to three tapes , every four sides in other words . |
| 22 | tootle in and find the security fencing drawings an and the underground ducts at the York Signal Box in the plan room and would n't they have a |
| 23 | I 've got no make make people unhappy and whatsername , break in and take the take your food and everything . |
| 24 | The impressive realism of this performance is totally ruined , however , if you bend down and turn the snake up the right way again . |
| 25 | She watched Ben bend down and examine the pipes beneath the sink . |
| 26 | Tapes cut in and overlaid the unearthly siren-call of the electro-acoustic instrument , and Minerva 's cello answered the melodic tonality with a delicately offhand echo . |
| 27 | Ace felt a tremor as the attractors cut in and anchored the boots to the station . |
| 28 | The new philosophers ‘ cut off and deny the noblest parts of nature and then sweep together the dust of agitated atoms and tell us that they have resolved all the phenomena in nature ’ . |
| 29 | At the end of the run , cut off and tie the insulation so it is in close contact with the wall |
| 30 | To prepare squid cut off and save the tentacles , remove and then chuck the head , pull out the perspex-like spine , chop the body into half-inch strips , and wash all the parts scrupulously in lots of cold water . |