Example sentences of "[vb base] and [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Sailors Three ( 1940 , Three Cockeyed Sailors in US ) , Tommy Trinder and his companions get drunk and end up on a German ship which , more by mishap than demon cunning , they occupy and deliver to their commander . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't wait long to have you warm and clinging in my arms — and mine ! ’ |
| 3 | ( Aims and methods ) In early childhood , children grow and learn within their families and the importance of the family as a context for child development has received much attention . |
| 4 | On thawing , live cells rehydrate and return to their original shape ; damaged ones fail to recover and die . |
| 5 | The ex-soldier stared up at Braden , the cords in his neck standing out , his hands spread and clamped on his knees . |
| 6 | Sharp leaves and thorns cut and tore at his arms and ripped his cheeks . |
| 7 | The 340 hourly-paid workers would not accept a wages freeze and cuts in their benefits and were sacked . |
| 8 | Stop and think about your body . |
| 9 | A member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend , speak and vote on his behalf . |
| 10 | Structures and vocabulary are carefully graded so that children consolidate and build on their English in a motivating way . |
| 11 | Bend and cringe with your hands on your loins . |
| 12 | If you book and pay for your car hire before you depart , Sovereign can offer you excellent savings on local resort prices . |
| 13 | If you book and pay for your car hire before you depart , Sovereign can offer you excellent savings on local resort prices . |
| 14 | After a moment or two he stopped laughing , and , in the fitful light of a moon playing hide and seek behind its veils of cloud , searched her face . |
| 15 | Usually when I sit and stare at my blank sheets of A4 paper every month , I am trying to think how I can help you with your Duomatic machines . |
| 16 | Then we stagger to our feet and pick our clothes off the floor , and sit and drool into our glass , puffing on a pensive perfecto , and staring at the tabloid and all its gruesome crap . |
| 17 | An example of terms routinely implied in contracts of sale is that where goods are ordered from a manufacturer who makes such goods , it is implied that the goods are the manufacturer 's own make and supplied under his normal label for the brand ( see Johnson v Raylton ( 1881 ) 7 QBD 438 ; Scaliaris v E Ofverberg and Co ( 1921 ) 37 TLR 307 ) . |
| 18 | Limp and detached from her fast-shifting surroundings — maybe overwhelmed by those — she needed to be guided , almost carried along by Meh'Lindi for a while . |
| 19 | There 's another consideration , a matter of engineering ethics : Decca 's enchanted soundstages for both Monteux and Dutoit with their discreetly spotlit harps and tuned percussion , acoustic bloom , wonderful openness and depth , and relatively reduced dynamic range more actively involve the listener in that quiet to middle ground . |
| 20 | ‘ These institutions instil and cultivate in their cadets what were once commonly referred to as the virtues of southern manhood — honour , chivalry and devotion to God , state and family , ’ wrote one alumnus in a letter to a newspaper . |
| 21 | Local opinion on how the pupils look and behave on their way to and from school will be another indicator . ’ |
| 22 | Always stand and sit with your spine stretched upwards , your shoulders back and down , so that the muscles move inwards towards your spine . |
| 23 | Recitatives merely reinforce the prevailing tonality since they almost always begin and end in its tonic . |
| 24 | It 's also a source of food and sport for Lithuanians who ride and ski in their forests and hunt game and prepare it for the table . |
| 25 | The strong feeling of a presence is felt , lights go on and off , doors open and shut on their own , the shadow of a man 's head is sometimes seen ; but on recording sessions , many unnerving things can happen , heavy breathing down the musicians ' necks , brushing past people . |
| 26 | The doors open and shut on their own , and beyond them is nothing but the void of space . |
| 27 | With their eyes erect and fear in their speed they run for the safety of the waves . |
| 28 | Caught up in the swathes of colour and movement are the small objects we adopt and discard in our life-long struggle to define ourselves — objects and images mass produced , touched with personal desire — cherished and abandoned … ’ |
| 29 | Individuals chase and pounce on their prey if a suitable opportunity occurs , but they have substantially greater chances of success if they work together . |
| 30 | So I think there was more give and take between our performing than any other relationship . |