Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every hill-walker dreams of seeing a wildlife drama unfold in front of them as they peer over a crag , hoping that the next rise will reveal an osprey fighting off a wildcat which it returned to find attacking the nest , forcing the great bird to drop its intended dinner , a pine marten , which runs for its life , stopping only to catch and eat a grounded , flapping , pipistrelle bat . |
| 2 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 3 | But the double oxymoron in line 13 suggests that they are already foes , that the poem has either been written to try and restore a lost harmony , or to draw attention to the fact that it can not be restored . |
| 4 | Two days later , Herzog invited Peres to try and form a new government , giving him three weeks in which to do so . |
| 5 | Well I think probably it was such a bad place , putting , come to try and show a little light , proper way to live and |
| 6 | If you take a facial expression anyone of the seven dwarfs and you want to try and give a dramatic idea how to present that face or that attitude to do it just by standing there without curtains opening on you and all that sort of thing it 's quite diffi , it 's quite difficult ! |
| 7 | It is much simpler , cheaper and healthier to try and eat a high-fibre diet in the first place . |
| 8 | Now the doctor has to try and locate a suitable place to inject the blood . |
| 9 | Since then yet another Potato Marketing Board buying programme has begun , at £10 a tonne , simply to try and clear a major surplus of potatoes off the market . |
| 10 | On chemical weapons , all the principal elements were agreed , the basic position being that sufficient of each country 's stock would be destroyed to leave 5,000 tonnes , production of new weapons would cease and they would join forces to try and secure a global ban on such weapons . |
| 11 | Once again the trade unions working individually and through the trade unions for Labour pulled out all the stops to try and secure a Labour victory . |
| 12 | He says that he wo n't massage er the economic figures to try and create a pre-election boomlet , but then , he said that he would n't go into the E R M until inflation was falling and indeed was very near the level of our competitors , so I do n't think you can believe a word he says . |
| 13 | Er and we want to try and explain a little bit about tt how far we got in terms of achieving certification to I S O Nine Thousand . |
| 14 | The Group met three times during the year to try and ensure a balanced representation on the sixty or so committees . |
| 15 | The court heard that after the men were arrested the RSPCA returned to the land to try and retrieve a third terrier which was down the sett . |
| 16 | Erm I 'm just trying to think we really want to try and fit a few lessons into the holiday if you can it 's up to you fit in . |
| 17 | The idea is to try and develop a steady build up of air play before the record is released so that on the week of release there is a good demand for the record and this reflects in your chart position . |
| 18 | Secretan arrived at the same conclusion : ‘ It is scarcely to be wondered at that youthful craving for variety and excitement sometimes leads gangs of boys to try and put a little colour into their leisure hours in ways which lead to conflict with authority or to degradation of character . |
| 19 | It is very important indeed to ensure that the staff of G C H Q are not subject to potential conflicts of interest and as I said earlier the Prime Minister and I listened for some considerable time to the s to er to the points put forward by the trade unions to see whether or not that overriding er national objective could be maintained but we were not convinced , we were not convinced that erm the trade unions could overcome those potential conflicts of interest and it behoves ill the party opposite to try and put a different gloss on the fact that we in this country thanks to our legislation , have put harmony in place of strife and we are not prepared to allow the opposition to put that major achievement at risk . |
| 20 | So what we 're trying to do is approach this in a professional way , and we 're drawing on the national and the international experience and working together with Social Services to try and determine a sensible policy . |
| 21 | I was wearing I had the , the stethoscope behind my neck and I took it off for something , I was holding it up to try and get a better |
| 22 | They added it , I should have known , to try and get a younger audience and it was n't well understood by the people who wrote it . |
| 23 | It is often a good idea to try and get a continuing working relationship with an orthopaedic surgeon who can provide reports quickly . |
| 24 | Similarly , a physiotherapist said : ‘ I had to try and keep a brave face on it and not let on . |
| 25 | In 565 he came down from the islands to try and convert a Pictish king . |
| 26 | is , is whether you support Richard 's initiative , in coming forward to ask us to try and support a different scheme . |
| 27 | So many bereaved people , especially women , do not continue to try and have a social life as it is just too difficult and usually just serves to reinforce their sense of isolation and hurt . |
| 28 | The programme aims to give the pupils experience in each of the different categories of PE and is devised to try and provide a progressive experience for every child entering the School . |
| 29 | They are encouraged to try and take a few steps back and be a little more objective with themselves . |
| 30 | In the current commuting age , when there are diverse calls on people 's time and energies and the countryside is constantly under pressure from urban development , the village community is anxious to retain the village 's rural character , whilst acknowledging the need to attract and maintain a balanced community . |