Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will build on and continue the work carried out over the past three years by the WACC-Asia Region 's Women 's Desk , which was based in Manila , Philippines . |
| 2 | Halidon was no great mount , a mere five hundred feet high , but it was sufficiently steep on that west side , after the slow plodding through the bog , to greatly slow down and disperse the advance . |
| 3 | Perhaps the shopkeeper should have a panic button under the counter to press during such a confrontation , and while humouring the shopper by pretending to go and look for some grey ones , stout men could rush in and restrain the customer before he can make it to his Access card . |
| 4 | We 'll stay in and watch the cup final |
| 5 | I 'll just stay in and scrub the kitchen floor , wash your clothes and make your dinner . ’ ) |
| 6 | It means that our no. 8 can stay down and help the shove . |
| 7 | ‘ If you 're not careful you 'll fall down and break an arm , ’ his mother said . |
| 8 | Let the hall fall down and let the so-called experts quarrel elsewhere . |
| 9 | On the other hand , if the peregrine was flying high up , above the pigeon , it would have the advantage , because it could swoop down and break the pigeon 's neck . |
| 10 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 11 | Without a check the hammer can bounce up and hit the string again , distorting the sound intended by the player . |
| 12 | Without a check , the player has less control , especially when repeating notes , and the hammer can bounce up and hit the string again , distorting the sound and inhibiting the freedom of the player to play loudly . |
| 13 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 14 | This drives the Shaman a bit mad and makes his tongue swell up and turn a bright colour such as purple or blue , but it also stimulates the part of his brain that controls magic . |
| 15 | At the end of the summer , he must seek out and defend a territory . |
| 16 | Then she could jump out and make a run for it . |
| 17 | No sooner does it fall back and hit the water than the whale flicks it into the air again with a blow of its tail or seizes it with its jaws and thrashes it on the water . |
| 18 | and on that basis you believe that that would be , or do you believe that that would be adequate so that she could maintain and carry on and drive the family car and living in the house children |
| 19 | But , the sa the very same organisms responsible for that relatively moderate appearance can also produce blocked er region of Prince Charles , the carbuncle with which in it 's most er florid form can break down and produce the series , but really effectively interconnecting . |
| 20 | If Lahore symbolized military power , Victoria Terminus represented a scientific and commercial dominance which could suck in and re-process a whole range of other cultures . |
| 21 | ‘ First thing : you ca n't just haul off and smack a dog in the snout and expect him to turn tail and run away . ’ |
| 22 | The raiders slipped in past the Macleans ' patrolling galleys , and killed and kidnapped , destroyed and looted , slaughtering or crippling what livestock they could not carry off and leaving the survivors to starve . |
| 23 | Her hopes that he might leave something to chance and throw her the opportunity to make her own way back faded as she saw him lock up and pocket the key . |
| 24 | The kuei will usually give up and leave a house in high dudgeon . |
| 25 | Why did n't she give up and demand a separation ? |
| 26 | At one point , to suppress attacks , a large handkerchief was thrown over the stuffed cuckoo , but the enraged birds ( in this case , nightingales ) would not give up and assaulted the handkerchief instead . |
| 27 | Any standard form of building contract incorporates two elements : the basic agreement between the parties that the contractor will carry out and complete the work and that the employer will pay the contractor for doing so ; and detailed conditions which define how this will happen and procedures which are to be followed . |
| 28 | But when he finishes a movie he is still apt to ‘ break out and go a bit mad . |
| 29 | A remarkable number of MPs attend BNF 's annual autumn meeting , arranged precisely for people who do speak out and argue the toss on nuclear issues . |
| 30 | Originally , rendering was on the inside , but this can flake off and block the drain , so rendering ( if used ) is now put on the outside . |