Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Shepherd switched the hologram off , then reached in and lifted the flexible plate up . |
| 3 | There was no sign of any other cars or tanks or armoured personnel carriers and no indication that the police Stukas were waiting to come in and bomb the last pockets of resistance . |
| 4 | The eight-man team train by hauling a barrel of concrete up a telegraph pole using a pulley system — and then digging in and holding the 810 kilo load aloft for up to half an hour . |
| 5 | I 'm not sure whether practical , i.e. using a soldering iron , construction projects , are within Practical PC 's scope and readership but if readers are interested why not write in and sway the editorial decisions ! |
| 6 | Mr Kerr had stepped in and overpowered the accused , who then had pulled a knife and stabbed him repeatedly . |
| 7 | Almost too late to be of real use , a rehabilitation unit took her in and began the slow , hard work of helping her and her family reconstruct and make sense of their situation . |
| 8 | I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life . |
| 9 | He reached in and wrenched the little bundle of plastic bands out of my hands , and I sat there , silent , watching as he fumbled the bands into position with the little cup to hold the weapon under his right armpit . |
| 10 | When I did return , I locked myself in and heaved the great oak table against the door and fastened the windows . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't want anyone bursting in and getting the wrong idea , like you have , ’ Donna said , smiling again . |
| 12 | I was just going out when a man came in and asked the same question . |
| 13 | But if Ken wanted to sit in and watching the good results coming in |
| 14 | go in and ask the following questions , just write what the questions are |
| 15 | It should provide a place where children can meet and talk with adults who live in and serve the local community — the fireman , the nurse , the secretary , the shopkeeper , the police officer , the craftsman and craftswoman . |
| 16 | I thought that I would go in and explain the whole thing to him and explain that there was no point in creating trouble unnecessarily . |
| 17 | It also meant that the boys could see in and witness the general untidiness of his tiny room . |
| 18 | She still had n't found an answer when the housekeeper came in and served the first course . |
| 19 | I tucked her in and took the empty cup to the kitchen . |
| 20 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
| 21 | Yet , he still somehow manages to listen to virtually everything that 's sent in and retain the same enthusiasm for music that has been with him through his 23 years at Radio 1 . |
| 22 | Oh then she come straight in and cornered the bloody paper . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It ended in a fight — I hit him , he hit me — then the teacher came in and broke the whole thing up . |
| 25 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 26 | ‘ You know well enough , James — you must have thought — once the government is resolved , and we have talked ourselves hoarse and there is no ink left in the country — then the dragoons will come in and cart the young men away as though we have done nothing . |
| 27 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
| 28 | She got in and held the door-open button . |
| 29 | We should hope that all our students have opportunities to engage actively in and experience the personal satisfaction of working with and for others in the community . |
| 30 | Marx , in particular , had already noted this fact in several places , but he explained the phenomenon of internal division as a transitional one ; as evidence of a stage in which private property and individual families were coming in and undermining the communal descent group . |