Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They excelled in and developed the arts of building , of engineering and of town planning . |
| 2 | However , the landlord took pity and Sally was the one not too mud bespattered to go in and fetch the drinks — meanwhile the horse trod on Ian 's toe … |
| 3 | So the head catcher decides that the moment has come to go in and bring the captives out , starting with the calves . |
| 4 | Its job will be to consider the responses coming in and to decide the priorities . |
| 5 | Encourage the visitors to ask questions , if they are newcomers to the neighbourhood conversation about whether they have settled in and met the neighbours and general chat about shops , buses , doctors and dentists again show that you are human and interested in them as people . |
| 6 | In such a situation we would expect the Scottish bus passengers ' consultative committee to step in and examine the proposals . |
| 7 | So vast quantities of stone were stockpiled along the way , and gangs of territorials , perhaps 1,000 in all , were set to work around the clock filling in and levelling the holes as they formed . |
| 8 | He paused to let the effect sink in and to allow the participants to notice that the machine was not showing the correct time . |
| 9 | Frau Schmidt came in and said the gentlemen were here and please , should she bring coffee in now or later . |
| 10 | She had introduced herself on the doorstep , often been invited in and asked the tenants to let her know if they had any problems with which she could help . |
| 11 | Suppose I joined in and sang the carols along with the cassetted carousers . |
| 12 | Wordsworth had lived in and loved the Lakes for sixty years , and later Ruskin , the great architectural influence of the nineteenth century , built a house on Lake Coniston . |
| 13 | He used to come in and do the flowers , all in the dining-room before the dinner was served ; and it used to look glorious . |
| 14 | ONCE upon a time people indulged in the ages-old craft of telling stories to each other — but then television and video stepped in and took the words out of our mouths . |
| 15 | She cited In re Wallace ( 1885 ) 14 Q.B.D. 22. ( 2 ) The bankruptcy process is very much concerned with getting in and distributing the assets of the bankrupt . |
| 16 | When the refuelling was complete , Duncan climbed in and started the engines . |
| 17 | After six months , when the new employee has had a chance to settle in and learn the ropes , make a thorough and honest assessment of how well she/he is fulfilling the requirements . |
| 18 | I just assumed he was there to get a tooth filled or something , but Andy must have broken in and switched the records then . ’ |
| 19 | Yet at the weekend , when the clocks went forward an hour at 1am , the police in Darlington moved in and closed the clubs an hour early . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | But he said there is a gang going round , and some are putting the chimneys on and the others are going in and doing the flues . |
| 22 | Then they came in and joined the others sitting round the fire . |
| 23 | Most of the pages in the book have been specially designed in black and white so that children can fill in and complete the illustrations themselves . |
| 24 | I did that until Elvis came out of the Army , and then we went back to work with him , went in and did the sessions , did an album in Nashville , got on a train , went to Miami and did the Frank Sinatra show . |
| 25 | Ace felt a tremor as the attractors cut in and anchored the boots to the station . |
| 26 | ‘ Come and have a quick tour of the house , ’ she says , taking his arm , ‘ before we go in and meet the others . ’ |
| 27 | Everyone watching has the right ( some would say obligation ) to step in and arrest the attackers . |
| 28 | ‘ If I take Folly here through to get undressed , you could go in and get the others warmed up . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ They spotted it on the equipment in the pits , so they were screaming at me to come in and get the tyres changed . ’ |
| 30 | It did not occur to her to strip her bed down and change the sheets , or even to pull them back to see if there were any more where that one came from . |