Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 2 | Line managers are responsible for allocating you work , setting and monitoring the general standards of conduct and performance they require from you at work and helping you perform to the best of your ability . |
| 3 | The picture does its job by ‘ introducing ’ us to the person and helping us relate to him . |
| 4 | Knackering though it is , the sessions are also very enjoyable and make everybody work for each other . |
| 5 | In the dressing room before kick-off , Ian wo n't need anyone to dangle pieces of raw meat in front of him and make him strain at the leash because he 'll be bursting to get stuck into the Turks more than anyone . |
| 6 | ‘ I know he 's tired out and that 's the way he relaxes , but I long to switch the television off and make him listen to me , ’ she complained . |
| 7 | If you present someone with a set of stripes on a TV screen and make them move at right angles to their long axis , that is the direction in which the person will see them move . |
| 8 | And in using these terms , we reinforce such attitudes and make them seem like something timelessly true about women . |
| 9 | Since Legnani first danced the famous thirty-two fouettës in Swan Lake , it sometimes seems that choreographers lacking ideas for a spectacular finish to a solo , send the dancer spinning faster and faster round the stage , or set them centre stage and make them turn with increasingly difficult poses . |
| 10 | and make them die of income tax . |
| 11 | ‘ I saw state policemen drag strikers across the road and make them kneel in the ditch there while they held shotguns in their backs . |
| 12 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |
| 13 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 14 | However , I feel it is better to dominate all dogs equally and make them come to a submissive position in front of the owner , preferably the down position . |
| 15 | And make them journey from Killinghall towards Ripon . |
| 16 | But unless you can grasp the private contractors and make them cooperate within this or encourage them to do so , there 's absolutely no way you can have a so-called seamless journey . |
| 17 | One longs to give a copy each to ten assorted bus company managers ( leavened with the occasional politician and academic ) and make them wait on a cold dark wet night in a vandalised bus shelter for an unpredictable R registered banger . |
| 18 | Two days ago I ate baited carrion left out for fox or crow over in Skye and its effects were to poison me and make me feel near death . |
| 19 | Soho , meanwhile , enthuse and make me feel like a miserable old fart . |
| 20 | It was also used by the armies of the eastern emperor , Theodosius , when he marched through the Balkans in AD 394 to overthrow Eugenius and make himself master of both eastern and western empires . |
| 21 | That we should cut off the electricity and make everyone live in the dark ? |
| 22 | And make us see through wine as if through glass . |
| 23 | ‘ Peaks ’ is actually to give the wrong impression , anywhere else they would be no more than hills ; but on Amantani they give a commanding view of Lake Titicaca and make you feel as if you 're on top of the world . |
| 24 | We 'll make your blood run cold and make you laugh on the Sinister side of your face at Women 's Wit and Wickedness . |
| 25 | He put out his hand towards her now but did n't touch her , saying , ‘ Do n't faint ; it wo n't help you any because I 'll only revive you with a jug of cold water and make you listen to the finish . |
| 26 | I 've bought all sorts really , but normally in the first week or two of getting paid , I 'd buy a gram or whatever and make it last for four or five days , so I 'd sort of have a quarter a day out of it . |
| 27 | And I 'm going to have this white frill sp er erm roll , and I 'm going to roll the fabric I 'm going to leave all the pleating , not cut into that , but cut the valance platform and fold it over if you understand me and make it go over the the pole . |
| 28 | Once that knowledge is gained , it can be used to explain events in the natural world , to make predictions about what will happen in the natural world , and thus to control that world and make it behave in ways that are , at least in theory , to the advantage of the controllers . |
| 29 | Shopping at your local garden centre or leafing through the pages of catalogues can be a good place to start , whether you are buying for people who prefer to read about the possibilities of beautiful plantings or for those who actually get out there and make it happen in their own gardens . |
| 30 | Do n't let anxiety rule your life — at our special one-day workshop you 'll learn how to control stress and make it work for you |