Example sentences of "and [verb] some [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that the last of the 14 fences was too brightly painted and frightened some of the horses . |
| 2 | In this chapter , I would like to try to explain some of the laws and customs of my people , particularly with regard to women and marriage , and dispel some of the myths and fairy stories which had totally misled me . |
| 3 | The Comintern Plenum of 1932 had reappraised the " Social Fascist " policy and lessened some of the hostility to Left Social Democratic members though the former antagonism against Left Social Democratic leaders was retained . |
| 4 | Know understand and evaluate some of the basic beliefs of Christianity |
| 5 | Cuthbertson also advanced the subject of electricity in the Netherlands , writing books , giving public lectures , and assisting some of the foremost Dutch scientists with their experiments . |
| 6 | He reached over the console and wiped some of the grime off the viewport . |
| 7 | A concerted effort on waste management could produce harmonious results and salvage some of the valuable manpower squandered by the present government in its purist attempts at national good housekeeping . |
| 8 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |
| 9 | Claiming to speak at Gorbachev 's behest , and using some of the most hardline language heard from a senior official in recent years , Kryuchkov lumped together groups ranging from radicals to nationalists to economic saboteurs in warning that anti-democratic forces were " rushing to seize power on a wave of anti-communism " . |
| 10 | They try and hide some of the total mess they have made . |
| 11 | These pages have described and examined some of the ways in which groups of adults perceived young workers , and how and why they sought to train , supervise , and control them . |
| 12 | The second shake-up in the past 12 months is expected to streamline internal services and review some of the marketing structures . |
| 13 | It had been the summer home of the Russian monarchy since 1716 and housed some of the greatest imperial palaces and parks in Russian history . |
| 14 | And given some of the difficulties which we 've suggested in the course of this half hour are involved . |
| 15 | Shaved , shorn and bewigged , Simon Lay struts his forbidden stuff and upstages some of the girls but the deed is far more convincing than the intention . |
| 16 | Both were given a free hand to indulge their imagination and produced some of the wittiest and talked about windows in London , several of which featured life-sized stuffed animals or eye-catching visual puns . |
| 17 | Taking on a new persona is in any case impossible but it is possible to adopt and adapt some of the methods of effective presentation which others employ . |
| 18 | This area has within her villages and retreats some of the finest pensiones and most lovely villas in the world . |
| 19 | There was a butcher here in Bungay , his name was Rodwell ; he got — he was killing one of these cattle and got some of the blood in his finger or something . |
| 20 | She dabbed her lips with salt water again and crumbled some of the roasted chicken neck into her mouth . |
| 21 | Last month I went back over the past 40 years of owning knitting machines and described some of the ways that I made sufficient money for the machines to pay for themselves . |
| 22 | We will have to meet and discuss some of the problems . |
| 23 | Over the next six months the Mappin will provide the necessary focus and space to deliberate and discuss some of the newly forged procedures and pleasures explored by the contemporary women artists who are reappropriating non-representational painting , drawing and installation work as a suitable form of creative expression . |
| 24 | He wanted to bear witness to Jesus in this tough spot , and invited some of the nearby Christians to accompany him . |
| 25 | John came and moved some of the boxes . |
| 26 | She made a little oatmeal porridge for Enoch , and for the three adults she cooked bacon and potatoes , in the iron pan they had brought from home , and used some of the water ration to make tea . |
| 27 | The Chapter House was built by the royal masons in 1250 and contains some of the finest medieval sculpture in England . |
| 28 | The passage in Matthew ( in which talk of Mary 's virginity occurs ) is late , unreliable , and contains some of the most fanciful and non-historical writing in the new testament . |
| 29 | There will also be short talks by academic and industrial speakers on assessing and tackling some of the educational problems and it is proposed to distribute a compilation of laboratory scripts from participants . |
| 30 | There 's certainly plenty of opportunity to do that in the current glorious weather … and to simply sit and enjoy some of the traditional treats at Henley . |