Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For students — young people and adults alike — it will mean more opportunities to gain new skills , obtain qualifications and develop fully the roles that they need to fulfil themselves at work and as citizens . |
| 2 | He was in a position in which he would have every opportunity of gaining knowledge of the customers ' business and influence over the customers ' . |
| 3 | This segmentation of spheres of action and influence along the lines of gender difference is reflected in the radio programming in the novel . |
| 4 | We can turn our backs on the divisions of the past , and tear down the barriers that divide us . |
| 5 | But he then had to get across the gully and connect up the wires to brin' this lot down on top of us . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes it seemed that those who loved them were almost willing the band to spend their lives touring pubs , returning to Farnborough merely to return the empties and pick up the bills . |
| 7 | To pick them up , moisten the paintbrush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point and pick up the aphids with the tip of the brush . |
| 8 | Whether to you know sort of try and pick up the guys who are getting thrown out of Heathrow and make a long-term go of it or whether in the long term , em , they want to flog it off for gravel and you know mining it for gravel and sending it for houses and you know , that sort of thing . |
| 9 | And then er Tom retired and he used to run the bus long after we start the mails and then he retired and er the bus service to come down along and pick up the passengers and that was how it start . |
| 10 | And pick up the groceries . |
| 11 | Whimper like a whipped puppy , Jay , have a drink and pick up the pieces . |
| 12 | I then deliberately smudge the area with my fingers and pick out the highlights with a plastic eraser . |
| 13 | I then deliberately smudge the area with my fingers and pick out the highlights with a plastic eraser . |
| 14 | Try and pick out the aspects of your background which make you especially suitable for the job you have applied for . |
| 15 | Contestants will join him in the arena to try to do a Tyrus — and bring on the tears again . |
| 16 | An arc of movement and bring down the feet |
| 17 | Willy away and and bring back the matches please . |
| 18 | And bring back the glasses . |
| 19 | Shah 's victory opened the door to a brave new world in which the proprietors could , once more , manage the industry and bring about the sorts of changes which they had long desired . |
| 20 | And bring in the outriders . ’ |
| 21 | No more than forty-nine names on a paper , or the Deputy-Lieutenants will infer a gathering of illegal size and bring in the soldiers under the Riot Act . |
| 22 | Faced with the mounting cost of a war against the American colonies , the coalition government in Westminster had instituted a punitive and highly unpopular tax by the Stamp Act of October 1783 : all registrations of baptisms , marriages and burials would be charged at 3d. a time — and so there was every incentive for local clergy , working on 10 per cent commission , to get around the parish and bring in the strays . |
| 23 | When approached by a possible killer they hide their real heads and raise up the tips of their tails . |
| 24 | Get your priorities right and whittle away the non-essentials . |
| 25 | It was said that ‘ When he prayed his soul took wing for heaven and wrapt up the souls of others with him . ’ |
| 26 | There 's time to stop off here and there and browse around the shops . |
| 27 | He could go and dig up the roadworks during the night , and get some cement made up in a small container and cement up the holes in manhole covers you used to lift the things up by . |
| 28 | Turn back the flaps , allow the moisture time to dry , then brush a mastic compound on to the roof boards and press down the flaps firmly . |
| 29 | A quick barbecue pud is to part split a banana , put half a Mars bar in the middle , wrap it in tin foil and cook over the flames for five to 10 minutes . |
| 30 | It might be able to make a valuable contribution , as is suggested by the part played by the organisation of dayschools and weekend conferences during the political fund campaign in enabling unions to hold close discussions with active members , provide clear and detailed information , and build up a grassroots movement . |