Example sentences of "and [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have less opportunity to make new friendships and tend to depend for companionship on the continuity of longstanding relationships . |
| 2 | In this respect , pregnant girls at Arbour are also very knowledgeable and confident about giving birth because they have been so well prepared for it , and tend to sail through labour and birth without a lot of problems . |
| 3 | These fibrotic processes are rare and tend to occur in isolation , although a number of overlap syndromes has been reported with multiple organ involvement . |
| 4 | Her assignment for C 's Circus was to manipulate men of power and influence to work towards unity with the British Commonwealth in their desperate fight for world freedom . |
| 5 | Evenings are their weakest time since they soon begin to feel fatigued and want to go to sleep relatively early . |
| 6 | Now East Germans are shipping their own people in sealed trains through their own country to the West , and police fight back thousands who block the tracks and want to jump on board . |
| 7 | It is easy to fall into the trap of looking for causal relations between what we ( the education community ) do and what pupils achieve , and forget to take into account our pupils ' own efforts , perceptions and experiences . |
| 8 | such as this year 's figures you know they 're not paying you to somebody over the phone and expect to remember of course they ca n't so I 've got the detail that I need to keep looking at , and there about that 's about it . |
| 9 | He is the real man as none other ; for he alone is man as God intends man to be ; he alone has travelled to the uttermost limits of the ‘ far country ’ of man 's estrangement ; and in him alone has the judgement been passed , carried out , and overcome to issue in reconciliation . |
| 10 | Those of the dragonfly are placed on either side of the head and seem to act as horizon detectors . |
| 11 | They stay up late , are slow to get going in the morning , and seem to gain in strength as the day wears on . |
| 12 | It is then dead tissue , and open to attack by coral spot fungus . |
| 13 | To make a copy , start both machines together from off play-pause and record-pause respectively and run to end of recording . |
| 14 | ‘ And visit to check on progress from time to time ? |
| 15 | NO MATTER how talented or hardworking you are , if you 're a woman it always takes extra effort and drive to succeed in business . |
| 16 | Cover and allow to cook without colouring until soft . |
| 17 | Apply one thin coat of primer immediately ( rust can reform rapidly ) and allow to dry before coating with gloss . |
| 18 | Brenner , Subrahmanyam and Uno ( 199Ob ) used daily closing prices for the period from September 1988 to September 1989 on the Nikkei Stock Average ( traded on both the OSE and Simex ) and Topix to look for arbitrage opportunities . |
| 19 | Perhaps on this occasion , many of them will do the sensible thing and decide to stay at home . |
| 20 | Organisations like ACET need this support to enable people like myself to retain maximum control and continue to live at home as independently as we can . |
| 21 | Organisations like ACET need this kind of support to enable people like myself to retain maximum control and continue to live at home . |
| 22 | Add the shelled eggs to the pan , stir well and continue to heat for 2–3min , until the eggs are piping hot — do not overcook , otherwise they will become rubbery . |
| 23 | I shut my eyes and try to go to sleep , but there 's too much going on to sleep . |
| 24 | Instead , I return to the living-room and try to think about art . |
| 25 | Remove all distractions in the vicinity of the phone and try to speak with firmness and decision . |
| 26 | Nowadays all good authorities listen to residents and tenants and try to work in partnership with them |
| 27 | In brainstorming , you liberate your mind and try to react without inhibition to your subject , allowing room for any and every idea that bubbles to the surface of your mind . |
| 28 | In reality that would only increase white racism and try to solve with money a problem that can not be bribed away . |
| 29 | Pin and tack to hold in position . |
| 30 | Transgressors would see the enormous snake bearing down on them , so they would break camp and attempt to hide in water holes or caverns . |