Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought I 'd come and stay here for a bit . |
| 2 | It 's like the little one said last , she said , can we come and stay here for the weekend you know , and stay up in Aunty Bonnie 's room , they call upstairs , and Margaret 's face she said , well er , my god she 's got some good stuff up there you know , furniture |
| 3 | My parents are going to France at Christmas and erm I do n't wan na go with them really and nor does Digby so he , Digby 's gon na come and stay just for a bit and my house it has to be empty and Foxy 's coming round to stay . |
| 4 | It requires an adult to participate and stay up for the night . |
| 5 | What luxury to go and bathe there after a day in the outdoors ! |
| 6 | It pays to research and prepare thoroughly for the bargaining process ; find out as much as possible about your own bargaining power and the situation of the other party . |
| 7 | In reality , individuals may not be able to borrow and lend freely at a given interest rate . |
| 8 | Recently , it is said that the pair enjoyed ‘ an evening walk by the river ’ in the course of which ‘ they wandered deep in conversation , pausing only to kiss and cuddle tenderly on the deserted towpath . ’ |
| 9 | A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise . |
| 10 | This is a leader who has evangelistic gifts , is essentially outward looking , as well as having the ability to lead and relate well to a team . |
| 11 | ‘ I tried so hard , you see , to give him extra attention — extra love — to try and make up for the loss of Maman . |
| 12 | Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected . |
| 13 | Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table . |
| 14 | The ball can not then escape and bounce all around the room . |
| 15 | I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday . |
| 16 | The scholars of the Renaissance courts studied in depth the philosophy and dictates of classical authors and applied their knowledge to the education of courtiers , so that they would act and behave correctly in the new society . |
| 17 | They saw him start and jump back to the shelter of the bank . |
| 18 | And the lads used to go and pinch out of the girls ' bags . |
| 19 | To train an infant for the first year is comparatively easy , but after that the child begins to resent authority , and the conscientious mother has to be prepared to fight and win all along the line , in matters small and great . |
| 20 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 21 | The first trick is to get left of the chockstone and stop in the Jacuzzi Pool , next , to pivot and line up for the exit slot which is only 2½ ft–3ft wide in a foaming pool whose diameter is only 18 ins more than a boat 's length . |
| 22 | Well I mean it 's , it 's well as soon as , it 's , well did you write in and object in within the time ? |
| 23 | Which was supposed to open and flap back at the end of the world and let her out , resurrected . |
| 24 | The Somme dragged on through July , a futile and terrible battle of attrition that cost hundreds of thousands of lives , through Aubers Ridge , Delville Wood , where the Cameronians had a section of trench they called Buchanan Street , and into a dreadful September , when Haig decided to try and break through on the Somme with a secret weapon , the tank . |
| 25 | The aim of Heidrick and Struggles ' approach is to build a team that can truly work and integrate together over a number of years . |
| 26 | A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic . |
| 27 | Or — and something came apart in his stomach and turned a revolution and plummeted downwards — were they all politely and patiently waiting with well-controlled longing because it would not be too long now before they could get home and carry on with the lives they preferred without him ? |
| 28 | Wash your cans up erm and er and then they 'd go and finish off in the corn fields . |
| 29 | Under the circumstances , with the band far keener to slope off and mope back at the hotel , the gig goes remarkably well . |
| 30 | You should land ready to fight and watch out for the opponent 's foot sweep . |