Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |
| 2 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 3 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 4 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 5 | He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement . |
| 6 | I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . |
| 7 | She recalled his saying , ‘ I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . ’ |
| 8 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 9 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
| 10 | I suppose they might try and sellotape her to the walls of their cells . |
| 11 | They can decide which pathways to follow and explore them at the time they ‘ read ’ the document . |
| 12 | Buchanan 's Triangles clubmate Mark Tosh pushed hard to try and catch him on the five-mile run but the Derry man won in a time of 1.28.52 . |
| 13 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 14 | Bullied into bathing , Theda allowed Agnes to wash her long hair for her , and acquiesced when that redoubtable dame dragged a chair outside that she might sit and dry it in the sun . |
| 15 | We 're not expecting trouble from them and we 're there to help and direct them into the areas where they can get into the ground . |
| 16 | I was going to wash the pots I 'll go and smack him round the head |
| 17 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 18 | It would be better to try and beat them at the bottom of the curve rather than when the South Africans were improving . |
| 19 | One evening , when his golf match had been cancelled , he decided to drive down and collect me from the river . |
| 20 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
| 21 | Now , though , she was sitting in the dressing-room , not even sure if she could persuade her legs to stand up and carry her to the stage . |
| 22 | Some other employee has to go and fetch him in the morning |
| 23 | Not because I could n't have had a holiday only that er we had loads of milk so we had to go and fetch it from the farms and you got ta have somebody to take it out . |
| 24 | In fact , th the New York Saint Andrews Society which exists to er I think to er , apart from to hold er meetings and er get togethers , also to assist er Scots in New York , at least that was one of it 's original er , principles , they have a er a splendid dinner with all these gentlemen in full kilts , kengroms , don'tski and do 's , the whole bangshoot , and and their their women folk can come and watch them from the gallery upstairs . |
| 25 | You had to book to get your hair cut , your toenails cut and your fingernails cut , and a screw had to stand and watch you with the scissors . |
| 26 | And then we come to the sixth race which is the eight forty five , well I 'm going to go for Angie Baby here in trap three , she 's erm a little bit of a kidder but she might have the legs of these , as long as something leads her , she 'll come and erm try and do them on the line , so it 's Angie Baby for me there , erm Ruby Blue in trap six is a danger . |
| 27 | ‘ Arthur got an electrician to come in and do it during the week . ’ |
| 28 | There were many in the ruling party who treated the proposals with great suspicion , however , and who worked to delay and discredit them on the grounds that they would undermine the current factional structure of the LDP . |
| 29 | ‘ And he 'd go away and chuck it in the bin or down the sink and come back with a new one . |
| 30 | So it 'll pause and show it on the screen . |