Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his inaugural speech to the Knesset ( Israeli parliament ) on July 13 , however , Rabin said that his government would continue to " strengthen and build up Jewish settlement along the confrontation lines , due to their security importance , and in metropolitan Jersualem " . |
| 2 | When another few minutes went by she was scratching her head to try and think up some way of making sure that Naylor would consider any such notion laughable . |
| 3 | He would watch the notices in the papers , and when someone died and the widow was left alone , he would go there and think up some sort of lie — he lied always , as a boy , even when there was no need , and he looked so clean and innocent that if you did not know him you would believe him , every time . |
| 4 | The HP.42 , G–AAUC Horsa , took-off from Basra on August 28 at 22.30 hours , to try and make up lost time . |
| 5 | The shelves are full of wonderful food at this time of year and I thought of how I could binge and throw up all day long . |
| 6 | We will supply and buy back foreign currency and Thomas Cook US dollar and sterling travellers cheques FREE of our normal commission charges ; and you will be offered a FREE eurocheque card . |
| 7 | The aim of the gist-listening session was to try and break down this hostility by showing the group that they could understand two native speakers talking ‘ naturally ’ , in this case about a shopping expedition . |
| 8 | Thus , the development of the angiosperm flora of the Palaeocene was paralleled by an extensive radiation of specialised herbivorous mammals with the capacity to ferment and break down tough plant material . |
| 9 | This means more than booking the physiotherapist to come and carry out postural drainage on a person with a chest infection , or ‘ getting the psychotherapist in ’ to try to help a distressed client . |
| 10 | You will need the ability to initiate and carry out original research and to work effectively in a team . |
| 11 | Even so , I they can go and look up that lot of words in Shakespeare . |
| 12 | The only difference then was the weather for it turned cold and hard , the clouds massing thick above us as if the sky intended to fall and crush out all life on the face of the earth . |
| 13 | Anderson , often eager to jump around and burn off some frustration , cut the little bald patch on the top of his head , and cursed himself . |
| 14 | Two things that make a people a top earner here of course is one of them one of them in addition to graft , is that they wo n't sit back and sign up one deal and be very satisfied in a day . |
| 15 | Bearing in mind that ‘ Abba ’ is the opening word of the Lord 's Prayer in Aramaic , we could rightly say that only through the Spirit can we pray and live out that prayer . |
| 16 | She said that she woke up one day and did not feel lost or depressed , did not wonder what she was going to do with herself or reach for the phone to try and summon up some company . |
| 17 | All I can say is when you read that document carefully it 's an open cheque for the C E C. They can go and come back next year and give you a date for a merger . |
| 18 | Bolinger ( 1974 : 86-7 ) seems to side with Palmer and Higgenbotham , for he maintains that the to infinitive evokes not a perception but rather a fact : The passive tends to be used in situations where the interest is not in perceptions but in impersonal facts — for example , in the testimony of a witness who says He was seen to stoop over and pick up some object , and then stuff it in his pocket . |
| 19 | They was heading off to London that night to go and pick up this griddle for this |
| 20 | One is to try and pick up bypassable traffic and take it away from Harrogate and Knaresborough . |
| 21 | ‘ Do you want to go and sit down some place ? ’ |