Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The job paid quite well and I could perhaps at that stage have afforded somewhere slightly better to live , but I 'd got used to my new home and I was still keen to try and build up some savings again . |
| 2 | So I think you probably need to sit down and try and think out some criteria for yourself about what you want . |
| 3 | The skills required to successfully design and make up complex documents are not learnt overnight . |
| 4 | For those gardeners able to cut out and plant up new beds , the nature of the rose does impose certain conditions if it is to be appreciated fully . |
| 5 | God Akhenaten was his prophet and in fact claimed to be the son of God his son and er all other religions were persecuted and er , so what in Ancient Egypt was that the traditional polytheism which was rampant was persecuted by there was only one god and as Andrea says , even proscribe the word gods in , in the plural , you know the , you know the er feminist thought police would try and rule out certain words you 're not allowed to use like chairman which has become chairperson or something like that |
| 6 | These skills are important for everyone — boys and girls — and include things like being able to use equipment safely with good results , being able to weigh and measure accurately , being able to plan , design and carry out practical tasks . |
| 7 | One reason for this is undoubtedly the fact that many of those who are attracted to homoeopathy are well content just to treat patients as they present , and do not have the expertise or the scientific bent of mind required to design and carry out clinical trials . |
| 8 | We tend to serve and finish off complete units of food as provided for us by manufacturers . |
| 9 | His father died when he was three years old , leaving his mother to support and bring up seven children , providing for her family by opening a greengrocer 's shop and later a modest boarding house . |
| 10 | The first is to try and bring out some perceptions of the problems of Primary Health Care implementation in South Africa and , in particular , the Apartheid System 's impact on implementation . |
| 11 | I decided to try and sketch out such contexts in the book I wrote about my research . |
| 12 | Correspondence on this issue in the BMJ would be helpful in clarifying whether doctors are giving up medicine altogether because of the lack of opportunity to train and work over shorter hours . |
| 13 | The realization that it is a very costly option for a firm to try and lay off all employees and replace them allows ‘ insiders ’ to bargain for a continuing employment relationship and to achieve a greater than labour-market-clearing wage . |
| 14 | Why do n't you go and chase up those roofers for me ? |
| 15 | Delegates signed an agreement on legislative co-operation , including the regular exchange of draft laws and consultative meetings to " co-ordinate and draw up common approaches " . |
| 16 | I 'm afraid I ca n't tell you anything more about Claudia , really , but I 'll try and jot down some memories if you like . ’ |
| 17 | He has been working very long hours setting up in business here in er in this area er he gets home late at night and I 'm afraid to say that over the last few months he 's been nagged continuously by his girlfriend who wants him to try and sort out financial arrangements because the relationship between the two of them 's not been very good . |
| 18 | To try and sort out these problems , it is necessary to investigate the context in which fossils are found . |
| 19 | Some miners used these payments to try and set up small businesses or farms . |
| 20 | ‘ Cyclists should dismount and walk up all gradients greater than 1-in-17 , especially on roads which are poorly constructed and have rocky surfaces . |
| 21 | In contrast , trust is like the precious soil in which a relationship can grow and put down secure roots . |
| 22 | I 'm going to ask you to make up make up and write down four questions on the passage . |
| 23 | A lot of erm group one plans are , there are about ten thousand plans that are showing an arrears status at the moment , and premium has been missed some time ago , it 's not a , not a current premium , which means on the fifteenth of June or the first of July we will automatically go in and pick up two premiums , we 'll t we 'll try and collect the arrears without having notified the client of it in any way at all . |
| 24 | The polecat and its grown family will know to keep as far away from the path and its numbered posts as possible , except in the dead of night when they can sniff around and pick up some bits of Kit-Kat . |
| 25 | Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains . |
| 26 | Well I suppose it 's it 's just to try and find out different opinions on on different wars and things like that . |