Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " 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 | 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 " . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So I think you probably need to sit down and try and think out some criteria for yourself about what you want . |
| 6 | The skills required to successfully design and make up complex documents are not learnt overnight . |
| 7 | The HP.42 , G–AAUC Horsa , took-off from Basra on August 28 at 22.30 hours , to try and make up lost time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You will need the ability to initiate and carry out original research and to work effectively in a team . |
| 18 | We tend to serve and finish off complete units of food as provided for us by manufacturers . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I decided to try and sketch out such contexts in the book I wrote about my research . |
| 22 | Even so , I they can go and look up that lot of words in Shakespeare . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Why do n't you go and chase up those roofers for me ? |
| 27 | 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 " . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | To try and sort out these problems , it is necessary to investigate the context in which fossils are found . |