Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tranmere Rovers , worried by the missing thousands at Prenton Park , became the first club to react with their recent cut-price campaign to try and win back the fans . |
| 2 | The council has set up a special investigation team to try and track down the copiers . |
| 3 | I think to try and break down the barriers that some of the West Indian children have against teachers and academic things … |
| 4 | In a warm blizzard of drowsiness he watches the snow sud and curdle over the roofs and spires of the New Town , mounting up the slope of Old Odborough , up the hill of the Main Street , till it reaches Mount Pleasant . |
| 5 | As Derek Hatton , Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council put it , ‘ We 'd want to make sure that … those who are employed to manage and carry out the policies which we decide are those who are in general sympathy with those policies ’ ( Gyford , 1985b , p. 58 ) . |
| 6 | Lazy bitch , she was : lying on this couch day after day feeling too bad to move ; but she could go upstairs and carry out the duties of a wife whenever the fancy took her . |
| 7 | The team is liaising with manufacturers on the design and development of CFC-free refrigeration equipment and identifying the skills needed to evaluate and carry out the conversions . |
| 8 | The Courtaulds man explained : ‘ Hashing serves the needs for expatriate communities to relax and work off the frustrations of life in a foreign land . ’ |
| 9 | The first afternoon of the course , we did nothing , as the participants all had to buckle down and clean out the premises , including the lavatories and the windows . |
| 10 | I got the woman who comes in to clean the hall and stairs to go up and wash off the floors but I have n't been up there myself since the fuzz left . |
| 11 | These bands would either play their sets regardless of fights , or , in the case of Fat Man Doug Trendle — the front man of Bad Manners — would wade in and sort out the rucks himself . |
| 12 | ‘ I trust them to try and sort out the unions , ’ William says . |
| 13 | In the meantime , the transport ministers also agreed to harmonise standards for air traffic control equipment to try and cut down the delays at EC airports . |
| 14 | Then home we would go and share out the proceeds from our trip . |
| 15 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 16 | Ace was tempted to move in and take out the sentries , but knew that it would be a foolish move , since they would be missed by the congregation when they arrived , who would thus be alerted . |
| 17 | Then the Glasgow ‘ bobbies ’ would go in and drag out the culprits . |
| 18 | We are , as pilgrims , to pursue and live out the values and priorities of the kingdom of God . |
| 19 | She was looking resolutely away , so that Tug could feel what an effort it took her not to bend down and pick up the pieces . |
| 20 | Their importance to the level of employment at the port was recognised by the journeymen carpenters who in 1792 let it be known that if the slave trade were abolished they would riot and pull down the houses of leading abolitionists . |
| 21 | Carefully lift the pastry lid over the pie using a rolling pin to support and arrange over the cherries . |
| 22 | ‘ We had to get into the stable very early in the morning to feed and braid up the horses . |
| 23 | Will my right hon. Friend tell me how best to reply to a constituent of mine who has recently completed a course of treatment at Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford and who tells me that the nurses and doctors were fantastic , that the treatment was magnificent and that he is fed up to the back teeth with the constant efforts of the Labour party to undermine and talk down the achievements of the health service ? |
| 24 | He could go and dig up the roadworks during the night , and get some cement made up in a small container and cement up the holes in manhole covers you used to lift the things up by . |