Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolmaster of St. Andrews was ambitious ‘ and aspires eagerly to the dignity of being professor of humanity in this university ’ . |
| 2 | From early on March 28 the whole of Moscow city centre appeared to be under siege , with lorries and armoured cars blocking all approaches to the Kremlin , water-cannon trucks , mounted police and troops in gas masks stationed in backstreets , and troops on street corners keeping shoppers and sightseers away from the Kremlin . |
| 3 | It takes them long enough to cut a way through to the chimney of the air shaft , sawing through the rhodie branches and tearing away the brambles and other undergrowth ; then they lever off the iron grating over the shaft without any difficulty , and one of the younger cops , in an overall and a hard hat , wraps the rope around himself — proper climbing rope they had in the back of one of the Range Rovers — and abseils down into the darkness . |
| 4 | Neil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London and , like most of the artists listed here , teaches and plays regularly for the European Summer School of Arts and Languages at Oxford . |
| 5 | It appears in many guises , and persists even in the communicative approach , despite claims to put language skills in a subsidiary position to communicative skills . |
| 6 | ‘ Provided always that every assignment or underlease or tenancy of any kind relating to the premises shall if required by the landlord contain a covenant by the assignee underlessee or tenant and the lessee or tenant as the case may be directly with the landlord to observe and perform the covenants and conditions in this lease contained and covenants directly with the landlord in the terms of sub-clauses ( A ) and ( B ) hereof and covenants that any sub-underleases whether mediate or immediate shall contain covenants with the landlord in the terms of such sub-clauses . |
| 7 | Soviet leaders had been prepared to consider international arrangements and guarantees only on the external aspects of the Afghan problem . |
| 8 | He has all the basic attributes and tackles well into the bargain . |
| 9 | The letter links the findings of Dis-continuing care with Age Concern 's recent work on hospital discharge and other issues , and refers also to the recent decisions of the Health Service Commissioner on health authority responsibilities for provision of long-term care . |
| 10 | Hintertux is a tiny hamlet and offers little in the way of nighttime activity but Mayrhofen , 15 minutes away , positively buzzes in the evening . |
| 11 | It is precisely in line with the common professional assumptions outlined earlier and fits comfortably within the existing style of professional/client relationships . |
| 12 | The system is flexible and fits in with the user 's way of working . |
| 13 | It admittedly makes intuitive sense , and fits in with the general observation about staffs ' professional identities being a function of their research identities . |
| 14 | An administrative culture — which is concerned with rules , roles , authority and fits in with the concept of a role culture . |
| 15 | This way the lining stretches as easily as the knitted skirt and fits smoothly over the waist . |
| 16 | When the transistor came along , we thought that with valves and relays out of the way , electronics would never ( well , hardly ever ) break down . |
| 17 | Tony Hands of Colchester has leap-frogged above Harris in the rankings and goes straight into the main event . |
| 18 | LEEDS hooker Richard Gunn has signed for Featherstone Rovers and goes straight into the side against Carlisle to-morrow . |
| 19 | Middlesbrough-born Gill has signed until the end of the season and goes straight into the squad for tomorrow 's important game at Scunthorpe . |
| 20 | The decisive customer knows what she wants and goes straight to the counter to ask for the item she requires . |
| 21 | He cuts out the middle men and women — the dreaded parents — and goes straight for the hearts and minds of kids . |
| 22 | First , do we really accept that a man in the act of undressing suddenly decides halfway through that he will hang himself and goes up to the garret without his boots on to carry out the terrible act ? |
| 23 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 24 | And it goes out in a blaze of colour — a spectacular firework display which starts at 6.45pm and goes on into the night . |
| 25 | She lifts her eyebrows at me and then stands up and goes over to the sink . |
| 26 | She takes out this dark red dress with these big white dots and goes over to the mirror . |
| 27 | He turns his back and goes over to the chest of drawers , his brown bottom wiggling at Mark . |
| 28 | ‘ It has a firmer texture and goes well with the heavier sauces . |
| 29 | One boy is chosen and goes out of the room . |
| 30 | I stay at home and my partner — for I 'm not a wife — puts on a suit and goes out of the door to work . |