Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nurses working for agencies may often be telephoned and asked to undertake an assignment that they do not feel very confident about . |
| 2 | The appellants , in seeking to further the aims of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament , entered and sought to immobilise an airfield . |
| 3 | Agrarian thinkers shared a hatred of capitalism and urbanization , and sought to re-establish an owner-farmer based agriculture as the foundation of the national economy . |
| 4 | Tactical positions were completely at variance : Haya de la Torre rejected the concept of the vanguard party and sought to build an alliance of workers , peasants , the petite bourgeoisie and the ‘ national ’ bourgeoisie — similar in concept to the Chinese Kuomintang . |
| 5 | Rainbow disconnects her hand from Anya 's , rises , and goes to lean an elbow on the mantelpiece . |
| 6 | Within several days she had forgotten her bad habit and her anxiety , and ceased to require an inducement to let someone climb on her back . |
| 7 | We discussed our differences and agreed to call an armistice . |
| 8 | The Transvaal provincial authorities on Oct. 2 , 1989 , met with a " Soweto People 's Delegation " , which included Archbishop Desmond Tutu , Cyril Ramaphosa ( the general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers — NUM ) and Albertina Sisulu , the wife of leading ANC member Walter Sisulu [ for whose release from prison in October 1989 see p. 36964 ] , and agreed to negotiate an end to the three-year rent boycott in the black township of Soweto , which included a partial write-off of nearly US$100,000,000 in accumulated rent arrears . |
| 9 | branded the penalty , which resulting in Courtaulds InterSpray slipping from first to last position in the opening stages of leg three before clawing back places , ‘ draconian ’ and has lodged an objection . |
| 10 | SCOTVEC has started the development process for its own staff and has prepared an outline programme to meet the other staff development needs which have been identified . |
| 11 | Federal Express Corp is to install ‘ several thousand ’ colour and monochrome X-terminals in its Memphis , Tennessee headquarters and local field offices by the mid-1990s , and has placed an order for the pilot stage of its upgrade programme with Network Computing Devices Inc . |
| 12 | The British National Bibliography Research Fund , established in 1975 , includes amongst its aims the promotion of research into the use of books and into reading habits , and has achieved an impact beyond its modest resources — as a glance at the bibliography of this book will show . |
| 13 | Wolfensberger in the United States has focused attention specifically on the implications for service delivery and has developed an assessment procedure aimed not at individuals , but at the quality of services . |
| 14 | The essay has since been listed in several bibliographies , and has exerted an influence which , when I composed it as a kind of riposte to the British Council 's purchase of the copyright of that crack-brained idea from its originator , C. K. Ogden , I could not have foreseen . |
| 15 | If a personal creditor of the heir has been sent into possession in order to protect his property , and has obtained an object left under trust to me , it is agreed that I ought not to be prejudiced by him in any way ; no more than if he had received that object as a pledge from the heir himself . |
| 16 | Apparently , Patrick Eggle has talked with manufacturers of quality , ‘ unfinished ’ furniture and has chosen an oil which not only protects , but also enhances the natural grain of the wood . |
| 17 | THE debate on the male gaze has continued ever since and has had an impact on feminist film-making as well as on theory and criticism . |
| 18 | ( If the reader doubts this and has had an accident driving a car , reflect again ! ) |
| 19 | The West has been grateful to Kundera , extravagantly so at times , and has shown an impulse to beat itself with his playful fictions . |
| 20 | It forms the centrepiece of Oxfam 's Front Line Africa campaign and has prompted an inquiry by the UK Charity Commissioners into the agency 's political campaigning activity . |
| 21 | The group at University College is attempting to build such a microscope , and has produced an instrument that is close to working . |
| 22 | Joe does earn some money on the after-dinner speaking circuit , and has addressed an assortment of lawyers , writers and bankers since his release . |
| 23 | The Army admitted the shooting and promised to help an RUC investigation . |
| 24 | Any form of scientific endeavour must attempt to transcend its time and place to sustain an independent , doubting stance . |
| 25 | When the shopping centre was locked up that night , Ray Coary the manager praised my work , and tried to press an envelope on me . |
| 26 | She reached out across the street and tried to get an idea of the shape of a building she could dimly see . |
| 27 | He envisages the ambience of the place as ‘ discernibly British ’ and wants to see an element of ‘ commercial ’ use : private art galleries , bookshops and design studios would fit in very well , and there could be restaurants off the splendid riverside terrace , which would make a fine sculpture park . |
| 28 | This is a common reaction to the effect of the remedy and you should wait and expect to see an improvement over the next few minutes or an hour or so depending on how severe the illness is . |
| 29 | T-H-R claim to be following several leads , and hope to make an arrest soon . |
| 30 | In the main , they will be private sector employers operating in a free market and looking to secure an edge over their competitors . |