Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men tend to spend more time analysing their own thoughts and motives , and reflecting on others ' behaviour . |
| 2 | Adding in refinancing of maturing debt ( and allowing for individuals ' national savings ) , that means that £1 billion of gilt-edged debt must be sold per week . |
| 3 | Other methods of evaluation could include interviewing a sample of consumers in the target market ( eg to check if they had seen the promotion , changed their buying habits etc ) , and checking on dealers ' stock-levels , shelf-space etc . |
| 4 | This is one of those maverick ideas books that arrive out of nowhere and sleep on reviewers ' shelves until someone notices them . |
| 5 | The slogans on buildings round the square and carried by workers ' groups reflected his new thinking . |
| 6 | It was still early when they went in to Gamages and headed for Ladies ' Gowns . |
| 7 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 8 | They fed trout in the lake at Sandringham House , slid down the banisters , took Jill , their springer spaniel for long rambles , played hide and seek in the garden , listened to the wind whistling through the trees and hunted for pigeons ' eggs . |
| 9 | The Family Heart Association is urging more people to have their cholesterol level checked and act on doctors ' advice . |
| 10 | Candlesticks filed into pieces and collected in ladies ' stockings had served for canister for a while , but had been swiftly exhausted . |
| 11 | So we have had to classify viewing and listening by respondents ' reports of their ‘ regular ’ behaviour in March 1987 . |
| 12 | IBM TO PROVIDE SALES AND SUPPORT FOR SAPIENS ' PRODUCTS |
| 13 | Bell Atlantic Corp 's Bell Atlantic Business Systems International has formed a partnership with Fujitsu Australia Ltd to provide independent computer service and support for companies ' enterprises in Australia , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea and Fiji : each company will own a half interest in a partnership that owns ACL Computer Services and will conduct business under the name of FBA Computer Technology Services , providing hardware , software , network and usage support on mainframe to desktop systems from multiple vendors ; Fujitsu Australia is now 80% owned by Fujitsu Ltd and 20% by ICL Plc . |
| 14 | If you are well-acquainted with pigments and paints and are equipped with the manufacturer 's pigment information , you can pick and choose between artists ' and students ' ranges to obtain a balance between the colours you want , their permanency , quality , quantity and price . |
| 15 | If you are well-acquainted with pigments and paints and are equipped with the manufacturer 's pigment information , you can pick and choose between artists ' and students ' ranges to obtain a balance between the colours you want , their permanency , quality , quantity and price . |
| 16 | Politicians take up views , and react to industries ' actions . |
| 17 | … the rending pain of re-enactment Of all that you have done , and been ; the shame Of motives late revealed , and the awareness Of things ill done and done to others ' harm Which once you took for exercise of virtue . |
| 18 | So as to avoid any political consideration of policies , the auditor 's brief is to monitor and report upon agencies ' and departments ' approaches for monitoring and reviewing their own effectiveness . |
| 19 | In a hotel , for example , this means ensuring that every employee — manager , housekeeper , waiters , porters , cleaners , and others — can be contacted at a moment 's notice and alerted to customers ' requirements . |
| 20 | What has wings , and gets into cats ' mouths ? |
| 21 | On a slab and piled into a stone sink were torsos of human beings , one or two of them opened and filleted like pigs ' carcasses . |
| 22 | ‘ To grow and develop in relationships ' |
| 23 | Waking early in the morning and coming into parents ' bed . |
| 24 | Any luncheon checks , lounge drinks and room service checks are posted to the tabular ledger and entered on guests ' folios . |
| 25 | He got some kind of perverse pleasure out of this , thinking at the back of his mind that when The Graduate opened in the movie houses around Manhattan , the face would be seen magnified on a big screen and imprinted on audiences ' minds . |
| 26 | They also hold tutorials and seminars , and comment on students ' written work , as well as setting and marking examinations . |
| 27 | But despite its glamorous image of foreign travel , meeting and dealing with firms ' top executives , and making headlines in the financial press when the deal bursts onto the markets , you have to be very committed and prepared to work long and unsocial hours ( often at weekends ) and be comfortable dealing with people who are often under stress and , in consequence , rude . |
| 28 | You leave by the fenced footpath at the entrance , turn right at the road and cross into Freeholders ' Wood and follow the hard path towards the Lower Falls . |
| 29 | So he spent his days in a sedan chair draped with blankets and lined with hares ' fur to ensure that no air could percolate . |
| 30 | In a recent report no difference was found between the effects of perindopril and nifedipine on patients ' microalbuminuria and blood pressure over one year . |