Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a continual need to appraise existing techniques , to seek refinements and to search out new instrumental methods of examination which have more to offer in speed , accuracy or range of elements found . |
| 2 | Cripps gave his name to an era of austerity , queues , shortages and high income tax ( 9s. 6d. in the pound again in 1951 , almost as high as in wartime ) , flattening the peaks of the income range and lopping off any surviving Matterhorns . |
| 3 | Overtake the instant and drag out some writhing thing . |
| 4 | Albert Hammond that is and er A Free Electric Band it 's Radio Nottingham it 's a quarter to one and er Action Line Action Line time now and er in a film Thelma and Louise that 's starter of the trend for stronger independent women if er you fancy a lift but want something a little less drastic then our Louise from the Action Line team is here today with something to tickle your fancy I 'm scared now I hope you 're not suggesting that er women take to their cars and mow down any unsuspecting male that gets in their way . |
| 5 | The Angel of Death looks in and he says : ‘ You 've got five minutes to get your clean nightdress on , and arrange your effects , and put the cat out , and tear up that compromising letter , and then I 'll be back for you . ’ |
| 6 | Seems a naive little bitch : very anxious to meet her famous sister again , and kiss and make up some pathetic family squabble . ’ |
| 7 | The agency will also have powers to charge private companies for " permits to pollute " , and to carry out such environmental monitoring work as is required by law . |
| 8 | requiring the defendant to comply with the abatement or prohibition notice or otherwise abate the nuisance in a specified time , and to carry out any necessary works , |
| 9 | She is unemployed , and bringing up two young daughters on benefits . |
| 10 | Here 's your reservoir going down to town , there 's a a big drop there they 'd normally put it through the turbine and pick up some free electricity |
| 11 | That will actually I 'll be able to put the targets , or the ideas of the targets onto computer , and pick up any trailing training from that . |
| 12 | Anyway , if you 're goin' to tea with the toffs you 'd better get scrubbed down and pick out some decent clothes . ’ |
| 13 | When Liza seemed surprised , even put out , at this , she hastily altered her arrangements and made up two single beds in the larger room overlooking the sea . |
| 14 | The setting sun — it was now mid-August , so the sun just dipped below the horizon — would round the headland of Flakstad village and dance over some tiny skerries off the shore . |
| 15 | The government of C. R. ( later Earl ) Attlee accepted the recommendations ; Turner 's second decade as director was devoted primarily to implementing them , recruiting and training young scholars , including many whose interest had been aroused during war service in Asia or Africa , and building up strong academic departments . |
| 16 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 17 | The merlin establishes its territory up in the heather-covered hill areas , and searches out suitable hooded crows ' nests from the year before which it will appropriate for its own brood . |
| 18 | She says a massage will help loosen you up and get the blood flowing normally and warm up those aching muscles . |
| 19 | The prohibition on incest is , however , needed , for the young person must leave the family , develop independently of it , and build up other social groups and new cultural objects . |
| 20 | Lining is a must except for sheers — and interlining recommended for insulating — both keeping in the heat and keeping out any cold air — cutting down noise and dirt absorption . |
| 21 | Now , I wanted to look at the possibilities of a rather softer approach and tried out some alternative ways of using eh Faber-Castell Polychromos Pastels . |
| 22 | Leave approximately 25cms hanging below the bear , attach the toggle and cut off any extra cord . |
| 23 | To prevent birds pulling them up , net the rows until they root and cut off any wispy tips . |
| 24 | - British Rail issue a new timetable and you have a nasty suspicion that they have juggled it around so that they have deleted a few trains and cut out that convenient late night one , and you look for your old timetable to check but it has gone with the wind . |
| 25 | Roll out two-thirds of the gelatine icing ( about 450g/1lb ) to 5mm ( ¼ inch ) thickness and cut out two large rectangles for the roof . |
| 26 | Then roll out the green , red and yellow pieces separately and cut out two large wedges or triangles of each , to fit the top third of the balloon . |
| 27 | That was largely due to John McKee who started off as sweeper but ended up playing in front of teenage centre back Mark Molloy and cut out many threatening moves . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , roll out half the blue fondant ( about 225g/8oz ) into a rectangle of the same size and cut out three identical triangles . |
| 29 | Prune and thin out any old growth and place plant on moist gravel in a bright window . |
| 30 | But I expect that you all want to know how I could do it — how I could have walked in and scooped up this yummy young man from the arms of his loving and lawful wife . |