Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Antony the Devil came to tempt and torture him in a variety of fantastical forms from lascivious women to wild beasts . |
| 2 | He had practiced putting on his kitchen floor at home during the winter to try and prepare himself for the greens . |
| 3 | For now , the Strongs wil just have to wait and prepare themselves for the next weekend that Purcell comes home . |
| 4 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |
| 5 | Had Furlanetto done his homework on the great singers of the past , simply in order to try and absorb something of the tradition in double-quick time ? |
| 6 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 7 | The effects of the Great Depression and a renewed possibility of war in Europe in the 1930s made most Americans all the more determined to isolate and insulate themselves from the quarrels and atavism of the nations of Europe . |
| 8 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 9 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 10 | In the face of thumb joints with developing arthritis , I decided to lash out and treat myself to a Silver Reed punching machine , PM10 . |
| 11 | Her advice is to try and treat it as a normal meal . |
| 12 | She always accompanied her unpackings by such comments , always with the same indignant implication that the grocers did their best to defraud and anger her with every item . |
| 13 | We shall attempt to apply and adapt them to a much shorter viewing distance , under controlled laboratory conditions . |
| 14 | The merit of this , as we have seen , is that we are led to examine the ways in which this ‘ objective ’ economic class comes to persist and reproduce itself as a self-consciously ‘ lived ’ social entity . |
| 15 | Another good way of practising the start without having to go through the exhausting rig recovery is to sail along and lower yourself into the water . |
| 16 | They are then invited to try and throw them in a basket one at a time without looking at the value . |
| 17 | Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’ |
| 18 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 19 | He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement . |
| 20 | I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . |
| 21 | She recalled his saying , ‘ I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . ’ |
| 22 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 23 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
| 24 | So as I say I think it 'll , I think it 'll , it 'll run okay and behave itself on the assumption you can get some people to fill it in so er |
| 25 | I suppose they might try and sellotape her to the walls of their cells . |
| 26 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |
| 27 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that only this morning we were trying to persuade poor old Eddy to go off and enjoy himself on a facilities trip to the Persian Gulf … |
| 28 | They can decide which pathways to follow and explore them at the time they ‘ read ’ the document . |
| 29 | Buchanan 's Triangles clubmate Mark Tosh pushed hard to try and catch him on the five-mile run but the Derry man won in a time of 1.28.52 . |
| 30 | I have to go and catch her on a really bad day . |