Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb -s] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An academic takes him away for extensive intelligence tests , but he becomes disruptive and eventually opts to return home . |
| 2 | And little arbours to sit in with your girl , if it rained . |
| 3 | If the patient can not use the lexical procedure to read , say , pint , and so has to fall back upon the non-lexical procedure , a reading error will result : pint will be read with a short i ( as in mint ) . |
| 4 | Later at the buffet lunch in the marquee he barged to the front of the queue saying , ‘ Oh , I do n't believe in queuing ! ’ and when somebody behind him objected , convinced her with a sort of apologetic bashfulness that actually he has diabetes , you see , and so needs to eat right now . |
| 5 | The employee may appear eminently suitable for a particular post but if his wife is unwilling to relocate abroad and only agrees to do so grudgingly , this is bound to mar the employee 's likelihood of completing the assignment . |
| 6 | It is currently working on a business plan and apparently expects to sell largely to commercial customers including the old Opus base of resellers . |
| 7 | Such a particle is heavier than its new surroundings and thus tends to fall back to its original level and then overshoot . |
| 8 | Mrs X is at present attending a college where she is studying science , and desperately wishes to take up embalming as a career , but unfortunately this is where the problem begins . |
| 9 | Jim competes as a veteran in Nordic events in Scotland and still manages to come in 3rd or 4th overall . |
| 10 | My father preferred and still prefers to screw up his eyes and lean forward should he need to see whether the pink or blue is about to be potted . |
| 11 | As his condition improves , he gradually starts to wash while sitting , and later learns to get in and out of the bath . |
| 12 | The MIDRIFF STRETCH is especially good for eliminating a spare tyre around the middle and also helps to straighten out a double chin ! |
| 13 | It is derived from the epiblast and probably starts to emerge early in gastrulation , the head process and other invaginated epiblast cells replacing all or part of the pre-existing visceral embryonic endoderm . |
| 14 | Oh , yes , little Ellie Browne belongs — and now hopes to belong somewhere else . |
| 15 | The digestive system of the cat is less successful in this respect and often fails to break down the dangerous elements in ingested substances to make them harmless . |
| 16 | But in ( 5 ) there is no " and then " sense ; and here seems to mean just what the standard truth table for & would have it mean — namely that the whole is true just in case both conjuncts are true ; hence the reversal of the conjuncts in ( 7 ) does not affect the conceptual import at all . |
| 17 | The one on the left raises the daggerboard and immediately starts to sag off away from the wind . |
| 18 | The Chartley type , possibly influenced by the Longhorn , extends outwards and then tends to curve downwards rather than up . |
| 19 | He spits with contempt and then begins to whimper suddenly and pick things off his body with a disgusted expression on his face . |
| 20 | He is like a runner in the 5000 metres who walks all the way to the bell and then tries to make up lost time by running the last lap like a 100 metre sprint finalist — not a good technique , as you can imagine . |
| 21 | Ewan seems to have inherited the Foxcroft love of walking and never wants to turn back . |
| 22 | Austen Chamberlain on the other hand was always reserved and never seems to have fully understood Law 's belief in his party nor his readiness to sacrifice even profound beliefs for the sake of unity . |