Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could double and halve small numbers , decompose the calculation into components and recombine them to find the solution . |
| 2 | Then Lydia , who was part of the group , had a go at me and said you had to put your whole being into Christ 's hands and trust him to do the rest . |
| 3 | And trust you to like the one person you can never have , she mused . |
| 4 | ‘ They are saying to the council that they 've got to listen to how their employees and the public feel , and not to impose the cuts of central government on their workers and expect them to carry the consequences . ’ |
| 5 | To tell these in their own right and expect them to retain the charm they got from their larger setting would be a terrible error , an error to which Tolkien would be more sensitive than any man alive . |
| 6 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 7 | In fact it is just as misleading to ignore the packaging and expect someone to assess the new situation without any help . |
| 8 | Make contact with the chairman of the Uses Committee and press him to place the church in the hands of the local office of one of the national estate agents . |
| 9 | To ensure an even finish , place a board over them and tap it to level the cobbles . |
| 10 | You start out with good intentions , helping with the homework , making it fun : you lay out the chocolate drops on the giant musical stave and challenge them to find the note ‘ B ’ and eat it : you run supportively alongside the wobbling bicycle , getting your ankles chewed up by sharp pedals . |
| 11 | The beliefs and behaviour of remote cultures challenge most profoundly our own ethnocentric experience and assumptions , and compel us to recognize the amazing variety and versatility of human social arrangements , moral standards , and cosmologies . |
| 12 | Screw this in , and remove it to create the thread . |
| 13 | Cut the bad stuff out and er put the new timber in and shape it to fit the existing door casing , architrave and |
| 14 | A sander will be required to remove excess filler and shape it to match the existing timber . |
| 15 | A sander will be required to remove excess filler and shape it to match the existing timber . |
| 16 | for through running and persuade them to use the spur as a terminal stub . |
| 17 | Like advertisements , window displays aim to attract the customers ' attention and persuade them to enter the shop and buy . |
| 18 | She dearly wanted to see her family and persuade them to forget the ill-feeling that had split the Corosini apart . |
| 19 | Louise tried to soothe him and persuade him to drink the antiseptic draught which McNab had given her . |
| 20 | The people who add value are all around us , we 've got to find them and empower them to drive the changes which will make ICI a stronger player in all its businesses . |
| 21 | It was the gentleman who seemed to spring to the door and open it to let the two heavily laden customers out . |
| 22 | Hold the glass by the stem and swirl it to release the aroma . |
| 23 | If Mr Moynihan is keen to hang on to his job he should get on to FIFA now and tell them to make the booking . |
| 24 | Phone Sharon and tell her to get the phone number . |
| 25 | Mummy would have Mrs Thing bring in a trolley with cakes and sandwiches and tell her to play the piano for the Guests . |
| 26 | Signor Diomede said to give you his compliments and tell you to take the morning off . |
| 27 | Sober reflection would have shown him that the sensible procedure would have been to phone the police and get them to ask the Bomb Disposal Squad to come and check the bag out . |
| 28 | Encourage these drug lords to stop the drug traffic and get them to use the money constructively . |
| 29 | We had to get people round the table and get them to speak to one another and get them to share the cost . |
| 30 | ‘ Get to the hall — tell them what has happened , and get them to secure the Manse . |