Example sentences of "and [vb base] [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should maintain a low intake of fat , especially saturated fat , and eat plenty of fibre-rich foods , like fruit , vegetables , beans and grains . |
| 2 | Inevitably , I noted these criticisms were rarely in relation to what he had said ( few had actually read the book ) , but rather were expressions of shocked outrage that he had failed to keep silent and say nothing at all . |
| 3 | Go now , and say nothing about this . ’ |
| 4 | When I visited the Edison National Historic Site a few years ago , my guide told me that the full resources of his employer ( the United States Government ) had failed to break one ; but to find out exactly what was inside the quarter-inch slab , they had borrowed a diamond saw and cut one in half . |
| 5 | Each dance should arise naturally from the context and reveal something about one or another or all the characters in reaction to a series of situations . |
| 6 | Not so High Rocks , whose owners have steadily raised their admission charges in the last few years , threatened climbers with access restrictions , and put nothing at all back into the maintenance of the rocks , save to enclose them in a sturdy , reinforced fence . |
| 7 | You know you can , you can work a bit of a flanker and put something on that 's more or less acceptable to them . |
| 8 | Hands in his clay-coloured raincoat , Gaily , myopic , bent down and read one at random , wonderingly . |
| 9 | The oak will certainly be removing many nutrients from the soil so the first thing you should do is dig the area over well and incorporate plenty of organic matter such as well-rotted manure , garden compost , leaf mould or peat . |
| 10 | Remember , that unless you have inspected the wedding list and know everybody on both sides of the family you can never be sure who is in a large audience . |
| 11 | display quite appalling ignorance of other parts of the subject — it does n't seem to matter too much to the arts faculty or the historians , that you concentrate on something here and know nothing about important things elsewhere . |
| 12 | ‘ Many spend two years in the sixth form and get nothing at all , and it is hard for people who get a low grade at A-level to realise they have actually done very well . ’ |
| 13 | Take regular physical exercise and get plenty of fresh air , but not last thing at night . |
| 14 | It helps to break down tension and get everything into proper perspective , ’ he explained later . |
| 15 | ‘ Rational ’ — a word that can take on various meanings and get one into all sorts of trouble — is here being used to describe those models that ignore organizational behaviour and suggest that the decision-maker has near-perfect knowledge , power and insight , needing merely to conduct the necessary analysis and implement it . |
| 16 | Tell you what , I would love to , like to for me to be a sergeant again and get someone like that in my troop fucking break him . |
| 17 | There are two classes of printers , one called newspaper hands and set nothing but solid matter ; and properly trained compositors who have been taught to do jobbing , tabular work and everything . " |
| 18 | is n't it , oh yes perfectly harmless no malice meant there at all but you try and convince somebody of that . |
| 19 | We 've got a Hollywood spot a comedy spot lots of raving rock and roll lots of incredible yarns so be there be square ooh ee . |
| 20 | Lifeboat organisations range from the gully government- funded to the fully voluntary , and operate anything from hundreds of sophisticated lifeboats to a handful of vessels . |
| 21 | You come home and find one inside five days . ’ |
| 22 | I wash it every day and use plenty of light conditioner but I do n't stick to one brand . |
| 23 | To maintain any form of quality and security in our environment and lives we would have to scrap most of our notions and tackle everything from different ends . |
| 24 | Perhaps sit and do nothing at all — or perhaps be revolting ? |
| 25 | Policies such as these penalise those who drink sensibly , are detrimental to the drinks industry and do nothing at all to deter those who are determined to abuse alcohol . |
| 26 | It is a shambles , which has resulted in local government being undermined and the role of the local community being seen as a threat rather than as a partner trying to rebuild broken economies , help the unemployed and do something about essential services . |
| 27 | its going to come round at you in a minute , so I 'll talk about it until it gets to you , erm , it delighted my children this particular painting , erm and I decided to put my sort of analytical approach to one side erm and do something with that later , so this poem is from my , my children 's point of view and one of the things that are very interested , they were really worried , that , erm , I think it marks the height of the table and the fact that the puppies might fall off and do themselves some harm , that , I 'll read it while its going round and then I can see then , that , so this is , ok , from my children 's point of view this poem , its called Threes , Table laid and waiting , milk place in bowl not to high , they lap and swirl , played and roll , paws distance from knocking and breaking goblet , made from clay . |
| 28 | But erm , that 's the idea , you see , that these kids , er well , you know , they may be delinquent , and do lots of nasty things , but it 's only the way they 've been treated by society . |
| 29 | With CD ROM you can bung a disc into your drive and do lots of exciting things . |
| 30 | Decoration of the aquarium should be as simple as possible , and leave plenty of free-swimming space so that the fish can display and move around without having to dodge large objects . |