Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [vb infin] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the vestry book for 1752 it is reported that Charles Wallis , Sexton , ‘ appeared at the vestry and being strictly examined touching the bounds of the churchyard do acknowledge and declare to the best of his memory that : |
| 2 | The stranger let go and quickly thumbed through a small black book he had taken from his belt . |
| 3 | The defendant did leave and worked as a milkman for a competitor of his former employer . |
| 4 | Er we have n't used very much of it this year I mean I think er I mentioned a few weeks ago the , the question of trips out perhaps in the spring to do fish and that , we could consider er we do n't want to just go er accumulating money for the sake of it erm , we want to get some benefit out of the money we 've got . |
| 5 | But the management did respond and er I think it was just because of the sheer pressure of the shop stewards er making continuous overtures to them on each and every problem that came up , and they were not going to be set aside er with a simple answer er that would n't satisfy a member . |
| 6 | you 've got the option then if , that if the work did increase and they were satisfactory |
| 7 | And er luckily she did n't follow it , but the cat did get and go away . |
| 8 | It is in virtue of ( 5 ) , ( 7 ) , and ( 8 ) that we can truly say that the circumstance makes happen and explains the effect , and not the other way on . |
| 9 | If the fish did attack and he missed with his spear , Trent knew that his chances of getting out of the water in one piece were nil . |
| 10 | On certain nights all the ghosts do battle and the distant echoes of their screams and war-cries are born on the wind . |
| 11 | ‘ They still could not make the dogs let go and so they got in their car and drove at the dogs with headlights flashing , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 12 | Using a process of individual service planning with the local health authority , coupled with extensive practical help and some transitional financial incentives , the team helped establish and support community placements ( Special Development Team , 1988 ; Toogood et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 13 | The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight . |
| 14 | If people think that the exchange rate will fall further , importers will buy now before the rate does fall and they have to pay more for the imports . |
| 15 | In practical terms they call for the government to help buy and protect the Mar Lodge Estate — 77 000 acre plot of land in the Cairngorms which has been up for sale since May . |
| 16 | It is rare for fertility to return after a sterilisation operation but , occasionally , the pathway through the fallopian tubes in the woman or the vas deferens in the man does re-open and fertility returns . |
| 17 | Yes , the men did drink and go with prostitutes . |
| 18 | A villainous raid upon the Stockade where the men do lie and even upon ourselves where we dwell at Belmont would have robbed us of all we have assured thus far by the Grace of God . |
| 19 | Does , does it call into question the fact that that was really what the peasants did think and believe , or were the peasants opportunists , and if they felt they could get away with anything they would get away with anything ? |
| 20 | as if obeying her the bus did appear and ten minutes later she and Erika were at Frankfurter Allee , a roaring road choked with an army convoy : dozens of lorries , their contents masked by huge tarPaulins . |
| 21 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds launched the appeal to help buy and manage the 625acre island . |