Example sentences of "and [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , once divested of their zonae , embryos of all stages are very sticky and tend to adhere to one another as well as to most culture dishes . |
| 2 | They also have broad noses and sideways facing nostrils , and tend to sit in a hunched position when at rest . |
| 3 | Store detectives work about seven hours a day , including breaks , and tend to earn from £8,000-£10,000 per year To avoid getting too well known , they have a patch of around 10 shops which they patrol on a rota basis . |
| 4 | Other sentences have a similar type of structure , and tend to end in a similar evocation of vastness and remoteness , as the eye reaches its limit of vision : " under the enormous dome of the sky " ; " the monotonous sweep of the horizon " ; " as if the impassive earth had swallowed her up without an effort , without a tremor " ; " till I lost it at last behind the mitre-shaped hill of the great pagoda " . |
| 5 | They welcome the new day and tend to feel at their best at about noon or earlier . |
| 6 | They have less opportunity to make new friendships and tend to depend for companionship on the continuity of longstanding relationships . |
| 7 | ‘ The bulls going to Perth are selected for the suckler men and tend to fit into a tight price band . |
| 8 | Co-stars Christopher Cazenove and Robin Nedwell lack musical training and tend to struggle through their numbers . |
| 9 | Stories told about Burton at this time are necessarily retrospective and tend to suffer from retrospective grandeur and glamour . |
| 10 | Teachers who use Breakthrough find that their pupils become conscious of the construction of words , and tend to play with words in a way which is helpful for their spelling . |
| 11 | In this respect , pregnant girls at Arbour are also very knowledgeable and confident about giving birth because they have been so well prepared for it , and tend to sail through labour and birth without a lot of problems . |
| 12 | These fibrotic processes are rare and tend to occur in isolation , although a number of overlap syndromes has been reported with multiple organ involvement . |
| 13 | They are more sympathetic to the public perception of the audit and tend to cut through its more arcane aspects . |
| 14 | Studies by the German researchers Sukopp and Schindler have shown that the stems of reed mace Typha are weakened and tend to break at even 11–20 mg/litre nitrate , while , in the Broads , an extensive dieback of the elegant Norfolk reed Phragmites is attributed to nitrate pollution . |
| 15 | Her assignment for C 's Circus was to manipulate men of power and influence to work towards unity with the British Commonwealth in their desperate fight for world freedom . |
| 16 | Insert needle on same row between centre loops , from front to back , take needle behind work and bring to front between loops at right , four rows higher . |
| 17 | We share that judgement and intend to continue with the passage of the Bill . ’ |
| 18 | The decreased total protein and amylase turnover rates are probably a result of a reduction in synthetic rates as the time taken for labelled total protein and amylase to appear in the duodenal juice was significantly longer in the the post-acute pancreatitis patients . |
| 19 | These images also interact with other texts , particularly newspaper accounts of similar conditions , and combine to confirm for many White spectators that the truth is that housing and employment problems and so on will not go away unless Blacks are sent away or at least have their entry to Britain severely restricted . |
| 20 | Evenings are their weakest time since they soon begin to feel fatigued and want to go to sleep relatively early . |
| 21 | They believe he 's carried out several sex attacks in one town , and want to talk to other victims who may have been too scared to come forward . |
| 22 | When you get rich you find that the rich are soft and stupid and want to talk about parties for their daughters . |
| 23 | Imagine that you are writing an essay , and want to refer to what Norris says about deconstruction . |
| 24 | If you are between 8 and 14 and want to participate in a dark journey of the imagination come to the VALLEY OF DOOM . |
| 25 | If you are between 8 and 14 and want to participate in a dark journey of the imagination come to the VALLEY OF DOOM . |
| 26 | It 's significant that when I get home at night and want to listen to a record for pleasure I usually choose a disc made over 30 years ago — the message survives the medium to an astonishing extent in the best old records . |
| 27 | If you have an Orchard MSA and want to borrow on a more permanent basis , you can simply use your Orchard Reserve to cover the cost of major purchases such as a car or a holiday . |
| 28 | While many are unable to tolerate a close , demanding , intimate relationship they nevertheless crave friendships and want to engage in normal social activities such as eating out and chatting over a drink in a club or pub . |
| 29 | Tell Edgar I still love him and Catherine , and want to return to Thrushcross Grange , but I ca n't ! |
| 30 | If you rent your home from the local authority and want to move within your present locality , the housing department may be able to recommend a housing association in addition to their own accommodation . |