Example sentences of "and [vb infin] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we can appear and disappear just when we like , which can be very convenient . |
| 2 | Her intention had been to move nowhere — that everything necessary would be said here , and then she 'd back off and disappear faster than Joe could follow . |
| 3 | I grinned then , I recall , and brought the stunter down fast and acute across the weeds and the water , the sand and the surf , scudding it in across the wind to jerk and zoom just before it hit the girl herself where she sat on the dune top holding and spasmodically jerking the string she held in her hand , connected to the sky . |
| 4 | It aims to elaborate and refine rather than overturn ; it is evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 5 | The implicit tax would thus rise and fall precisely as needed to counter speculative pressures . |
| 6 | The leisurely lunch is over and you can now stretch out and do just as you please . |
| 7 | The view was that radio should always speak with the same voice as the Government , aiming to educate and improve rather than entertain the public . |
| 8 | The station was filled with hissing steam engines ( well , it was some time back ) and one decided to belch , steam and whistle just as we passed , thus managing to blow the youngest daughter 's mind , who demanded to be carried on the spot — and at frequent intervals during the rest of the adventure . |
| 9 | On our return to the schooner we found Mr. Gould no longer firm in his former determination to depart immediately , and on my telling him he must give me his hand in pledge that he would stay here and work longer if necessary , he , after a little hesitation , consented . |
| 10 | Do n't try and keep more than one Clownfish in the same tank unless they are a pair of a similar species . |
| 11 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 12 | Television , it should be remembered , can conserve and celebrate just as it can abbreviate and denature . |
| 13 | Whatever the nature of the program , the teacher and the pupils have the opportunity to investigate and discover together whether through discussion and argument , using drill and practice program through simulations , modelling or database programs . |
| 14 | We know now that someone in a coma may still hear and react emotionally when they are nursed and that how they are treated and spoken to may affect their recovery . |
| 15 | The approaching fleet , now seen to be wearing banners showing the Leopards of England , did slow down and bunch together as they approached the harbour entrance , to negotiate the fairly narrow channel . |
| 16 | The virtue of this procedure is that you will then consider and decide finally whether you should make any requisitions upon , for example , the absence of a covenant for production of one of the title documents , an outstanding mortgage that should be discharged , restrictions that were not disclosed by the contract , etc . |
| 17 | They all stared at me wide-eyed and continued to stand and stare even after I had sat down at the table . |
| 18 | It remains to be seen whether this suggestion will become law , but the only really confident prediction must be that so long as capitalism remains , trusts will continue to change and develop so as to meet changes in social conditions and the tax structure . |
| 19 | Even if the quarrel is not started by you at all , you will be less able to cope and respond appropriately if you are already slightly under the weather . |
| 20 | ‘ Qui plus fait , mie[u]x vault ’ ( ‘ Who does most is worth most ’ ) , the refrain in the Livre de chevalerie written in the middle of the fourteenth century by Geoffroi de Charny , the standard-bearer of King John II of France at the battle of Poitiers , who preferred to stand and die rather than run away in the moment of defeat , aptly sums up the chivalrous attitude to war . |
| 21 | I should wither up and die inside if he did . |
| 22 | The petals are the last to go on as these will fade and die quickly if a start is made too soon . |
| 23 | It enables individuals to overcome some of the accessibility/mobility problems outlined above ; they can come and go largely as they please , use the services they wish and enjoy a wide range of social , business and leisure contacts , conditioned only by the time that is available for driving from place to place and the running costs of the vehicle . |
| 24 | So anything that can fall down and go faster as it falls . |
| 25 | Only since the general adoption of the policy of specialisation engendered by the Industrial Revolution has it become common to demolish and rebuild rather than to adapt and extend . |
| 26 | Among the ‘ lower caste ’ people , the woman 's role had always been rather different from her role in the farming castes ; now ‘ lower caste ’ women worked increasingly in the fields alongside the men and this led , according to Mamdani , to ‘ a radical change … in the attitude towards girl children … low caste families do not look upon the birth of a girl with the disfavour they used to ’ — though ‘ to a certain extent the disfavour persists because the girl will marry and emigrate precisely when she has reached the age of greatest productivity ’ . |
| 27 | The verses are meant to explain the fact that the disciples responded to Jesus , but there were many who refused to repent and stand outside because they did not recognise who Jesus was . |
| 28 | I said I can understand , he said I had to turn and walk away because my fingers were itching |
| 29 | The eggs hatch in twenty-six days , and the chicks are able to stand and walk almost immediately they emerge . |
| 30 | So that you have your they 're not so daft as to know that two people who are going to come and live even if Richard 's away half the time . |