Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Test your water with an ammonia test kit every couple of days and change as much water as often as is necessary to maintain safe levels . |
| 2 | Cripps gave his name to an era of austerity , queues , shortages and high income tax ( 9s. 6d. in the pound again in 1951 , almost as high as in wartime ) , flattening the peaks of the income range and lopping off any surviving Matterhorns . |
| 3 | Overtake the instant and drag out some writhing thing . |
| 4 | How come time speeds up and slows down all at once ? |
| 5 | Albert Hammond that is and er A Free Electric Band it 's Radio Nottingham it 's a quarter to one and er Action Line Action Line time now and er in a film Thelma and Louise that 's starter of the trend for stronger independent women if er you fancy a lift but want something a little less drastic then our Louise from the Action Line team is here today with something to tickle your fancy I 'm scared now I hope you 're not suggesting that er women take to their cars and mow down any unsuspecting male that gets in their way . |
| 6 | I may have been being a bit selfish , but I could n't bear to lose him in that way , and he seemed to be making such an effort himself , not ever putting weight on that leg and eating as much as he could . |
| 7 | I was always heading for the carvery and eating too much . |
| 8 | I was always heading for the carvery and eating too much . |
| 9 | He also warned against buying Columbian coffee and eating too many beefburgers and he finished his ‘ don'ts ’ by saying ‘ do n't be buried , be cremated instead ’ , causing much amusement among his audience . |
| 10 | And Pat very much did not like Bert going with Jasper to Ireland . |
| 11 | Even President-elect Bill Clinton could not contain his dismay last week after IBM Corp announced that business in Europe was so bad that the company would at best break even in the current quarter — and prescribed only more of the same medicine that has so signally failed to save the situation up to now . |
| 12 | And probably the best thing to do is say is say , Trumpet plays horn two , and plays quietly all the way through , |
| 13 | Last week it launched version 4 of the XPG portability guide and laid out some of its plans for the future . |
| 14 | Upstairs Rachaela put on a tape of Brahms and laid out some leaves of lettuce and slices of tomato , a cold chicken leg from the deli . |
| 15 | Irvine , California-based Pick Systems Inc , which two months ago was hiring back some of its old lieutenants , has up and laid off all its vice-presidents and managers except for its engineering chief , and will close down all but its Russian and its headquarters operations , Unigram reports . |
| 16 | Pick Systems Inc , which two months ago was hiring back some of its old lieutenants ( UX No 420 ) , has up and laid off all its vice presidents and managers except its engineering chief reportedly without notice or severance and will close down all but its Russian and headquarters operations . |
| 17 | Dr Battie believed in avoiding extremes of pleasure or anxiety , and recommended only those occupations which absorbed the patient 's attention without creating strain , such as copying lists of names . |
| 18 | As you do so move your arms backwards over your head , then forward , and repeat as many times as is comfortable . |
| 19 | Sitting as straight as possible , raise and lower the towel and repeat as many times as is comfortable . |
| 20 | By repeatedly mentioning the example of the access to the Duddon and naming very few other rivers which may be used he probably paints a truer access picture than he intends . |
| 21 | The little hen worked all day getting moss and wood and bind up those |
| 22 | But once the West no longer needed Mr Ceausescu 's anti-Soviet services , his policy of deliberate isolation narrowed his options and led earlier this year to the first signs of internal party dissent . |
| 23 | But once the West no longer needed Mr Ceausescu 's anti-Soviet services , his policy of deliberate isolation narrowed his options and led earlier this year to the first signs of internal party dissent . |
| 24 | There was widespread international sympathy for the mujaheddin as opponents of Soviet invasion : but this obscured the internal , civil war , origins of the conflict and led too few observers to ask what the programme of the tribal insurgents was , not least with regard to women . |
| 25 | was to be done and wiped away that |
| 26 | Every summer , for the month of July , the Goldman caravanserai would come to rest in London , where Milton would refresh his contacts , burnish new friendships and influence even more people . |
| 27 | The Angel of Death looks in and he says : ‘ You 've got five minutes to get your clean nightdress on , and arrange your effects , and put the cat out , and tear up that compromising letter , and then I 'll be back for you . ’ |
| 28 | Surely Jesus is the way the Truth and the Life , and the validity of his message is compromised and attacked too much already in our nation today ? |
| 29 | The job paid quite well and I could perhaps at that stage have afforded somewhere slightly better to live , but I 'd got used to my new home and I was still keen to try and build up some savings again . |
| 30 | He even handed over his B&B passbook once and asked how much he 'd got in it . |