Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We advise our composers , helping to sift out the bad songs and to search out opportunities for our writers to compose ‘ covers ’ for particular artists . |
| 2 | Every night both he and he and others packed into the tigh dubh , huddled around peat fires , supping the broth and listening to the wind skirting the stone walls and bellowing down stone wells . |
| 3 | If you want the real deal , go and track down Spike Lee 's original Forty Acres And A Mule merchandise |
| 4 | These reports sent them bustling off to organize air tickets to the head of the Gulf , designating it Persian or Arabian according to the nationality of the airline or the destination selected , to check out the situation and track down flesh with which to clothe the bare bones . |
| 5 | Look out for products such as Visio , a drop and drag drawing package which utilises job-specific stencils ; WinDesk , a customisable desktop for Windows ; ProtoView , a screen management facility for Windows ; Star Trek the Screensaver , a screensaver program for Star Trek fanatics ; Office Accelerator , a program to run your office from within your favourite word-processor ; Color Tools , a multimedia graphics solution ; Labtech Vision , a program that produces dynamic graphics that automatically update in real time , and CameraMan , which records and plays back Windows routines . |
| 6 | The team , as usual lacking expertise in the particular field , agreed , and laid down criteria for positive discrimination to fight back . |
| 7 | He was forced to withdraw his dissolution , though only after more than two years of controversy , during which time the Council had gone about its business and drafted a number of decrees that restrained the power of the papacy , and laid down reforms throughout the Church . |
| 8 | Tebbit clarified the position and laid down guidelines that the effect on competition should be the only criterion for deciding whether to block a proposed merger , although in practice this guideline was not always fully adhered to . |
| 9 | The silence continued long , while Harry picked up and laid down tool after tool , smoothed a finger-nail along the chisels , hefted the mallets , turning and twisting like a caged animal with the fury of his longing and the rigidity of his pride . |
| 10 | Gina filled the kettle and laid out cups and saucers . |
| 11 | What is special here is the relaxed way they are grown , not just as climbers trained up fences and trellis , but also as scramblers , making their way enthusiastically over shrubs and tumbling over heathers to provide an added season of interest . |
| 12 | But out of sight in the galley , she gripped the rail in front of the cooker to steady herself and choked back tears of rage and frustration . |
| 13 | Come and sit down Anna Uncle Jonathan 's getting you some now come on , come and sit down . |
| 14 | Come here and sit down Prince . |
| 15 | Come and sit down Janet . |
| 16 | More important , it was subversive of the control and influence over events which Parliament sought to exercise that the monarch exercising a substantial ‘ pay-roll ’ influence over Parliament itself . |
| 17 | By sharing our sovereignty with our partners in the European Community , we can begin to achieve some realistic control and influence over events . |
| 18 | The risk addressed was that former employees might take advantage of contacts and influence over clients acquired during their employment , and divert business to themselves . |
| 19 | We thank our union for their support , both morally and financially , and we shall continue to try and build up branches with your help throughout the U K. |
| 20 | Place in a shallow dish and squeeze over lemon juice , then drizzle over oil . |
| 21 | The charity shop 's not really a proper shop — it ai n't smart or none of that , and there 's just a couple of old women sitting by an electric fire and helping out customers when they want to try on clothes and that . |
| 22 | Several of the older inhabitants of the village remember the team and filled in details — but no one was found who actually played in any of the games . |
| 23 | These included promoting energy conservation and efficiency ; placing tighter controls on fossil fuel emissions ; and stepping up research into alternative energy sources . |
| 24 | Head tilted back , and firing out ideas like a machine-gun in his nasal North London voice , he had presented himself as a man with his finger on the modem business pulse . |
| 25 | In turn , these two characteristics permit hierarchy to meet four of any organization 's fundamental needs : to add real value to work as it moves through the organization , to identify and nail down accountability at each stage of the value-adding process , to place people with the necessary competence at each organizational layer , and to build a general consensus and acceptance of the managerial structure that achieves these ends . |
| 26 | Particular attention is given to the techniques applied for sampling , interviewing and drawing up questionnaires . |
| 27 | Gregory works on the technical side , liaising with the sound and lighting people and drawing up set lists . |
| 28 | Again , if the laws governing reflection are true , then ab , must be reflected along bc , and ab' along b'c' . |
| 29 | Some foundations had to melt down precious objects and sell off estates , and even the wealthier , such as the abbey of Glastonbury , were occasionally in difficulties . |
| 30 | This might include a desire to see wild flowers and animals in a natural setting , possibly to see sheep and cattle grazing in fields , to have access to woodlands , country walks , to be able to climb hills and even mountains and to go down pot-holes . |