Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [noun pl] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The team , as usual lacking expertise in the particular field , agreed , and laid down criteria for positive discrimination to fight back . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Gina filled the kettle and laid out cups and saucers . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | By sharing our sovereignty with our partners in the European Community , we can begin to achieve some realistic control and influence over events . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Particular attention is given to the techniques applied for sampling , interviewing and drawing up questionnaires . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Sir Robert pledged that Walker would continue to operate as an autonomous business and ruled out closures in its network of distribution centres . |
| 20 | Hundreds of couples ignored the new secular ceremony instituted by the 1653 Marriage Act and sought out clergymen to conduct clandestine church weddings for them . |
| 21 | We used to build Lego together and make up stores about the fellows who lived in the Lego houses , and if Mike talked about me , people just thought he was making me up . |
| 22 | Tiptoe along the lanes and peer over hedges . |
| 23 | Its really great — we sing dance and read off scripts ! |
| 24 | This time , I 'll try and make up minutes and get them out , cos it helps I think . |
| 25 | She cocked her head to try and make out sounds but there were none . |
| 26 | By the middle 1950 's most of my generation were settling down to carving out their careers and bringing up families after the unsettling effects of the war years during which they had experienced all they wanted of adventure and excitement . |
| 27 | Obviously at the moment we we all of us are really tied up with living from a Tuesday to a Saturday really you know with Tuesdays our meeting and then all that has to be done after that and then Saturday is the food parcels you know so and most people work as well either part time or full time work at home er with the kids and bringing up families so and obviously also money is shor short for people that are directly involved in the strike so erm . |
| 28 | Women continue to accept major responsibilities for managing the home and bringing up children . |
| 29 | It is quite possible that by taking care of the old , the very young , the sick and others ‘ public services replace the old fashioned enlarged family and make the adults more available for employment , particularly the women who were traditionally responsible for household work and bringing up children . ’ |
| 30 | It was as if his mind was digging down through the years and bringing up pictures of past events … |