Example sentences of "and [vb base] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One old , old man , drunk and limp as old laundry but standing , yells at another old man who is sleeping with his head on the table . |
| 2 | Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until smooth . |
| 3 | As he was thought to have abused an hallucinogenic drug , he was given activated charcoal and sorbitol by nasogastric tube . |
| 4 | ‘ We can go and visit Senga and thaim in Southern Rhodesia . |
| 5 | There is however no existing policy , control development and change across this wide countryside . |
| 6 | 7.00 a.m. : rise from a bed in an open dormitory shared with five or six other girls ; 7.30 : breakfast , followed by bedmaking ; 8.30 : early morning lacrosse practice or running round the lake ; 9.00 : chapel ; 9.20 : three periods of lessons or prep ; 11.20 : break for buns and milk ; 11.40 : two periods of lessons or prep ; 1.00 : lunch ; 1.40 approximately : a house meeting in which each of thirty-six girls had to inform the housemistress of her activities for the afternoon , and other house business was discussed ; 2.00 : lacrosse ( tennis , cricket , running ) or , if the weather was bad , country dancing , or , with luck , a shampoo ; 3.20 : wash and change into non-uniform clothes ; 3.45 : tea ; 4.00 : four periods of lessons or prep ; 6.40 : house prayers ; 7.00 : supper ; 8.00 or 8.30 , depending on age : half an hour to be spent in chitchat with the housemistress in her room ; 8.30 or 9.00 : bathtime followed by bedtime . |
| 7 | Black silhouettes move out of the darkness and change into blunt torpedoes , dark and slow-moving as they glide over the sandy bottom . |
| 8 | Then , on some mysterious cue , they emerge simultaneously from the soil and change into winged adults . |
| 9 | … and change into that subdirectory . |
| 10 | Once you 've made the choice , though , stick to it throughout the publication , do n't chop and change from one style to another . |
| 11 | Every year particular species arrive and disappear , and change in absolute and relative abundance . |
| 12 | The effects of technical advancement and change in industrial structure on material handling requirements of firms in South Wales |
| 13 | A more gender-balanced communication requires that there be a process of redefinition and change in all areas of human activity . |
| 14 | Self reported smoking behaviour ( backed by saliva sample ) and change in relevant health knowledge , beliefs , and values . |
| 15 | The general social action approach thus emphasises fluidity and change in social interaction ; it has a conception of the individual that emphasises people 's creativity and capacity for innovation . |
| 16 | The last ten years have seen the beginnings of a trend away from the study of objects for their own sake , stimulated partly by the discovery and excavation of settlement sites which have encouraged the formulation of a new range of questions ; the nature of and change in human societies have replaced the barren side of the artefacts . |
| 17 | The first year History course provides pupils with an introduction to the knowledge and skills necessary for a balanced understanding of the emergence of early modern societies , a knowledge of continuity and change in Medieval Europe and an awareness of the heritage which has contributed to the world in which pupils grow up . |
| 18 | Development and change in everyday likes and dislikes |
| 19 | The Maud Report considered there was urgent need for reform and change within local government . |
| 20 | Recent research reveals the importance of kinship and lineage in non-human primates . |
| 21 | Wipe off excess sauce before throwing on the barbecue , and baste during last 20 minutes as above . |
| 22 | The arrow , expressed as a wedge form , can minimise turbulence and drag in supersonic flight and in automobiles travelling beyond about 75 mph ( 120 km per hour ) . |
| 23 | The development of play leads naturally towards involvement in games , which begin in imitative practice such as tying a shoelace , and develop towards symbolic constructions such as of villages or weddings . |
| 24 | Eleven such triple junctions , each possibly associated with a separate hot spot , have been identified on the continental part of the African Plate and an intriguing problem is the way in which they may subsequently promote continental rupture and develop into spreading centres . |
| 25 | We urge you to suspend censorship of the media and refrain from all other repressive measures that inhibit the free flow of information and the practice of independent journalism . |
| 26 | Therefore bide your time and refrain from all action , until I send you word that you may come with my warranty to the council table . |
| 27 | ‘ I love , ’ she said , ‘ to see a seed push out of the earth and crack in two . |
| 28 | I apply the A A schedule of motoring costs , B one eight one , for an engine capacity of two thousand and one to three thousand C C , of three thousand two hundred and eighty eight pounds and eighty eight pence and subtract from that figure the corresponding figure for an engine capacity of one thousand and one to fourteen hundred C C , namely one thousand two hundred and fifty three pounds and thirteen pence for the vehicle I find that she would otherwise have run . |
| 29 | And subtract from that figure the corresponding figure for an engine capacity of one thousand and one to fourteen hundred C C , namely one thousand two hundred and fifty three pounds and thirteen pence for the vehicle I find she would otherwise have run . |
| 30 | He stressed that community ethics must question a system that marginalises people by monopolising information and communication systems and insist on radical changes in society 's communication structures . |