Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Iris , the messenger goddess , is sent by the muses to find a new poet ; she discovers Mira 's ‘ crippled Infants ’ and agrees to care for them :
2 But this is almost certainly an illusion : as she becomes surer of her hold on the affections of her poet , so she becomes surer of herself , can dispense with affectations , and dares to speak with a certain authority about compositions that her lover sends to her — animadversions that the poet in turn receives quite humbly .
3 This is a true story of one of the many tragedies of apartheid — a white South African policeman falls in love with a woman of mixed race , resigns from his job and goes to live with her in Cape Town .
4 However , when she gets married and goes to live in her parents-in-law 's home , her father and mother hardly ever visit her .
5 Ariel clasps Roukoubé and runs towards the sea ; the shadows conceal her , she hears the shot , but then she splashes into the shoals and turns to run along the tideline to keep her bearings in the dark .
6 City life , even in the environs of Kensington Palace , is a trial to the Prince ; he feels suffocated by London and longs to escape to the country and be at one with nature .
7 For example , if a carer has a sudden illness and has to go into hospital , the Emergency Intervention Service can support someone in their own home or provide alternative accommodation in the community .
8 She has to climb the stairs with the aid of her husband and has to lie in bed in agony most nights .
9 The injustice to the home-owner is sometimes made worse by the fact that very often he has n't the money to pay for the repairs and has to borrow from the bank in order to pay the bill .
10 The justification for using a hierarchy is mathematical , and has to do with the way in which the total variability of a collection is successively reduced as one passes from higher to lower levels in the hierarchy .
11 This principle in Hinduism is called ‘ Pancha Bhootas ’ and has to do with the five states of creative substances and their relationship to the five sensory faculties .
12 Application is an empirical evaluation based on teaching experience and has to do with the devising of effective techniques specific to particular circumstances .
13 One comes from theory , and has to do with ideas about the nature of language in general as a psychological and social phenomenon , internalized in the mind , externalized in social life .
14 Or maybe it 's simpler than that , and has to do with them seeing Tod in his natural environment , the doctor , the gatekeeper , his white coat and his black bag .
15 Part of the reason they do so is cultural and has to do with the elective affinity of their habituses with postmodern culture .
16 As for my business — well , it is of a private nature , and has to do with Mrs — I mean , with Mary Godwin . ’
17 Homoeopathy has therefore become a postgraduate study and has to rely for the recruitment of its practitioners on those members of the medical , dental , veterinary and pharmaceutical professions who are open-minded enough to try new approaches .
18 Now Taylor has experienced it and has to live with it .
19 He 's caught some bug and has to stay in bed , ’ said Pete .
20 a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work .
21 It will affect Alec Stewart 's batting eventually if he keeps wicket regularly and has to concentrate on it . ’
22 Initially the examiner , who has read a file detailing the main points of the complaint , but inevitably does not have the full story ( hence the reason for the enquiry ) , turns up unannounced at the company 's premises ( which are not always easy to find ) and has to get past well-meaning but defensive receptionists and secretaries without revealing the purpose of the visit .
23 And , of course , she is a director of Walter Lassally Productions and has to disappear to exotic places occasionally .
24 Bob is advising Clinton how to cope when he leaves Stoke Mandeville in a couple of months time and has to fend for himself in his own home :
25 May is crippled with osteoporosis and has to walk with a frame for support .
26 A major ( and fundamental ) reform of public sector accountability is long overdue and needs to start from the top down ; that is , with constitutional accountability .
27 The group has dominant market share down-under , taking about a third of Australia 's life insurance business , and needs to look beyond its local market for opportunities .
28 When addresses are required , these are needed only in case the clinic discovers an important infection a day or so after the patient has left and needs to get in touch in a hurry .
29 He reaches for a booklet and starts to flip through it .
30 ( Ant begins to hum one of the latest hit sounds and starts to move in time to it .
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