Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just four years after Charles 's death , Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims , who had been an important political figure throughout Charles 's reign ( though not consistently close to him ) , wrote a treatise , The Government of the Palace , for the young King Carloman , Charles 's grandson , and lent it an air of authority by claiming to incorporate the work of Abbot Adalard of Corbie , who had died nearly sixty years before . |
| 2 | And make him an offer he could n't refuse . |
| 3 | On the other hand , its civil servants probably have less training in business evaluation than do private sector analysts , and , of greatest importance , there is the overwhelming political temptation for the government of the day to hijack the nationalized industries and make them an instrument of whatever is the pressing problem of the day . |
| 4 | The psychological power is eroded because although the community can still disapprove of you and make you an outcast if you defy the hierarchy , beyond the community is the world of English people — an unfriendly world , but it does exist . |
| 5 | In late February , Patrick Buchanan , the conservative newspaper commentator who is opposing President Bush in the 1992 Republican Presidential primaries , threatened to attack the agency 's funding of ‘ offensive ’ art , and make it an issue in his Southern campaign . |
| 6 | A note-form outline of the essay provides a clear conceptual structure , and offers you an overview , which — when inspected closely — should allow you to assess how coherent it is , and how clearly it moves to your conclusion . |
| 7 | With Dawson it was his bulk which undoubtedly contributed to his premature death along with his broad , rubber face that became his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in true bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 8 | But his bulk , along with his broad , malleable face , was virtually his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in the finest bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 9 | We also , in the Broadcasting Act , brought in sanctions against the transmission of offensive satellite broadcasts from abroad , and made it an offence for advertisers and equipment suppliers to support such programmes . |
| 10 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 11 | To make Christmas a truly memorable occasion for you and your guests , I 've taken some of the traditional dishes and given them an exciting twist . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) Allowing the appeal , that before making the prohibited steps orders the justices should have informed the parties of their intention and given them an opportunity to make submissions as to whether such orders were appropriate ; that the justices had had no jurisdiction to make an order prohibiting the parents from having contact with each other because such contact was not a step which could be taken by a parent in meeting his responsibility towards his child and thus was outside the terms of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989 ; that , on the evidence they accepted , the justices had been plainly wrong to refuse to make the interim care orders ; and that , accordingly , the court would substitute interim care orders relating to both children ( post , pp. 271B–D , H — 272A , F , H — 273A ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I simply rang him up and got you an evening off . ’ |
| 14 | In 1925 the Post Office , which operated independently or through other licensees outside London , went to the length of installing , for a private subscriber in Eastbourne , a free line to St Andrew 's Church 933 yards away , and charged him an annual rental of £1 17 6d ( £1 8712 ) under a three-year contract . |
| 15 | I was with the South African team throughout their travels in Australia and New Zealand and found them an exceptionally nice group ; agonized with them on the eve of the referendum on reforms back in South Africa when there were last-minute scare reports of a major swing to the right wing ; rejoiced with them when the vote when 68% for sanity , a far greater margin than any of us had dared hope for ; and generally enjoyed with them their victories and their considerable achievement in reaching the semi-final stage . |
| 16 | Over 100 members attended last year and found it an enjoyable and informative day . |
| 17 | If she so please , I will take her home with me , and provide her an altar as rich as yours . ’ |
| 18 | However , some remnants of the latter ( the Citizen Army and Sinn Fein Volunteers ) seized Dublin in 1916 and proclaimed it an Irish republic . |
| 19 | This consists of fortnightly meetings within each department of the hotel which offer all staff a chance to discuss the way their hotel is run and allows them an opportunity to make suggestions for ways to improve the service they provide . |
| 20 | Sean took his eyes off the road long enough to turn and give her an astonished look . |
| 21 | But , firms are beginning to open up and give us an opportunity actually to take youngsters in and see what it 's all about . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll try and give you an example . |
| 23 | Let me try and give you an example . |
| 24 | So I 'll try and give you an idea some time tomorrow morning of the of the situation . |
| 25 | The country 's 14.5 million people own some 11.5 million cycles and ride them an average of over 1300 km each per annum . |
| 26 | ‘ I am too young for this , ’ she said and handed him an article in return on the male menopause . |
| 27 | Creed walked towards him and handed him an envelope . |
| 28 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
| 29 | A waiter came up to him and handed him an airmail copy of some newspaper . |
| 30 | My father did n't think of it again till this German visited the shop and showed him an illustration . |