Example sentences of "and [verb] some [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that the last of the 14 fences was too brightly painted and frightened some of the horses . |
| 2 | In this chapter , I would like to try to explain some of the laws and customs of my people , particularly with regard to women and marriage , and dispel some of the myths and fairy stories which had totally misled me . |
| 3 | Willie spent the evening with Tom , washing and bottling the blackberries and eating some of them for supper . |
| 4 | The Comintern Plenum of 1932 had reappraised the " Social Fascist " policy and lessened some of the hostility to Left Social Democratic members though the former antagonism against Left Social Democratic leaders was retained . |
| 5 | Know understand and evaluate some of the basic beliefs of Christianity |
| 6 | Cuthbertson also advanced the subject of electricity in the Netherlands , writing books , giving public lectures , and assisting some of the foremost Dutch scientists with their experiments . |
| 7 | He reached over the console and wiped some of the grime off the viewport . |
| 8 | Having firmly put the militia officer in his place and redeemed some of his own wounded pride , Arnold Peck said to Noah , ‘ Do you agree to abide by the terms of the injunction I came here to serve upon you ? ’ |
| 9 | I 'll tell you what I 'll do , I 'll just pop down the corridor and borrow some from Mrs. Goodwin in number four . |
| 10 | A concerted effort on waste management could produce harmonious results and salvage some of the valuable manpower squandered by the present government in its purist attempts at national good housekeeping . |
| 11 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |
| 12 | For young women more than any other group there is so much scope for expression through the way they dress and look , so many more opportunities to have fun , play around with the rules , and make some of their own . |
| 13 | I saw the hospital where Pat works which is beautifully made , and met some of her workmates from different countries . |
| 14 | Claiming to speak at Gorbachev 's behest , and using some of the most hardline language heard from a senior official in recent years , Kryuchkov lumped together groups ranging from radicals to nationalists to economic saboteurs in warning that anti-democratic forces were " rushing to seize power on a wave of anti-communism " . |
| 15 | Maybe I could find him and recoup some of your money ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Try and bring some of your fellow workers with you , ’ said Randolph . |
| 17 | They try and hide some of the total mess they have made . |
| 18 | These pages have described and examined some of the ways in which groups of adults perceived young workers , and how and why they sought to train , supervise , and control them . |
| 19 | The article is set out to try and answer some of your questions and help you map out how best to set about producing and marketing without becoming involved in a contract should one be made available . |
| 20 | The second shake-up in the past 12 months is expected to streamline internal services and review some of the marketing structures . |
| 21 | It had been the summer home of the Russian monarchy since 1716 and housed some of the greatest imperial palaces and parks in Russian history . |
| 22 | She mixed with the villagers , admired their cottage gardens , learned their crafts , and made some of her own gardening tools at the blacksmith 's forge . |
| 23 | And given some of the difficulties which we 've suggested in the course of this half hour are involved . |
| 24 | Coach Olsen ( which is a mastermind on football and builds some of his philosphy on a book written by and old english gentleman kicked out by the FA years ago ) did not like that fact that Sorloth prioritied ( ? ) his club football — and Sorloth might have weakened his position . |
| 25 | Shaved , shorn and bewigged , Simon Lay struts his forbidden stuff and upstages some of the girls but the deed is far more convincing than the intention . |
| 26 | Then their third album , ‘ Built For Speed ’ hit top gear , and produced some of their best singles : Runaway Boys , Stray Cat Strut and Rock This Town . |
| 27 | Both were given a free hand to indulge their imagination and produced some of the wittiest and talked about windows in London , several of which featured life-sized stuffed animals or eye-catching visual puns . |
| 28 | Taking on a new persona is in any case impossible but it is possible to adopt and adapt some of the methods of effective presentation which others employ . |
| 29 | This area has within her villages and retreats some of the finest pensiones and most lovely villas in the world . |
| 30 | There was a butcher here in Bungay , his name was Rodwell ; he got — he was killing one of these cattle and got some of the blood in his finger or something . |