Example sentences of "and start [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems start when they get out of the ‘ All I want is a basic word processor ’ frame of mind and start getting into some serious computing . |
| 2 | It requires firms to stop thinking in terms of discrete groups of people and products , and start thinking of continuous flows . |
| 3 | She had the air of one who might head for the pavement and start writhing at any minute . |
| 4 | Her young quickly join this creche and start dabbling for small crustaceans and tiny molluscs . |
| 5 | You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way . |
| 6 | It would probably be a great relief to him to be able to stop worrying about his constituency and start worrying about other things . |
| 7 | Why not start off with a major ITN chunk , and start cutting in regional programmes later ? ’ |
| 8 | They go I 'll be back in yeah like and then they all go and start laughing like right bimbos . |
| 9 | Classic ritual of the disappointing album : buy it at the Megastore ; go for coffee as a way of prolonging the moment of consumption , rip off the cellophane , remove the card inlay ( taking care not to tear it on the little perspex teeth ) and scan the lyrics ( Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa/My pony boy ’ — shit ! ) ; tube home ( further lyric-skimming ) ; feed it to the CD player , skip to the second track while still halfway through the first , sample that , move on , hop and jump to the end and start wondering about forthcoming birthdays — then back to the beginning in the hope that maybe it is , as we used to say , a grower . |
| 10 | As a learner from experience you could decide to view it as a learning opportunity and start to experiment with different ways of running the meeting . |
| 11 | As you improve and start to sail in stronger winds you will want to sweep the daggerboard completely up into the board at high speeds to help with control . |
| 12 | But it 's the fact that the guy gave erm , my friend Billy , erm , died a few years ago , erm , but they , they were like best mates and they used to ju just encourage each other to like , jump on a train and come up to London , and start going in all the hospitals and praying for the sick and things like that . |