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Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [coord] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Then , when we realised and accepted the situation , I just got on and helped him with his fight . ’
2	The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all .
3	‘ Sit down and tell me about it . ’
4	Take the opportunity to clean out the channel the cover fits in and to fill it with grease .
5	I ca n't see the exiles and émigrés banding together and achieving anything of importance but limited media coverage . ’
6	One evening , when his golf match had been cancelled , he decided to drive down and collect me from the river .
7	It is only if you kneel down and call him to you that will he come slowly for his apology .
8	Some crafty young entrepreneurs steamed in and relieved her of several pairs of Pumas at a knockdown price .
9	Cashman had not come into Cadogan 's before , preferring Matthew to go down and see him in Hampshire .
10	Gradually , by walking slowly and shielding her from the wind as much as possible with my body , I cut the wings-open time to a minimum .
11	He placed a small amount of the substance in his hand and one by one the worshippers knelt down and licked it like hungry animals .
12	He knelt down and held it in front of Sung 's face a moment .
13	Do n't wait for Personnel to come along and do it for you .
14	But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and .
15	I drank my coffee and listened while you talked about the Government 's commitment to looking at the quality of life you should be working towards for our people ( or that we should be working towards for your people — I am not quite sure whether your use of the words ‘ we ’ and ‘ our ’ included me or not ) ; but before I could raise the questions that remained in my mind from the night before — let alone my new uncertainty as to what exactly was meant by the expression ‘ the quality of life ’ — a young man had come in and murmured something to you about ‘ the Governor ’ and ‘ the Bank ’ .
16	Her response was , ‘ You 'd better come in and give it to her yourself . ’
17	‘ Arthur got an electrician to come in and do it during the week . ’
18	Or you could do what my elderly neighbour does : every time she feels like decorating she pays a neighbour 's student son to come in and do it for her .
19	I get a maid to come in and do it for me .
20	You 'd be employing , you 'd be employing builders to come in and do it for you .
21	So I started to get people to come in and ask me to specifically teach them stuff that was on my records .
22	And we used to stand down and leave it at that .
23	‘ Sometimes , ’ says Freddie , ‘ one 's tempted to just plunge in and put everything to rights . ’
24	I moved inside and shut it behind me .
25	but erm it had sorted itself out after , well more or less after a week or two a lot of the evacuees of course did n't stay very long , they went back home because erm I know mother had a , a little boy from erm Guildford when we lived at Debenham and er he went back after a while , the mother used to come down and visit him from time to time , they were very , came from very poor circumstances and the
26	Mr and Mrs Bryant would be thrilled to have a family living in your old home once again — and , since my holiday plans have fallen through , I 'd be happy to come down and help you with the twins . ’
27	Cabs , you used to jump in and drive them up the road cos there were no motor cars .
28	The medal was handed to her on a velvet cushion and she bent down and hung it on a little hook with which we had each been provided on arrival .
29	She bent down and took him in her arms .
30	She was taking off her hat and coat as she spoke ; then going over to her aunt , she bent down and kissed her on the cheek , and followed this with the same salutation for her uncle ; and in response he patted her on the shoulder .