Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , I remember seeing them dancing together at a ball shortly before the birth of Prince William .
2 ‘ Does he want me to stay here in an English prison ? ’
3 Easy path or not , a climb of over 4,000 feet every Monday morning would certainly make me phone in with a headache .
4 You do n't want them to grow up in a sterile environment .
5 Their toughness and wounds are high enough to enable them to get away without a shield .
6 They asked me to go there for an interview , and from that they recommended a therapist who would see me at her home .
7 She asked me to join in like a kind of guinea pig and keep a weekly budget .
8 ‘ Michael asked me to come up with a funny line for him to say on leaving the house , ’ recalled scriptwriter Raymond Allen .
9 Then , to me : ‘ We went to Orkney last summer , and she made me crawl in through a ghastly tunnel into some underground charnel-house .
10 In their early twenties they had a group called the Actors and RCA records asked them to come in for a meeting .
11 ‘ Do you think I fell out of a boat ? ’
12 Yeah if they if their churning out the stock that tu tend to churn out , I mean I go along for an enquiry for a few and find they 've got thousands in stock .
13 Well we used to take it in our stride , I mean I grew up with an old Victorian house with potent fires and you had keep the fires going either wise in the winter it was bitterly cold , it was nice and cool in the summer coming out of the heat .
14 We want them to emerge solely as a result of cumulative selection of random mutations .
15 Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time .
16 ‘ In fact , I could swear your image-maker wants me to come across as a free spirit , someone who does n't need the convention of a male escort — and I do n't .
17 They only come to the surface after dark , and so you 'd never know you had then without a torch .
18 If you wish to develop assembler language programs , we suggest you do so on a computer which does not hold programs or data that you can not afford to lose .
19 ‘ I expect you signed in as a voluntary patient ; then they 're covered , Evans said .
20 When he moved she jumped back like a startled rabbit .
21 When I think of me days of pain and sufferin' here , and how I 've kept cheerful and 'elpful so as not to be a burden , as well as givin' you the benefit of me company so that you could 'ave someone to talk to , well , it 's a shock to me to find you lazin' about with a gypsy woman on your lap .
22 Take the clothes you have on with you , so that if he wants you dressed up as a teenager you have the proper clothes for that , too . ’
23 ITN reporter Nicholson said : ‘ We want her to settle in like a normal British schoolgirl . ’
24 If you want her to work closely in a team , you may wish to give some thought to the matters I have mentioned .
25 But we want her to grow up with a positive attitude .
26 I found her bustling about with a feather duster looking as if she 'd been up for hours .
27 His consistency means that his people know what to expect of him , enabling him to work effectively within a clear framework of expectations .
28 Nell helped him to lie down on a blanket , supporting his head with another .
29 As she let her breath out on a long sigh Hilary moved reluctantly away .
30 She let her breath out in a hissing rush .
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