Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen . |
2 | It was he who held the troops together in their communal dormitory , and it was he who led them out the next morning . |
3 | He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street . |
4 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
5 | So I stuffed them down the waste-disposal unit . |
6 | they sold them out the next morning , they 'd |
7 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
8 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
9 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
10 | I 've pursued him down the disappearing paths of my own psyche . |
11 | Anyway , I phoned her up the other day to have a little chat with her . |
12 | so I phoned him back the next day , ah he 's in our Glasgow office today so I phoned the Glasgow , he 's on the phone , I said that 's okay I 'll call back . |
13 | What 's turn it over I mean it might start I du n no it let , let him down the other morning as well ! |
14 | You test it out the next morning is n't it interesting you remembered as proof of the pudding . |
15 | Ca n't say fairer than that , except if th'bist good to me as well I might even give thee back the two shilling . ’ |
16 | ‘ That reminds me , I must give you back the two pounds you sent me . |
17 | When her alarm woke her up the next morning , she felt heavy-eyed and lacking in energy , but that was probably because her sleep had been long in coming and had been plagued with dreams when she had eventually managed to drop off . |
18 | I shadowed her down the tapering passage , all its planes carpet-covered , like four floors . |
19 | He motioned Karlinsky forward and with a generous flourish directed him up the three steps on to the small platform in front of the Ark of the Law where a lectern had been placed . |
20 | Oh I put it down the other end . |
21 | Say they needed it at eight , they thought they might need it at eight o'clock and then turned out they did n't , because one body else came in the restaurant , then they 'd just stick that in the fridge over night , and put it out the next morning . |
22 | Well alright , but can you , can you not get rid of a couple of the boxes and what 's this thing there ? well why do n't you tip it up the other way and give yourself a bit more room , tomorrow Deana what 's that , your dictionary ? |
23 | I agreed and arranged to pick it up the next morning on the way . |
24 | Should n't have really warmed it up the first time . |
25 | We will encourage school to invest in sports facilities and open them up the local community . |
26 | For some reason he remembered old Doyle , the gardener , dead now for thirty years , leading him up the same pathway round to the back door and into the kitchen for the mid-morning cup of tea . |
27 | ‘ How long will you be staying with us ? ’ he queried when she handed him back the completed card . |
28 | I give him back the open paper . |
29 | Cos I 'd cleaned it up the other day cos it had mildew on the bottom of it ! |
30 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |