Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [vb base] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was either that or dump herself on to the perch in a heap , having given up the struggle , and she was much too graceful and proud to let something as undignified as that happen . |
| 2 | ‘ I wanted to look pale and interesting and bowl him over with my sparkling wit ! ’ |
| 3 | I generally work from dark to light and bring it out from the dark . |
| 4 | I generally work from dark to light and bring it out from the dark . |
| 5 | Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away . |
| 6 | Chairman I think I have to offer an apology to members and Mr in particular and the town of Bungay with a rather erm over which sentence expressing the press release , I mean we are continually trying to issue news items , press releases , progress reports and anything we 're doing and usually the press are very good and quoted for a basis , sometimes they get it wrong and mangle it up with some bits of disaster , on this occasion that is not the case , the , the actual press report did determine the phraseology used in my in lease them so I have to accept the responsibility for the phrase to act of your recommended this morning so it down sake , could abandon ideas which they can buy it , of course those crazy ideas used in and out of the court is what matters . |
| 7 | Then lift the front foot high and hook it back into the opponent 's head . |
| 8 | The copper map had evidently been fastened to the concrete plinth through the medium of some nineteen-thirties metallurgical technology which is sadly lost to us today , because it ruggedly defied even the most enterprising attempts to prise it free and bear it off to the smelting pot . |
| 9 | You argue with one another and put it down to the fact that people who are prejudiced are ignorant . |
| 10 | So , take your fingers from the outside and move them in towards the nose and round so that you do n't stretch the skin even more . |
| 11 | As neither of us knew anything about it we tried to glean as much information on the technical side of sailing as possible and build it in to our globe-trotting plans . |
| 12 | We need to be able to return people to normal and put them back into society . |
| 13 | But thanks for the point , and I mean , I 'll make a note of that and take it up to the health authority . |
| 14 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 15 | sure but again I mean if there was a market for this I am sure that to take that and splinter it off into a unit it costs money to get people that want to come into this business |
| 16 | you have to fill in the rest of that and give it back to me . |
| 17 | ‘ Now go into the kitchen and take the tray which you 'll find waiting on the table on the left and take it up to room five on the third floor . ’ |
| 18 | Keep the test papers safe or pass them on to the class teacher ( or the student ) so that weak areas can be diagnosed . |
| 19 | The Benefits Agency had told him it was taking action to identify the loans concerned and transfer them back into the system . |
| 20 | ‘ Take those and hand them out to the hospital staff and patients — just in case , ’ she said . |
| 21 | . Yeah that 's the only way I can see it trying to use those and have them back on Friday . . |
| 22 | And last night it was : ‘ Look , write a ‘ Sorry I ca n't ’ letter and I 'll have it photocopied and send it out to every number in the Yellow Pages . ’ |
| 23 | They had whalebone in these stays and we used to cut pieces about half an inch long and in the daytime , I used to make a bag full and put them in between the doors and I 'd go round the first time and put them in and when I went round later , if that whalebone was missing , I 'd make enquiries . |
| 24 | She liked to watch the early evening news on BBC I and see it through to the end so that she could get the weather forecast . |
| 25 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 26 | Wriggle your toes , then alternately curl them up tight for a count of five and stretch them out to another five count . |
| 27 | Okay so let's go for the easy one first and get it out of the way . |
| 28 | So you 'd like to take one and pass it on to me Margaret . |
| 29 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 30 | She must swallow her hurt and pay him back with loving kindness . |