Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean serving up a one-legged chicken in front of all those guests . |
| 2 | I shall deal mainly with the latter subject , but I intend to spend just a few minutes on education . |
| 3 | I got to work up a good sweat . |
| 4 | I tried to come off a few times , y'know , off me own bat , like , but there was too much of it around . |
| 5 | As well as observing the score 's incredible organization of its thematic riches — ‘ I tried to work out a little table of leitmotifs and I got past 70 , which is amazing in an opera ’ — Maazel discovered in rehearsal just how well thought out Puccini 's orchestration actually is . |
| 6 | At Benjamin 's urging I helped pick up a wooden chest . |
| 7 | I want to set up a four foot tank for Dwarf Cichlids . |
| 8 | I want to set up a four foot tank for Dwarf Cichlids . |
| 9 | I was knocked out by how brilliant it was when I first read it eight years ago , and now I want to put on a national tour and direct it . ’ |
| 10 | I shall return to that point later , but I want to put down a clear marker now . |
| 11 | Of course , if I 'd waited just a few months , I could have had anyone I liked . |
| 12 | I had no previous experience of building anything like this , but by studying the old sheds and some leaflets from a company that made stables , I 'd knocked up a working drawing . |
| 13 | It was heavy to get on board singlehanded , but I 'd worked out a good method of lifting it with a spare halliard fitted with a simple purchase . |
| 14 | ‘ I hope to meet quite a few of them , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 15 | Billy Neilson , a prominent Wear Valley councillor until last May 's Christopherian coup , was approached the other day by someone seeking to set up a small business in Sunderland . |
| 16 | Standing motionless , a yard inside the room , I began to pick up a strange hissing noise . |
| 17 | I was thinking about life , the universe and how much I liked Kim Carnes 's voice ( a voice that makes you regret moving to filter cigarettes ) on the tape-deck when I began to conjure up a mental picture of Billy Tuckett . |
| 18 | ‘ I like to keep up a brisk pace . ’ |
| 19 | Like I like to bring on a good horse properly . |
| 20 | ‘ I like to build up a good bed of hops . |
| 21 | I remember picking up a discarded newspaper and reading about a vicious gang attack on two young men , one of whom managed to escape . |
| 22 | The first year of my research made up my pilot study and from that I decided to carry out a full scale research project . |
| 23 | I DECIDED to hand over a half share in my bungalow to my daughter now , and leave the other half share in my will to my grandchildren . |
| 24 | I started to put together a little library and had to teach myself a lot more before I could teach anyone else . |
| 25 | I started working out a lingering death for Basil . |
| 26 | On the subject of home improvements , why is it that whenever I attempt to carry out a simple repair job at home it always seems to cause big problems ? |
| 27 | Oh go on then , I keep saying just a small bit . |
| 28 | But I do get quite a few people phone me as you know asking for information . |
| 29 | Erm the imbalance is reflected in , in many ways but in one way is in traffic using the M twenty five , for example the Western section of the M twenty five from the M three , M four , M forty to the M one over the , the Western end where I live has approximately a hundred and sixty thousand vehicles a day which is e twice as many as the North Eastern side . |
| 30 | I did hold down a responsible job in my last post , ’ she said . |