Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | So I strode up there to have this man-to-man chat with Nick . |
2 | Well Dorothy got er , some to knit something for Bryony and she actually got too much so if I do run out if I have n't enough to finish this er er vest , T-shirt summer top , whatever it 's called she 'll have some . |
3 | The simple diagrams clearly showed the differences between Volvic and Spa water but nowhere could I find how actually to construct these dramatic demonstrations . |
4 | Smaller people pogo faster , at precisely the increments a physicist would predict from the known properties of springs — although keeping them bouncing long enough to prove this was another challenge for Taylor . |
5 | Then of course there 's a there 's a chain which hangs on there to prevent this this c |
6 | They insisted on me going up there to see this chap who was supposed to have proof of a fiddle being carried out by a bunch of telephone operators at one particular exchange . |
7 | We climbed far enough to find some specimens of the Mount Cook lily ( which is n't a lily at all , but a giant buttercup found only at altitude in this part of the South Island ) , and while the others rested I went across to investigate a steep track up a snow-filled gully . |
8 | Can we get together soon to discuss this ? |
9 | They tend perhaps just to lack that real killer instinct and erm it 's such a great shame because people might laugh and joke looking at the league table , in fact United , since Christmas , have played some very good football indeed . |
10 | After 1341 , however , the costs of war fell sharply from the levels they had reached between 1338 and 1341 , and not until the 1370s did they begin once again to approach those levels . |
11 | It was women they wanted up there to spread some common sense among them . |
12 | He came back later to claim another victim and the hosts were dismissed for 126 with 5.2 overs remaining . |
13 | Lord knows , it took long enough to compile all the information stored in there . |
14 | But he made the effort to sound firm and reassuring as he spoke up again to quell any panic among the assembled youngsters . |