Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret was nearly out of her mind when she asked me to come out here to look for you , but that 's all in the past now . |
| 2 | ‘ Actually , ’ he said slowly , ‘ I came down here to talk to you about last night . ’ |
| 3 | I came out here to look for her , but she seems to have disappeared . ’ |
| 4 | Paul starts to move the boats to the top of the falls whilst I run on ahead to talk to the police at the top of the falls with the nice man from the Northern Echo . |
| 5 | If I last long enough to get to the air … . |
| 6 | I sang quite loudly to rise above the noise of the cars , and fixed my eyes on Anna , walking among the tables with her straw hat ready for coins . |
| 7 | When I 'd had a bite and patrolled the area , I went back home to sit on the garage roof and have a leisurely wash . |
| 8 | As I earned only enough to pay for my childminder my father paid my train fares . |
| 9 | With the leave of the House , Mr. Deputy Speaker , I wish once again to refer to the St. Kentigern-Oatridge problem , which is repeated in all our constituencies in one form or another , and which I recommend to some diligent Peer in the other place . |
| 10 | I need very badly to telephone for a doctor . |
| 11 | Unfortunately these proposals only exemplify the muddled thinking which seems so often to lie at the heart of Edinburgh 's traffic policies . |
| 12 | The name which springs most readily to mind in connection with our Embassy in Paris ( the Hôtel de Charost ) is Lady Diana Cooper , wife of the first post-war ambassador , Sir Alfred Duff Cooper . |
| 13 | The very aromatic nature of the Arbanne suggests it might well be an ancient variant of the Chardonnay Blanc Musque or , possibly , the Muscadelle of Bordeaux , both of which ripen early enough to survive in the southern extremities of Champagne . |
| 14 | Starting at the top of the bank , cut out a rough sloping path to bottom , slightly above intended step levels , using scale drawing to let you know how deep to dig at any point |
| 15 | You came out here to whimper over the fact that you could n't be together in the way that you would like , only you made the unfortunate mistake of running into me instead . ’ |
| 16 | She drove so frantically to begin with that it finally occurred to her that she was running the risk of being stopped for speeding . |
| 17 | Meanwhile Aureole had got into top gear and came through into second place , but try as he might he could never pose a threat to Pinza , who galloped on relentlessly to win by four lengths , with Pink Horse running on to take third place a length and a half further adrift and the gallant Shikampur a tired fourth . |
| 18 | She turned back quickly to look at him . |
| 19 | She turned back twice to look at him , but he did not turn round at all . |
| 20 | For when you are dry , empty , sick , or weak , at such a time is your prayer most pleasing to me though you find little enough to enjoy in it ’ ’ |
| 21 | and I played football in the street with the boys cos you had nothing else to do , you had nowhere else to go in my time ! |
| 22 | As you near the end of your first video safari , the low-battery warning in your viewfinder may begin to flash , indicating that you have not long to go before switch-off for the day . |
| 23 | Wild and feverish with excitement , she sat down immediately to write to Boldwood , to inform him that she could not marry him . |
| 24 | We got on well to start with and were definitely in love , but we both changed over the years and in the end everything went wrong . |
| 25 | If we must be so very careful , then , in using what people write about themselves , would we do any better to turn to what other people have to write ? |
| 26 | So one word we came down here to talk about , and hey , here 's a whole lot things . |
| 27 | We felt strongly enough to go with people who trusted us . |
| 28 | We go on now to look at the importance of the dialogue , and the problems which can occur when communication breaks down . |
| 29 | Because he had refused to be paid she could n't ask him to come back again to deal with the seepage . |
| 30 | His eyes were grey-green , like Finn 's , but had warm brown flecks in them and looked straight and candid ahead , as though they saw too directly to look from side to side . |