Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone goes in for a little enhancement , one way or another . |
| 2 | He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them . |
| 3 | My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek .. |
| 4 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |
| 5 | You had me pegged down as a full-time thief . ’ |
| 6 | As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions . |
| 7 | ‘ Michael asked me to come up with a funny line for him to say on leaving the house , ’ recalled scriptwriter Raymond Allen . |
| 8 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 9 | I mean you see them walking around particularly people who go for the big dogs , you see them walking around with a big thick necks , the tattoos , the er the boots and the jeans rolled up . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 11 | I crept off down a little path through curling bracken . |
| 12 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 13 | Of course , I fought back like a veritable lion but my sword and dagger were in the garret and who in the tavern would listen to my screams ? |
| 14 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 15 | He looked at me as though he had seen me somewhere before , but I passed by with a curt nod . |
| 16 | Like someone struggling out of a drugged sleep , Sarella flickered open her eyelids , blinking in confusion as if unsure as to where she was . |
| 17 | ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’ |
| 18 | he was going round going oh my God I got off with a real dog . |
| 19 | ‘ Even when I got by on a fast straight , where the extra power of my machine was beneficial , I thought it might be part of his plan to let me go in front and force me into making a mistake . ’ |
| 20 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 21 | Devlin said , ‘ In forty-one , I got back on a neutral boat , a Brazilian cargo ship from Ireland that put in at Lisbon , but that 's a tricky one . |
| 22 | Klondyke Trading Co are responsible for providing a variety of straps for both the home market and the world , but as I found out on a recent visit there 's more to making one guitar strap than meets the eye , let alone producing thousands . |
| 23 | The tent is extremely stable especially in very high winds as I found out on a few wet and wild nights . |
| 24 | ‘ It was important that I moved on to a bigger stage , with a club in the top bracket of the English First Division , or Celtic and Rangers . ’ |
| 25 | But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants . |
| 26 | One memorable day I wandered along to a municipal course and sat waiting while they fixed me up with a fourball . |
| 27 | Then I branched out into a new area . |
| 28 | I staggered back to a cold bed but Margot and Phoebe had fled . |
| 29 | Collecting my thoughts I baited up with a fresh squid and cast back out to the same spot , bobbin on the needle and it was back to the bedchair . |
| 30 | On Easter Monday 1972 , I woke up to a new view of the world . |