Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the ball is above my feet , I grip down the club to feel more comfortable . |
| 2 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 3 | I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night 's urine smells like cat shit this morning . |
| 4 | You want to create a good impression every time you pick up the phone to answer it . |
| 5 | You are sometimes so stiffly English that you bring out the need to tease . |
| 6 | Every time it rains you look out the window to see if it 's going to happen again . |
| 7 | If you summon up the courage to investigate , you might find not alien creatures but a friendly hedgehog or two , emerging from hibernation and foraging for food among the shrubs in your borders . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's got to look nice for when we go up the hospital to see my little boy . ’ |
| 9 | It 's what they put down the lavatory to disinfect the pan only they give it another name . ’ |
| 10 | They get out the plastic to pay for the double-decker load of food . |