Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look how he blooded Speed and Batty … he did nt chuck them in and hope for the best . |
| 2 | Dorcas called them over and pointed to the tank above them . |
| 3 | Then he heaved himself up and went into the lavatory . |
| 4 | The Doctor hauled himself up and reached for the tank 's hyper reverse facility . |
| 5 | Only then did he zip himself up and reach for the telephone . |
| 6 | Alec picked himself up and raced for the door . |
| 7 | Do not forget that you live alone and there may not be anyone there to pick you up or ring for the doctor if you break a leg or a hip . |
| 8 | No they were oh no we brought them up and put on the shelf . |
| 9 | it 's like party balloons , she 's got like water balloons I mean , with water and , they was , I had them in this box mucking about , I was trying take something out , and then like we dropped a water balloon in their bathroom and erm , we started having water fight , and that they filled them up and go into the balloons and then you go and tie it up |
| 10 | I pick them up and look at the envelopes . |
| 11 | He screwed them up and sank to the floor . |
| 12 | Oh , the neighbour rang me up and said by the way she 'll be a bit late |
| 13 | But Coun Dot Long , committee chairman , said they wanted to get something up and running for the club before the start of the bowls season in May . |
| 14 | Lorton showed them out and went to the kitchen to pour himself a drink . |
| 15 | ‘ He came round the front and dragged me out and jumped into the driver 's seat . |
| 16 | Suddenly she thought how ridiculous they all looked dressed up in their best clothes and squabbling like children ; and feeling quite calm she drew herself up and turned to the Portuguese gentleman . |
| 17 | It is very important to go to the mikva on time , and the woman who puts herself out and goes to the mikva even when it is not convenient to go , is commended by the rabbis in Jewish literature . |
| 18 | I 'll make a further prediction that if ‘ Eric the Enigma ’ is substitute , Ferguson will pray for the chance to bring him on and bask in the reception for a stylist after Old Trafford 's heart . |
| 19 | More than any other comfort his delighted kisses in return soothed her and eventually she was able to put him down and go into the kitchen to speak to Teresa about the day 's duties . |
| 20 | Maybe he 'd already unearthed what was left , and it was too late just to warn him off and hope for the best . |
| 21 | I picked him up and stumbled over the rough ground to the back gate of our garden , which was only about twenty yards away . |
| 22 | But then you could n't just switch it on and listen to the music like the wireless . |
| 23 | Catching sight of the transistor radio , he clicked it on and fiddled with the tuning , encountering only heavy bands of static interspersed with the twittering gibberish of machines . |
| 24 | Lifting the white towelling robe from its hook behind the door , she slipped it on and hurried from the room and along the balcony to find him , smiling when she heard the low rumble of his deep voice coming from downstairs in the living-room . |
| 25 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 26 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |
| 27 | NEEDING four points from the six singles to beat Scotland on the opening day of the Womens Home Internationals at Hermitage Ireland could not quite bring it off and lost in the end by 5–4 . |
| 28 | He grabbed her arm as she tried to run past him , but she shook it off and spun in the opposite direction . |
| 29 | She switched it off and squatted beside the kegs to read the labels . |
| 30 | Shoot the bird to wake it up and switch to the straight-up bullets . |