Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At least let me stay here for a while until I get my head clear . ’ |
| 2 | This telephone call made me think back over the years . |
| 3 | One reason is that women , particularly in the Third World , are often not aware of the real dangers of contraception because health staff and pharmaceutical companies keep them in ignorance for fear of making them stay away from the clinic . |
| 4 | But if Liverpool are playing in a big match , we let them stay up until the end . |
| 5 | The citizens charter sets out a comprehensive programme to improve the quality of public services and make them answer better to the wishes of their users , where that can be done , by providing choice for the citizen . |
| 6 | She tied a big red-and-white-striped drying-up cloth around each of their waists and made them kneel up to the table on chairs . |
| 7 | A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge . |
| 8 | ‘ Just let me jump out of the canoe for you , ’ she muttered through gritted teeth , returning to paddling with a new fury . |
| 9 | Vern wandered slowly in front taking not a blind bit of notice of me , not even when I shouted at the long-beaked birds and made them flap up into the air crying like out-of-tune seagulls . |
| 10 | She picked up the slips of pasteboard and let them fall haphazardly on the table in front of them . |
| 11 | ‘ May I stay here for a pot of tea ? ’ |
| 12 | Should I stay out of the sun ? |
| 13 | All the way to the station she asked it , Shall I jump out of the car at the next light and run ? |
| 14 | shall I finish off after the break ? |
| 15 | What shall I remember longest from the Games ? |
| 16 | Now can I remember about after the timber mill ? |
| 17 | I could n't look at them ; nor could I look back into the room . |
| 18 | Will I step up to the cottage for another bottle , or will you , or shall we go without ? |
| 19 | Preferably Chertro with his stupid grin and all the crooked FedPols who let someone walk away with the Ardakke prisoner . |
| 20 | Why must I struggle constantly against the odds when others find it so easy ? |
| 21 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 22 | Can I , yeah , can I go on to the application if I may Chairman ? |
| 23 | Why did n't I go straight to the Star Council ? ’ |
| 24 | Er at the risk of upsetting everybody again , can I go back to the point which has been made by North Yorkshire on this summary sheet here . |
| 25 | Do I go down through the garden ? |
| 26 | Giving Hilary a cheeky grin , he asked his mother , ‘ Can I go down to the village ? ’ |
| 27 | I mean , yeah , but how can I go out without the car that 's the trouble , but many car drivers |
| 28 | ‘ Why should I go out on a day like this ? ’ she asked . |
| 29 | Can I pick up on a point that you 've just made Mr Sedgewick and also points made by those on your right about exceptions and presumptions . |
| 30 | Can I come up for a moment ? ’ |