Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was surprised to see them up in the tall grasses , instead of moving along the exposed bank , but I realised that the rising river level had forced them up . |
| 2 | There is no failure because you have to work it through in a new way at forty or fifty . ’ |
| 3 | Pierre came to pick them up in the long Mercedes and they piled in with all their bags and appurtenances . |
| 4 | Where several holes were to be tired it was possible to set them off in a desired order by lighting in appropriate sequence . |
| 5 | His head bent towards her and once again Jenna lifted her hands to ward him off in a panic-stricken way , but her fingers felt useless . |
| 6 | He took one hand off the controls to sweep it out in a large gesture that took in the whole of the City of London . |
| 7 | Dressing apraxia refers to difficulty in putting on clothes ; the patient may manipulate them haphazardly , unable to relate them spatially to his own body , or he may be unable to put them on in the correct sequence . |
| 8 | Or is he to allow her to rest her left forearm on his right and to guide her round in an elegant mazurka — leading her , as it were , from the shoulder so that she always moves just in front of him ? |
| 9 | I offered , once again , to put him up in the spare room for the night , but , once again , he would n't hear of it . |
| 10 | On second thoughts I think it best to put it back in the old oak chest . |
| 11 | Perhaps she was : she seemed to let it out in a long , gusty sigh , and walked away from the children , down the track to a place where a flat rock jutted out from the side of the bank . |
| 12 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 13 | No afterwards she 's going to switch it on in the common room . |
| 14 | McGrath said : ‘ If I had a New Year 's wish , it would be for us and Manchester United to battle it out in a two-horse race for the Championship — and for us to win it for a lot of reasons . ’ |
| 15 | Although elite theorists have agreed upon the importance of empirically tested research , and their ability to carry it out in a value-free way , in fact this stream of analysis has always been associated with authors who take strong value positions . |
| 16 | Hundreds of pounds ? it 's such an important issue , we ought to have it out in the open , and let's tell the taxpayers what these people say |
| 17 | ‘ It will be a relief to have it out in the open and it will stop all the questions I have been getting about my future , ’ said the 21year-old Nottingham Forest player . |
| 18 | ‘ If you take as much trouble as we do in BP to get the words and information right , it would be silly to dish them up in an unattractive package , ’ Brigg adds . |
| 19 | The better nurserymen pride themselves on their packing , so much so that they often advise you to leave the plants in the packing when planting is delayed , and to lay them up in a cool garage or shed . |
| 20 | ‘ Who in hell 's name are you ? ’ he asked amiably , still unable to make her out in the thick shade of an ivy-infested oak . |