Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [indef pn] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By sailing along behind someone you can act as a human video and when your partner has finished his run you can mimic what he was doing . |
| 2 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 3 | By breaking it down into something I can do today , there 's a much better chance I will actually do it . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the announcement of free time seemed to be the local signal for metal shutters to clang down over everything one might have wanted to see . |
| 5 | With Tracey apparently intent on limiting his own involvement , she longed to talk things over with someone who might offer more active help ; at the same time , she felt an almost superstitious reluctance to go through the story again in the kind of detail a confidante would need . |
| 6 | To one side was a row of lights which flickered on and off like something you 'd get |
| 7 | She did not add , He would jump at the chance of someone filling that post , so that he would n't be asked to take the children off Rose 's hands until she is once more fixed up with someone who could manage her unruly crowd , as well as herself and the house . |
| 8 | When Myra was regressed she was unable to come up with anything which might have had a distressing effect upon her before the incident with her cousin . |
| 9 | She wants to catch up on everything they can teach her about themselves , because then she can learn about herself . |
| 10 | The outer stood up to everything I could throw at it until a wicked Gogarth chimney thrutch resulted in a nicked sleeve , while the fleece has resisted all but a hot cylinder from the Snowdon Railway ! |
| 11 | Mark Wright , restored to the captaincy , squared up to anyone who would listen but the Spartak player was booked , as was Burrows as the melee died . |
| 12 | It 's not always easy for you to talk your problems through , but if there 's something bothering you , it might be a good idea to open up to someone who can help . |
| 13 | On the surface Dana was hard and self-assured , out for everything she could get , but Claudia knew that exterior was n't completely genuine . |
| 14 | We 're always looking out for somebody who could cause er problems in Wolverhampton and problems generally . |
| 15 | So he would use the charm and the lies on the old lady in her grief , and cheat her out of everything he could get . |
| 16 | The compartment was fitted out with everything they would need to live there for ever . |
| 17 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |
| 18 | An assessment will be carried out by someone who will try to find out what kind of needs you have and what services would best meet those needs . |
| 19 | Maybe it would do Isobel good to be dragged out by someone she would feel at home with , and a man of her own age would cause much more of a stir in the neighbourhood . |
| 20 | Look around for anything which can serve as a shield , like a dustbin lid . |
| 21 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 22 | I thought if I invited you round without one you 'd say no . ’ |