Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [adv] [vb base] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A regime whose ‘ raison d'être , prestige and pride rested on its claim to defend Russia 's standing in the world ’ was singularly ill-equipped to back down or even postpone a reckoning with the Central Powers . |
| 2 | That was probably the most , the in , the most interesting form friendship in there , its fucking good , I went for a job in there , but I could n't I was an apprentice , as I say that , that 's what got me going really was the fact that he had to go down and actually do a design of the and he had to work on the |
| 3 | All she wanted was to sit down and maybe read a book . |
| 4 | Get your coat on and just stick a drop of that stuff in . |
| 5 | I think I 'll wash up and then have a cup of tea . |
| 6 | The following afternoon — i.e. the day the Germans made their most menacing gains — he telephoned that the attack had ‘ slowed down and it looked as though we would be able to hold out and even make a counter-attack ’ . |
| 7 | My , you have done a lot with your life … is n't it funny how one kid growing up in some little town will branch out and really make a name for himself . |
| 8 | And about ten minutes playtime running round the yard , come back and maybe have a history lesson . |
| 9 | Also , the opponent may fall in an unexpected direction , so that you have to spin around and perhaps take a step to reach him . |