Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put out a hand to grasp you , and you slip through my fingers like the quicksilver cascade of a waterfall . |
| 2 | The door began to close and I put out a hand to stop it . |
| 3 | If the ball is above my feet , I grip down the club to feel more comfortable . |
| 4 | I lean over a drawing-board to approve a sample merkin . |
| 5 | I find myself pausing for a few dots myself before I turn over the page to find where all this is leading . |
| 6 | I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night 's urine smells like cat shit this morning . |
| 7 | You want to create a good impression every time you pick up the phone to answer it . |
| 8 | You are sometimes so stiffly English that you bring out the need to tease . |
| 9 | Every time it rains you look out the window to see if it 's going to happen again . |
| 10 | If you summon up the courage to investigate , you might find not alien creatures but a friendly hedgehog or two , emerging from hibernation and foraging for food among the shrubs in your borders . |
| 11 | But I can see how you might think you could gain an advantage — me having problems with the local police while you work out a way to come up smelling sweet . |
| 12 | We make up a story to cover the facts we do n't know or ca n't accept ; we keep a few true facts and spin a new story round them . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's got to look nice for when we go up the hospital to see my little boy . ’ |
| 14 | It 's what they put down the lavatory to disinfect the pan only they give it another name . ’ |
| 15 | They get out the plastic to pay for the double-decker load of food . |
| 16 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |