Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but then he 'll , we should be able to manage then to pay the mortgage and pay them and keep on the level peg . |
| 2 | You know what it 's like to bear a child and bring him up and see him leave you and go to the other side of the world , knowing you 'll not see him again ? |
| 3 | She hoped she was n't turning into one of those maniacs who murder people in order to establish their superiority over their fellows who say Please and Thank you and conform to the basic customs of society . |
| 4 | " But I have no wish to bring dishonour on you or your family , and am quite prepared to hand him back to you and forget about the whole matter — on one condition. ; |
| 5 | Even after deciding to put public service behind him and concentrate on the private sector , he has never quite seemed able to escape involvement with government . |
| 6 | Ten minutes later in the gymnasium downstairs Lee reflected that if she threw one of the dumb-bells she was using at the wall-sized mirror and it shattered into a hundred pieces around a central trauma , she would wake herself up and everybody around her and get into the local papers . |
| 7 | Cross it and climb up the opposite side to join the road to the car park . |
| 8 | Spray it and jump to the next ledge and grab the extra life . |