Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | concrete stairs and , George nearly killed himself on them one morning , but er , and we tried everything to get out of there you know , no one would exchange a two bedroom maisonette for a house and of course I longed for a garden , but , and er George got a job in Hatfield and they offered this three bedroom house The Commission for The New Town , rent was cheaper than here , so we moved over there , but er , as I say we were only there two , three years and we came back again , we were over here , we used to come over here three times a week , when we lived there did n't we ? |
| 2 | She let it float around in there , mostly unsecured . |
| 3 | Fortunately I had heavy duty minders in the form of my sister , Karen , mum and aunt , who were able to keep the kids in line while I translated the menu and discovered it came down to largely burgers , chicken , steaks and ‘ flipper friendly ’ fish . |
| 4 | Lachlan ordered it served out at once . |
| 5 | Barney nodded resignedly as he gave the canoe a push with his foot , and watched it drift out into midstream . |
| 6 | I asked her to move out at once . |
| 7 | She saw him glance down to where her cardboard tray had fallen |
| 8 | There was a difference of opinion what happened next — she thought it went in from there , I was convinced it hit him in the head and went in . |
| 9 | How — ’ ‘ How did I end up in here ? |
| 10 | What did you come out for then ? |
| 11 | What did you get up to tonight ? |
| 12 | And how , how did you get back into then ? |
| 13 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 14 | She had plenty to get on with meanwhile . |
| 15 | At that point were both of you behind the shield or had he stepped out from behind ? |
| 16 | He wanted me to stay up in there until half past five — knocking off time . |
| 17 | ’ — and then it turned out they wanted him to stay on over there . |
| 18 | She wanted it to go on for ever and ever ! |