Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tried pushing it back into the hole but the force of the water was too great . |
| 2 | ‘ She tried kicking me out of the classroom . |
| 3 | The classy Irish defender can already picture the season building to a climax with Aston Villa and United slugging it out for the Championship . |
| 4 | Catching her hand , he began tugging her back towards the car . |
| 5 | And grabbing three of the smallest around their necks , he started pushing them out of the back door , into the fresh air , and towards the outer door of the boarding section . |
| 6 | Then they started calling her back to the bridge game . |
| 7 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
| 8 | I kept mixing it up with the florin , |
| 9 | Well when you collected the dues er it meant taking it up to the office every Monday and when you got up to the office and got talking to the officials and such like the interest became greater and er it developed from there that er the workers of thought they should have er should have a representative on the committee . |
| 10 | At home this meant putting him out into the hall of the bungalow ( where there were no stairs ) . |
| 11 | She vaguely remembered taking it out of the bag last night . |
| 12 | The timber and the bath and such came across by boat into the bay there , and a fine job they had dragging them up to the house . ’ |
| 13 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |
| 14 | She ironed the covers and as she sat sewing them up round the cushions she felt her energy ebb and realised she was very chilly , and oh how the flesh above her knees ached ! |