Example sentences of "[det] [coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was either that or dump herself on to the perch in a heap , having given up the struggle , and she was much too graceful and proud to let something as undignified as that happen . |
| 2 | The police considered this and took him down to the station — for tea and sticky buns . |
| 3 | She bought some and took it back for the baby , dipping her finger in for the mite to suck . |
| 4 | The barman pulled the knot on his bow tie , gave himself a shot of booze , drank it , then gave himself another and carried it out into the garden , strolling away from the orchard and the tufty grass . |
| 5 | You argue with one another and put it down to the fact that people who are prejudiced are ignorant . |
| 6 | and then getting all the the chassis numbers and that and welding them on to these stolen cars and Because what , you know , er Siobhan 's dad had a , bought a Montego and I do n't know how it came about but they discovered that erm it had a diff I mean it 's had a Maestro engine in it and it had this that and the other . |
| 7 | But thanks for the point , and I mean , I 'll make a note of that and take it up to the health authority . |
| 8 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 9 | sure but again I mean if there was a market for this I am sure that to take that and splinter it off into a unit it costs money to get people that want to come into this business |
| 10 | you have to fill in the rest of that and give it back to me . |
| 11 | I think what radical feminism has done is popularised that and taken it out on the streets and provided a core of anger and rage and has mobilized women . |
| 12 | ‘ Take those and hand them out to the hospital staff and patients — just in case , ’ she said . |
| 13 | . Yeah that 's the only way I can see it trying to use those and have them back on Friday . . |
| 14 | There were some faded letters but she was n't interested in those and shoved them back in the tin , unopened . |
| 15 | Wait near the toilet for any resident who is unsafe to leave on their own and help them back to their room . |
| 16 | I may have the idea that makes me start putting the brush strokes down , but at some point the canvas will take on a life of its own and lead me off in a direction I never expected to go . |
| 17 | He stood there , his face awash with blood , his swollen mouth hanging open , but still conscious , still awake enough to see his younger brother 's eyes as they fixed his own and lined him up for the coup de grace . |