Example sentences of "[vb base] i [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Uniforms bring me out in a rash . ’ |
| 2 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 3 | Pick me up on the way . |
| 4 | They 're erm , I erm , said goodbye come and pick me up by the school . |
| 5 | If , I say , if you want me out of the kitchen just say so , I do n't want to be under your feet . |
| 6 | ‘ You want me out of the way before Adam arrives . |
| 7 | ‘ Expect me back within the hour , ’ he called back . |
| 8 | I 'm left with the fact that they knock me up in the middle of the night , turn my place over , give me a hard time , then just forget about it all . |
| 9 | ‘ Knock me down with a feather , to coin a phrase , ’ said Andrée , ‘ it 's his , it 's saintly Michel 's retreat . |
| 10 | McLaren 's conviction that Branson wanted revenge , to find a way to seize control of the Pistols for good , ‘ and cut me off at the pass ’ , now became an obsession . |
| 11 | ‘ Put me through to the motor claims department , ’ Lisa requested , glancing again at her watch . |
| 12 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 13 | Put me down as a nutter , do . |
| 14 | The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks . |
| 15 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 16 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 17 | He ate it in two bites , like a dog , and put me back on the gravestone . |
| 18 | ‘ They let me in on the secret quite early — then people started joking about it . |
| 19 | So let me in on the secret . |
| 20 | I remained in prison another two years until the government graciously let me out under the amnesty in May 1983 . |
| 21 | He rattled a huge ring of keys and let me out of the cell . |
| 22 | They let me out for the day and then , when he regained consciousness five days later , they let me out again to see him . |
| 23 | Aye just , if the two of yous get me up on the settee I 'll be alright , me and her ah ah ah ah ! |
| 24 | They set me up as a target . |
| 25 | you know had some of that and erm my fried breakfast and my toast and my cup of coffee and I thoroughly enjoyed that , set me up for the day that did . |
| 26 | Geoffrey reclined in the front seat , put his famous Panama hat over his eyes , his feet on the dashboard , and said : ‘ Wake me up at the hotel . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ All you have to do , Sorrel dear , is fill me in on the gossip about Simon Cawthorne . |
| 28 | ‘ Come and fill me in over a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Take me out and shoot me down like a dog , old buddy , I was forgetting . |
| 30 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |