Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 2 | Remember that bit of bother I had in the Red Hart in Berkeley ? ’ he continued , ‘ the sailor went through the window . ’ |
| 3 | Pity it backfired during the lucky draw at Edinburgh 's ritzy Prestonfield House Hotel recently . |
| 4 | Radio One leaked from the open windows of a house . |
| 5 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 6 | Indeed , once , shortly after lunch , I recall I came upon the two gentlemen talking rather furtively just inside the library doorway , and it was my distinct impression they broke off their discussion upon my approach . |
| 7 | But there they meet it enhanced by the living voice of the reader . |
| 8 | Well , well I mean we called in the other day |
| 9 | Certainly if players such as Edberg , involved in the final stages of the Australian Open , felt even remotely like I did after the 31 hours it took me to arrive home from Melbourne before leaving on another seven hour journey to Bayonne less than 24 hours later , then it is no wonder that many of them are unable to do justice either to themselves or their countries in Davis Cup competition , as things stand . |
| 10 | It was an act of needlessly gratuitous violence and one which ensured for good and all , that Meryl Streep would be declining to take the female lead in the film version of this one , just like she had with the last two . |
| 11 | Or was she behaving again like she had after the strange happenings on Monument Hill ? |
| 12 | I remember we saw in the other shop It happened again . |
| 13 | I think it 's along side that , behind that remember we got in the wrong lane one day and we |
| 14 | you know it applied to the British |
| 15 | ‘ I know what happened in the early years was morally wrong . |
| 16 | And then she said erm she said , and I suppose she turned to the other guy , she said , we 're not supposed to do clairvoyants , like , laughing , you know . |
| 17 | Basically my father who I believe you knew in the Sixties … he organised lots of the roadhouse shows ? |
| 18 | Guess they mixed in the same diplomatic circles , got to know each other . |
| 19 | Supporters of Mr Paul Davies , his chief opponent , believe he won on the second ballot . |
| 20 | It 's packed full of training , nutritional and medical advice , plus it keep you informed about the latest research taking place in this country and abroad . |
| 21 | Fall down and go right on the dodgems , go up and right through the wall , go down and collect the scroll , go up and push the crate right off the platform , fall down and push the crate left off the platform , fall down and push the crate right off the platform , push it left off the next platform , then right and left twice , jump on the big wheel on your right , jump off and at the bottom of the screen go right , collect the arrow , go left and up , go right and climb up on the platforms , go left and collect the star , fly right , up and right , push the crate right off the platform , push it left onto the button , go left , down and collect the star . |
| 22 | I think I copied from the old lot of |
| 23 | ‘ You think I arrived in the last shower or rain ? |
| 24 | He looked a dangerous striker and got in a good header which I think you got to the right and got your hand to ? |
| 25 | I ca n't remember it all , but I think we rode along the old railway line . ’ |
| 26 | Er they 're about halfway in their own league , erm I think they beat by the odd goal the team that we beat four two here . |
| 27 | You had a turn out then and I think it lasted till the next spring , not like taking curtains up and down like people do now and hoover for the carpets , course the carpet would be taken out and beaten as you as you know , they were n't they were slung onto a line and beaten with anything that was handy . |
| 28 | I think it does happen in China , I think it happened in the early part of the Russian revolution before Stalin was and we had communism with . |
| 29 | Growing up in our culture , there 's a certain standard for beauty and I think it evolved from the Sixties and Seventies through the Eighties . |
| 30 | She quickly thrust what remained of the one package , together with the fat whole package down her shirt where it was visible . |