Example sentences of "[vb base] [coord] [vb base] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I pick and choose at this stage , I 'm not likely to get off the ground . |
| 2 | At the bar half a dozen very grey old men sit and grimace at each other , saying absolutely nothing . |
| 3 | yeah , they 'll be , and she 's always moaning driving Sue up the wall , why should I keep him blah , blah , blah , blah , doing nothing , we sit and look at each other and Sue said for Christ sake she said you 're twenty years old , not forty , she 'd been bad on and off again , throat , well she had the shoulder , throat er she thought she had , oh the diabetes was one were n't it , diabetes one , they thought she had , thought that she had glandular fever but she has n't and er , so Sue said to her well are you looking after yourself and she said yes I am , Sue said well I du n no she never seems to be , cos she 's never been well has she really ? |
| 4 | They would kick each other under the table , take food off one another 's plates , throw food on the table , shout and scream at each other . |
| 5 | ‘ And after lunch she said , why do n't we take the car and go and look at this siege in Balcombe Street ? |
| 6 | and you go and stand at those castle round parts and we went for a walk and there was a football match going on was n't there ? |
| 7 | The recovery is slow and patchy , but the policy is sound — Labour Members who laugh and snigger at such remarks ought to ask themselves why it is that Britain of all the countries in Europe has the most inward investment from overseas investors . |
| 8 | He believes that there seems to be extra-sensory perception ( ESP ) between spiders who spin similar webs from birth , and flocks of starlings that twist and turn at great speed without colliding . |
| 9 | In large transient hotels it is not practical to confirm in writing every reservation , as guests come and go at short notice . |
| 10 | ‘ Come and look at this lot , lad ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Just come and look at these clouds — they 've got to be one of Nature 's perfect designs ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Come and look at these pictures . ’ |