Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So it 's very easy for bacteria , which are always present around the anus , to reach the usually bacteria-free urethra and travel up into the bladder where they multiply and irritate the bladder lining . |
| 32 | Face up to the fact now that you simply can not keep altering the trim to suit every speed or situation that you may encounter . |
| 33 | Why did Edna and the grandmother clam up on the child whenever she asked questions , for Celia has actually admitted that they did ? |
| 34 | I 'll buy a guide book , go see some stuff , kill a couple of hours while you go plop yourself down somewhere cool and shady and have a beer or whatever this season 's trendy drink is , and then we 'll meet at six o'clock or so , ride back to the palace together , and tell Anna we had an absolutely smashing day . ’ |
| 35 | Competition between consumers for a given commodity may , for example , tend to force its price upward ; each consumer is careful not to consume beyond the point where the marginal purchase is just worthwhile ; during the process , those who are less eager consumers of marginal units drop out of the race earlier . |
| 36 | Watch out for the day when the daisies in the grass show their flowers close enough together for you to feel that spring is really here . |
| 37 | Watch out for the quality too . |
| 38 | If we look out at the sky why ca n't we see stars during the day ? |
| 39 | If I do not believe that caves hold the key to the future in ecology and evolution , I am certainly grateful that David Culver and his fellow biospeleologists continue to descend into those dangerous caves and bring up to the light so many biological discoveries . |
| 40 | It 's at the top but the lift you pick up at the bottom now . |
| 41 | Auntie kindly offers me tea as well , but I 'm beginning to feel iffy myself , so excuse myself , go outside , and quietly get on with the clearing up . |
| 42 | Some of the courses I know , lecturers go drinking with the students and everything , but they 're all older , suits and ties and things , there 's nothing wrong with that , you just know them to be a lecturer and get on with the work rather than thinking , ‘ we had a nice drink last night , did n't we ? ’ |
| 43 | And you do n't have to wait , we ca n't wait until the end , he said but now is the harvest time , get on with the job now ! |
| 44 | We get down to the nitty-gritty there really . |
| 45 | It said , if Labour get in to the government today , will the last person who leaves Britain please put the light out . |
| 46 | and everything , you know in behind the ear here , I felt as if my head was |
| 47 | The two groups set off across the desert westwards towards Ghadames . |
| 48 | Once you get up on the roof then it 's euphoria , there 's anarchy reigning , you 're in the public eye , the sun 's shining , er and everyone 's quite happy for a day or so , but of course you get cold and a bit hungry , and er then the sort of import of what you face starts to come through . |
| 49 | Then I remembered you always get up in the morning before Aunt Emily , so I 'm sure you will find this before anyone else sees it ; and I want you to know that I am alive and well . |
| 50 | Like a fairway pitch , I set up with the ball forward in my stance with the clubface square to the target ( photo 2 ) . |
| 51 | Doubts have continually dogged the potential deal between the bank — set up in the capital over two years ago with £26 million of institutional backing as a building society acquisition operation — and the Heart of England with which it has been talking for almost two years . |
| 52 | Yes , I believe in Jesus , but sometimes I wake up in the night just petrified . ’ |
| 53 | Steve said just get out of the office just get out of the office . |
| 54 | The verderers were travelling quickly , for they were anxious to recapture the horses and get out of the forest as soon as possible . |
| 55 | ‘ Then I suggest you get back to the mill as soon as possible , before anyone notices that you 're missing . ’ |
| 56 | When they get back to the start again . |
| 57 | You 'll see it in a minute when you get back to the end again . |
| 58 | Oh , well , best get back to the shop else I 'll have a queue of old women all clacking at me . ’ |
| 59 | Right you get back in the middle please Bryony . |
| 60 | I hereby surrender the lease of the above premises dated 19 May 1972 in consideration of you accepting the goods set out in the inventory below in full and final settlement of all claims and demands against me under the terms of the said lease and specified in the notice of distress dated 2 March 1988 . |