Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If he insists on calling back , ask him to hold on , and then play a blaring radio down the receiver — that should put him off for a few days . |
| 32 | A 1–0 result that should settle us down for the coming weeks especially with Liverpool and Arsenal back to back . |
| 33 | Someone should dig it out from the carpet under which it was brushed and blow the dust off it . |
| 34 | She must ask him round for a drink . |
| 35 | So let's bring it down to a really personal level then . |
| 36 | A small one , but let's chuck it in with the rest . |
| 37 | On the other hand the doctrine clearly applies to contractual terms by which the covenantee , an employer or a purchaser of a business , seeks to forbid the covenantor ( the employee or seller ) from carrying on his trade or restricts the way in which he may carry it on after the purchase and sale of labour or the business , has been completed . |
| 38 | Where the application is made to the district judge he may , if in doubt as to the proper order to be made , refer the application to the judge forthwith or at the next convenient opportunity , and the judge may hear the application and make such order as may be just or may refer it back to the district judge with directions . |
| 39 | An accidental glimpse in a shop window or mirror may bring us up with a jolt . |
| 40 | At any moment and with no warning he 'll throw himself on to the floor and do like a hundred push-ups . |
| 41 | He said ‘ You are never to wear those clothes or I 'll throw you out of the house myself . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ I 'll kill you now , ’ Woolley said flatly , ‘ and stick your fat body in my plane , and in ten minutes I 'll throw you out behind the German lines , unless you get me my booze and my scarves . ’ |
| 43 | I could become a burden to me wife and family , not only that , if I could n't pay the mortgage they might throw us out of the cottage . |
| 44 | I 'll catch you up in a minute or two . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ I 'll beam you up to a point in space close to the centre of a galaxy . |
| 46 | OK , ’ he decided , ‘ Once we get home , a bite of lunch , and I 'll beam you up for a quick one . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ I 'll bring them up in the morning after breakfast . ’ |
| 48 | Maybe that 'll bring them back on the next plane . ’ |
| 49 | Like , when they come in here I 'll bring them down to the canteen and let them have Coke and sweets . |
| 50 | We 'll bring it up at the staff meeting on Monday and take it on from there . |
| 51 | Paula , and perhaps we 'll bring it up in a first aid . |
| 52 | The analysis of the model is now complete , although we might round it off with a baptismal ceremony . |
| 53 | ‘ We 'll finish them off in a fortnight , ’ he said , as he celebrated 31st birthday . |
| 54 | ‘ And I 'll carry it on to the bitter end if that 's what it takes ! ’ |
| 55 | ‘ Do n't start that nonsense again or they 'll carry you off to the funny farm , ’ Otley said wearily . |
| 56 | Well if they come round to ours this year I 'll invite them in I 'll take them to my basement and I 'll lock 'em up for a few days . |
| 57 | You 'll do yourself out of a job |
| 58 | ‘ I 'll light you down to the gate , ’ said Julian , the candle ready in her hand . |
| 59 | It 's quite a complex manoeuvre and so we 'll break it down into the different parts that changing hands , turning the boat around and changing sides . |
| 60 | Yeah , I 'll send him round nearer the time , I think . |