Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That reminds me , I must give you back the two pounds you sent me . |
| 2 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 3 | On the A four two three at Hopcroft 's Holt , there are temporary traffic lights for resurfacing work and er that might slow you down a little bit . |
| 4 | You stay right there , Rainbow , if that 's what you really want , and I 'll make you up a nice plate and we 'll pass it over to you . ’ |
| 5 | But you leave the cup on the table and she 'll call you back every ten |
| 6 | I allow you to stay in my home because of Lizzy , but I warn you now , Dan , if you try and interfere in my life , I 'll have you out the front door so fast you 'll burn a hole in the carpet . |
| 7 | I 'll just take the two , and Billy 'll take them out the next week . |
| 8 | not been putting on any loud music recently I 've not had , I 'll stretch it out a little bit , but erm you know , we had a heater in here and er , record player and er ra er radio and that . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , look , I 'll write you out a new prescription . |
| 10 | If the student demonstrated by his choices that he did not fully understand a particular point then the programme could send him round an additional explanatory loop . |
| 11 | His plight was clearly desperate ; the slightest motion could hurtle him down the remaining few yards of slope and over the lip into the quarry . |
| 12 | Stanford could turn you out an impeccable paragraph on any subject you liked to name at the drop of a hat . |
| 13 | We used to chase them down a narrow valley with a sheer cliff-wall at the end . ’ |
| 14 | One of these walks used to take them down a narrow side-street in a busy part of London . |
| 15 | Under the agreement the seven EFTA member countries would immediately abolish trade barriers on all goods covered except for certain sensitive products , while Czechoslovakia would abolish them over a 10-year period . |
| 16 | They took no care to work quietly , hoping that someone they disturbed from sleep would fetch them out a hot drink or a bite of freshly-baked bread . |
| 17 | However , they paid little or no attention to her , and Lucy guessed that their minds were too occupied with the exciting venture which would take them down the foaming white waters of the river . |
| 18 | An average baked potato will set you back a mere 180–200 calories and , with a sensible filling added , about 300 . |
| 19 | In this fascinating introductory Sideshow , she offers a number of choice things that range from small , long drop , earrings in silver and in pine that is coloured either red or green and retail at £10 a pair , to much larger things such as the brass and oxidised copper weighing Scales with their central zigzag column motif that will set you back a mere £270 . |
| 20 | The new machine will set you back a cool £1,700 which does n't make it the cheapest machine in the world . |
| 21 | An X baseball cap will set you back a money-grabbing $19 , the shirt $19 and sweatshirt $30 . |
| 22 | ‘ I will escort you up the first flight of stairs , but I shall observe the proprieties by leaving you to look after yourself on the second landing . ’ |