Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Matron came in that afternoon everyone stood up and shouted ‘ Hooray ’ . |
| 2 | Of course everyone threw up their hands and said it was impossible . |
| 3 | But if but if Emmy gets the funding nothing to worry about . |
| 4 | When I was working at a hospice I followed up bereaved people who it was felt might need some support . |
| 5 | And that 's one of the reasons I ended up I ended up in in Brothers because I had missed the chance to go into work with the Bank you see . |
| 6 | One cottage I stayed in without electricity or water saw 11 of us standing eagerly over a one-ring Calor gas burner in the morning waiting for a kettle to boil for coffee , when one of our party came into the kitchen , picked up the kettle and took it into the bathroom to wash his face . |
| 7 | I must not remember the story I set out to tell . |
| 8 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |
| 9 | the thing , the thing that erm worries me is in case I go over is , that you say |
| 10 | In case I came back . ’ |
| 11 | I shake my head , frightened to speak in case I break down . |
| 12 | Oh well I wo n't move in case I tread on . |
| 13 | ‘ Actually , I happen to have-a flask of Scotch on me , just in case I broke down on the road … |
| 14 | I think that would depend on the species would n't it and the , and the local conditions , for example in that erm case I mentioned in yesterday 's lecture monogamous birds with long breeding groups where you get desertion . |
| 15 | in case I run out |
| 16 | On the contrary , if the student body were to take its right to learn ( Lernfreiheit ) seriously , and were to be vigilant in seeing that it enjoyed the kinds of academic freedom I spelt out earlier , it would necessarily take on an assertive role . |
| 17 | At some point during this soliloquy I look down and notice man 's best friend humbly licking my shoe . |
| 18 | And quite sane friends of mine , whose opinions I respect over other things , believe in this terrible religion . |
| 19 | Cinzia I pass over in silence . |
| 20 | As I walked across the car park I looked back at the police station and almost expected to see the figure of Inspector Drew looming at one of the windows as in an early Orson Welles film . |
| 21 | Some stones which are very good for texture , a piece of sheep shoe wood from Chatsworth Park I picked up . |
| 22 | With a strong crosswind I sighted over my mentor 's left shoulder during the approach , only moving my head from side to side in the final stages to get a symmetrical perspective for the flare . |
| 23 | Just for a change I teamed up with a few fellow warriors to take on the Witchlord in Gremlin 's RPG-for-the-masses , Heroquest . |
| 24 | So it 's an important change I think in er , the way it 's structured . |
| 25 | With the summer certain to be dominated ( again ) by sequels ( Legal Weapon 3 , Batman Returns , Alien³ ; , Honey I Blew Up The Kids ) , Hollywood pundits are keeping busy predicting this season 's sleeper hits . |
| 26 | With some difficulty I got up and watched in disbelief as the collie staggered to his feet . |
| 27 | More men entered the hall by its main door , and several times someone came out beckoning and stood on the steps , issuing orders . |
| 28 | After a bit I got up and — I went back . |
| 29 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 30 | And every time I came to that bit I jerked up in my chair and Miss Ross shouted at me . |