Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pers pn] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't say it was exactly narrow-minded , but you 've got a position , you 're given a position to hold and you get it rammed down you that ‘ I am now an applied scientist ’ . |
| 2 | Then he blundered into the turning he wanted , limped down it and came face to face with the blank grey door leading into the four Turkey Pens . |
| 3 | Well he has someone saying that describing away and they say right they and just like jump off the page and start moving round the room . |
| 4 | But the evidence of what did happen will be all round us , the wallpaper being ruined where the soup dripped down it and the carpet , I should think , impossible to clean . ’ |
| 5 | And as if that were not enough , the church bell is also , by ancient repute , therapeutic : place inside it if you can whatever part of your body is troubling you , get the bell ringer to go about his business and you will , with luck , be cured . |
| 6 | But this week Mrs Thompson was told the meeting would be held miles away in Yorkshire and involve only her and Mrs Robinson . |
| 7 | It also has adjustable handle height so it will suit both you and your partner . |
| 8 | He found both her and the Shah in a state of shock , quite confused and uncertain what to do . |
| 9 | I know they put flowers all twisting up it and over it and round about it and now 's the weather to get the job done and get it finished , look at the weeds growing up through the garden |
| 10 | He reached for his cup , and there was Julian with the flagon lifted , ready to refill both his and Hotspur 's , so silently and impassively that they might almost have dreamed her into the fringes of their conference , but for the fourth cup which had appeared beside theirs , and which she was also filling to the brim . |
| 11 | Her arm was like this only ever such a little hand and if you , she used to go and it just sort of reached your earhole when she was walking past you and if you were talking in class she 'd go . |
| 12 | The Dear Deceit represents a questioning of the causal logic of narrative and the literary heritage which provided both her and her readers with a whole set of ready-made narrative assumptions . |
| 13 | Think he 's been playing golf has n't he or something ? |
| 14 | . Absolute er Changed a bit has n't it since er Well the lines have gone , the signal box and er and so on . |
| 15 | Well Yvonne went into the private to get er a sister 's post and sh but she knew she was gon na do her midwifery , so she knew she was n't gon na stay there but when she went it 's become when she does her midwifery for the sister 's post , ah but she 's got experience has n't she when she 's |
| 16 | I 'm itching to know how you and Guy got on . |
| 17 | Kornei Chukovsky , in his account of his boyhood in Odessa in the 1890s , described how he and his friend Timosha used to climb into deep rubbish boxes : |
| 18 | The coffin stowed away in the loft and discreetly covered so as not to alarm the plumber , we all had a coffee with a small touch of something stronger , and Alan recounted how he and Joy had arrived to collect it . |
| 19 | It was about then [ three years ago ] that I started going with some of my mates like Kevin(10) and Eddie(6) … and Eddie and me we got into a lot of fights and that … and the fucking coppers — they always grab either him or me when there 's any bother or that . |
| 20 | Remember the format controls he will normally start off , sell first routine , then he or she will have er say , right at the very end , say why he say why he or she and that 's the format I want to follow . |
| 21 | It 's no good expecting your child to let you know where he or she is and then get hopping mad when they ring at three in the morning . |
| 22 | But there was no sign of that discreet lady , and in the end he went and knocked on Dinah 's door , received no answer , turned the handle , and found neither her nor the baby inside . |
| 23 | What we need is for every single appeal stage , for the member to at least have the right to know why he or she has lost . |
| 24 | ‘ But we can guarantee either he or the Solicitor General will consult all the papers . |
| 25 | ‘ But we can guarantee either he or the Solicitor General will consult all the papers . |
| 26 | Fails to inform either us or his church-wardens of any of his activities . |
| 27 | I sit astride it and reach down for him . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd prefer just you and I. ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You mean just you and I , or with Cyril and Susan ? ’ |
| 30 | Anyway , everybody in the street made enough money to go outside it and buy the meat and their necessary clothing . |