Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harvest the seeds in July-August by cutting the seedheads just before the first seeds start to fall , and hanging them over a tray in a dry airy place . |
| 2 | The Half House met them round a corner , and Mary Rose exclaimed . |
| 3 | The Secretary led them up a marble staircase , to the first floor ; then along a lofty corridor with a moulded cornice , to the back of the building . |
| 4 | Barak led them up a narrow concrete path to the unpainted door and opened it . |
| 5 | Lady Horne led them up a stone-vaulted passageway into a comfortable but cold solar . |
| 6 | Gloria led them along a brick path , across a cobbled courtyard , past outhouses and a dripping water butt , then into the big house and along many passages . |
| 7 | They must have walked for about another ten minutes and could glimpse the blue wood-smoke rising above the trees from Godstowe village when suddenly the porter stopped , turned left , and led them along a narrow beaten trackway into the forest . |
| 8 | Melt into the Jungle and no-one sees them again until Vic 's researchers track them down a year ago . |
| 9 | And it seems that if I go Steve , right , bring me up a dozen sweets and I have n't selled one of them well that would be |
| 10 | On another subject could someone who is going to the game pick me up a match programme . |
| 11 | When Red and I were kids we had races jumping on ponies in the fields and galloping them round a tree and back without a bridle . |
| 12 | Hazel stakes are unquestionably the best but when I caught rabbits professionally I had the estate make me up a set of iron stakes of only ⅜ inch ( 1 centimetre ) diameter , with a small shoulder at the top to prevent the top line sliding down the stake . |
| 13 | That 's shaken them up a bit , I expect . ’ |
| 14 | A better approach is to adopt a serial approach and solve them over a number of stages . |
| 15 | Leaning through their window to sting the breasts of the sunning chorus girls with ammo from their pea-shooters in the morning : in the evening beer all round and trying to coax them up an alley . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Shall we discuss them over a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 18 | The only returners that some companies regard as worth training are young high-flyers coming back from maternity leave ; it wo n't hurt to shake them up a little . |
| 19 | ‘ But to my surprise , he phoned me back a few days later , and offered to help me . |
| 20 | My mum helped me out a bit , but not everyone has parents who will help . |
| 21 | knocking them back a bit |
| 22 | Yeah , and he always writes me out a couple and I ai n't got the money . |
| 23 | No , the ones who get me are the purposeful ones who are out to pull you down a peg or two when you were quite happy with the peg you were on . |
| 24 | I 'm I 'm winding you up a little bit but no I mean there 's a little method in this . |
| 25 | Like Sukova , Graf found herself down a set before snapping to attention . |
| 26 | I used to drop in to have a word with the old man — cheer him up a bit . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , I 'll have a look at her while I 'm here , cheer her up a bit . ’ |
| 28 | You know , hold her hand and cheer her up a bit . |
| 29 | Butter him up a bit . |
| 30 | I also wormed her over a course of three weeks , and watched her slowly put on weight . |