Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] and [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Declaring variables as local , creates them locally and initialises them to zero/null . |
| 2 | In a way , a skilled speculator is not unlike a skilled insurance underwriter who accepts risks , prices them , passes them on and hedges them . |
| 3 | from carrying too much weight and then they get hooked and they press them down and runs right down this leg . |
| 4 | The principle which animates these planes — holds them together and establishes communication between them — can be visualized as the life force or vital force , the Prana of the Hindus , or the Ch'i energy of the Chinese , that elusive something which departs at death . |
| 5 | He follows me down and holds me in his arms . |
| 6 | ‘ He gets the money from someone else and passes it on to Osman ? ’ |
| 7 | The adult asks for facts , thinks them through and makes decisions in a level-headed way . |
| 8 | But the money gets nicked , so the one who 's married , she goes and robs erm a store and then , they , the policeman pulls them over and wants to take them in so they lock him in his boot . |
| 9 | This is all the time there is for Private Members ' Bills unless , as occasionally happens , the government takes them over and allots some of its own time to them . |
| 10 | He beckons me over and introduces me to Maggie . |
| 11 | So he points to himself nervously and says , ‘ No , I 'm James … ’ |
| 12 | He picks himself up and declares about Fedka , later in the novel , ‘ I suffered for ten years on his account , more than he suffered as a soldier , and — and I 'll give him my purse . ’ |
| 13 | There was always a danger that the legend would become larger than the man , just as it certainly has with his close friend Warren Beatty and thus it is easy to see why Jack Nicholson now guards himself well and repels invaders . |
| 14 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 15 | Sean Connery enjoys himself hugely and brings a welcome warmth to balance Harrison Ford 's cartoon machismo . |
| 16 | This actually was the game against Birmingham and here he comes out fearlessly spreads himself beautifully and robs of a goal there . |
| 17 | In early winter , when the first snows come , he wears socks in the boots , but when it gets cold he takes them off and replaces them with grass . |
| 18 | He chucks them off and puts them back on again . |
| 19 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 20 | A girl who 's managed to stay alive for a whole year takes me aside and passes on the two basic rules of survival : 1 ) Never get separated from the others . |
| 21 | It 's gravity that pulls you down and presses you to the floor . |
| 22 | This taster of better things to come sucks you in and hugs your soul close . |
| 23 | If somebody calls you up and says something 's not working , always ask , well what did you change recently , and ninety five percent of the time , it 's that that 's the cause of the problems . |
| 24 | I mean if somebody rings you up and says How much will it cost ? if it 's er a sort of full removal you 're doing , you say Well are you packing or are n't you ? |
| 25 | And that should inform your thinking when somebody rings you up and says , ‘ My editor tells me that this happened . |
| 26 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 27 | Never mind the boring breakbeat rubbish going around , this is the real story , which trips you up and hoses you down in a shower of sparkling special effects . |
| 28 | BBC BASIC does this for you automatically and provides a pointer PTR# ( a pseudo-variable ) which holds the position of the NEXT character ( byte ) to be written/read . |
| 29 | So he kicks you out and settles down to a nine-months ' bender . |
| 30 | Somewhere in Lincolnshire , an old man 's beard entwines itself around and covers a sign reading : ‘ Danger — Unmanned Level Crossing Ahead With Freight Trains Full Of Nuclear Waste Passing Frequently . ’ |