Example sentences of "[adv] drop [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't seen her since you went to America , and then about six months ago I was staying the week-end with the Coleworthys and I thought I had better drop in to see the old girl in case she heard I was in the neighbourhood and took offence " |
| 2 | ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’ |
| 3 | it 's not pronounced in mine , but , some er they say that with where it 's gone away , you know , there 's all sorts of things that can prove it I mean the obvious thing is we came from somewhere did n't we ? , we did n't just drop here with a flash of light and er they 've studied plants and other animals and they evolved . |
| 4 | In my day , if you wanted , you could just drop out . |
| 5 | ‘ Thought I 'd just drop in , ’ he said . |
| 6 | They 'll just drop down if you leave 'em like that , wo n't they ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Er , madam , ’ said a very old nome , gravely , ‘ does it always drop out of the sky like this ? ’ |
| 8 | Every Thursday is given over to a drop-in day , which is open to the previous year 's group to come back or to any girl on home-teaching , and sometimes girls from three or four years back may also drop in for a chat or advice . |
| 9 | Occasionally he produced a camera and pointed it at me , as I played on the lawn with my limber chestnut friend , Katrina ( who would later drop out of high school and become a porno star in Paris ) , or at me alone , mainly alone . |
| 10 | Just hold the open jar beneath the web and the spider will probably drop straight into it . |
| 11 | Mona , a Palestinian born in Kuwait , said : ‘ Oh yes , he would often drop by for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat . ’ |
| 12 | Her home was on the other side of Belsize Square , and he would often drop in at night to tell her about his latest ideas , just as he had done earlier with Dulcie Howes and was to continue doing with one friend or another all his life . |
| 13 | If one thought of the head only going forward , and not upward , it would invariably drop downwards , causing an increase of muscular tension in the neck area . |
| 14 | Her mother might even drop in . |
| 15 | ‘ I might even drop in and see her . ’ |
| 16 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 17 | She and my wife , Celia , got on fairly well and Inez would sometimes drop in unexpectedly and stay rather long — but never overnight . ’ |
| 18 | The massive anxiety aroused by these conflicts has to be resolved , or else the nurse will either drop out of training as a ‘ failure ’ , or resolve the conflict by reverting to defensive techniques . |
| 19 | The suggestion of sleep is only a metaphor ; the subject does not actually drop off but keeps his attention focused on the hypnotist 's words instead . |