Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to Julia to be the height of good manners to have greeted a stranger with apparent pleasure under such circumstances and then to have included her in the family teasing , but she wanted to make certain that they could forget their manners and talk freely to each other without having to bother about her . |
| 2 | In principle , they can fix their financial risks and get on with the job of dealing with the commercial ones . |
| 3 | Leave the Museum of Decorative Arts and walk along to the Svatopluka Čech Bridge of 1906 , by J. Soukup and J. Koula . |
| 4 | Beside me , Eva , in her jeans and tennis shoes , stepped along lightly , trying to hum one of Charlie 's songs and keep up with my fast pace . |
| 5 | It was my dream , and I did n't just want to bash out songs and see how it went . |
| 6 | Some are fitted to the accessory shoe on the top of camcorders and operate off their own battery supplies . |
| 7 | Put your hands over your ears and sit up until your elbows touch your knees . |
| 8 | At the end of a shaft of light streaming down an alley which led to the river , a scorpion dozed on a broken brick , though at Huy 's approach the little brown statue bristled , pincers and sting instantly alert . |
| 9 | We live in little beach chalets and look out all day on the Mediterranean ; its blueness always surprises me , though I 've seen it so often . |
| 10 | After two days on the bus from Darjeeling to Yoksam , we were glad to stretch our legs and walk up to Dubtek , Sikkim 's oldest monastery . |
| 11 | And even if you lose two and a half stone , you 're still not gon na look like , you know , some skinny model because you 're still gon na be about six foot wide with your hips and your shoulders , but I mean , you 're just gon na have gangly longer legs and walk around like this . |
| 12 | When the young hatch , they are even more fish-like than their parents , for they have no legs and breathe not with lungs , which will develop later , but with feathery external gills . |
| 13 | He regarded it with suspicion , as if afraid that it might suddenly sprout legs and run off . |
| 14 | Air bubbles stream out of the hollowed legs and file back up to their own kind . |
| 15 | Straighten both legs and stretch right out of your hips ; straighten the spine and let your chin fall to your chest . |
| 16 | On retiring to bed Vic 's last action is normally to detach a book from Marjorie 's nerveless fingers , tuck her arms under the covers and turn out her bedside lamp , but he must have neglected the first of these chores last night , or perhaps Enjoy Your Menopause was concealed under the coverlet . |
| 17 | You 'll need to travel light , with shorts , swimming gear , T-shirts and trainers and do n't forget the suncream as the sun can be very strong . |
| 18 | Fine to medium paintbrushes are useful for moving flowers and leaves around , and for brushing hairs and fluff off the design once you have finished it . |
| 19 | Slice fungi and fry down with the butter and onions until all the liquid has evaporated . |
| 20 | Such works demean religious believers and hold up their convictions to contempt . |
| 21 | Salespeople should therefore look out for such buying signals and respond accordingly . |
| 22 | These muffle market signals and keep too many loss-making factories in business . |
| 23 | As the shadows lengthen , the men can be seen standing around with a pint of beer in hand , while mothers keep watchful eyes on the kids and catch up on the latest gossip . |
| 24 | You testify before the Commission tomorrow and I take the kids and go home to Mother in Milwaukee ! ’ |
| 25 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We should get six top international players and a number of international referees and sit down with the law-makers so that all points of view are aired . ’ |
| 27 | Your recollections will no doubt revive a lot of memories for many of our older readers and provide quite a few talking points for younger ones . |
| 28 | To fulfil her role properly , she must have time to prepare sessions and keep up to date with a wide range of subjects . |
| 29 | The problem was to identify the messengers and find out what messages each one carried . |
| 30 | At Hewlett-Packard it would require a minimum three systems swaps and cost over $500,000 . |