Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [noun prp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what I say is — if you did n't want the benefit of my second-hand wisdom , you should n't have put down that Dr Ruth book , which taught you how to make love with one foot on the shag-pile and the other in Sainsbury 's , in favour of this one . |
| 2 | I 've thought all along that Anthea Darnell knows something , and I suspect that she heard , or saw , or guessed what happened , and she 's shielding Meryl . |
| 3 | ’ ‘ You go along that Blo Norton road and you 'll never see the black cat unless Alby [ we 'll call him that , though that was n't his proper name ] if Alby had disappeared out of sight the black cat was there . |
| 4 | In 1972 members of the international armed forces based in Western Europe were invited to join in and Brigadier Graham Hollands , who is the very able Chairman of the Championships , is shortly hoping to include a Russian team ! |
| 5 | She pictured them all staring up as she came in and Michael Swinton giving rapid orders to Punch as he had done before , and saw herself putting her basket on the table and showing him what she had brought , the taste and spirit of Christmas from Bishopstow , from her house , her own establishment . |
| 6 | Sorry I 've been a while , I went into mum 's to take her shopping in and Uncle Philip was there . |
| 7 | I walked in and Jerry Rafferty was playing , so we thought Baker Street and then it went from there . |
| 8 | Dad and I went in and Mr Vulcan explained that he wished to give me the harmonium and that there was a clean bed upstairs if we wanted it . |
| 9 | New Age rapper de Basehead starts a session on MARK GOODIER , more scary McCarthy-era revelations in THE UN-AMERICANS , deadpan Brummie mirthmaker Frank Skinner hosts new comedy PACKING THEM IN and John Lennon enjoys the loads-of-geeks-crapping-away treatment in the increasingly shoddy MOJO WORKING . |
| 10 | Did you see much of the goal , or as it was a free kick floated in and Martin Foyle headed it back across the face of goal and erm your partner in crime really at the back put it in . |
| 11 | When we were all sat down and Mrs F was serving out the stew , I ignored Vern and decided to take the situation into my own hands . |
| 12 | But by the summer of 1984 the marriage began to break down and Mrs Martin embarked on an affair without her husband 's knowledge . |
| 13 | We sat down and Dr Jaffery handed us a plate of dates : traditionally the delicacy with which Muslims break the Ramadan fast . |
| 14 | I made myself calm down and Miles Davis 's clear tones on the stereo helped a lot . |
| 15 | Following a tap penalty Mark Willis and Wilkinson were both held up on the line before McGrath touched down and Mike Robson converted . |
| 16 | But this was too soon in my own development for me to be able to grasp the opportunity and eventually the shop closed down and Mr Farrer moved on . |
| 17 | He laid the Walther down and Ilse Huber said , |
| 18 | Dot had been right all along and Mrs Parvis wrong when she 'd insisted that it was all over bar the shouting . |
| 19 | Anyway , Davy came along and Steve Marriot also came along on that day , because quite a few people heard about it , as we put the word out at the Giaconda Cafe in Denmark Street . |
| 20 | Most major European collectors such as Dutch supermarket billionaire Anton Dreesman came along and Helene David-Weill , who collects contemporary drawings , made several visits . |
| 21 | Levein was widely reported after Hearts ' game with Dundee United 48 hours before the squad announcement as having said he would ‘ probably get in if Gordon McQueen is unfit . ’ |
| 22 | His shot was charged down but Mick Harford shot in the rebound . |
| 23 | But the next day , afore I 'd gotten fettled up — for indeed , miss , I 'd no heart to sweeping an' fettling , an' washing pots ; so I sat me down i' th' muck — who should come in but Maister Weston ! |
| 24 | Raymond Starr , Director of Child Care and Family Services , confirmed that his agency had been called in because Orkney Islands Council did not have the resources to deal with a case of this kind . |
| 25 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
| 26 | Tim McKittrick steps down while Tommy Caunce is unavailable . |
| 27 | The kitchen was cold ; the Aga was turned down while Mrs Arbuthnot was away . |
| 28 | The first customer who came in after Arthur Peeble 's departure was a young man . |
| 29 | Gill , voted the supporters ' player of the month before the game , settled the Reds with his first goal five minutes after the restart , knocking the ball in after Gerry Flynn 's shot had only been partially cleared . |
| 30 | I read the words through first ; looks like it 's the statement our man phoned in after Sir Rufus was flame-grilled ; Welsh Nationalist extremists apparently claiming responsibility . |