Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allen Paulson , who sold a half share to Sheik Mohammed for ten million dollars , reasoned he 's either not trained on or needs a psychiatrist . |
| 2 | Liverpool have got to play him against Middlesbrough and it is my belief that if someone comes in and does a turn for you , stick by them . |
| 3 | cos I had it running in the kitchen while we were cooking tea last night and Sue came in and goes a real big fart , and goes oh I have n't been able to fart all week , she says ! |
| 4 | And you eat in what is called messes so that you eat in a mess of four and the server comes in and puts a plate of it might be venison and a plate of which is a kind of erm corn and er in front of you . |
| 5 | Somebody comes in and runs a separate form puts all their customer and all they 're doing is when the orders change they just put the and it prints out notes and labels and if you 've got hundreds of them it saves a job in time and money and the girl . |
| 6 | If a third person steps in and gives a consideration for the discharge of the debtor , it does not matter whether he does it in meal or in malt , or what proportion the amount given bears to the amount of the debt . |
| 7 | So the fact that the vehicle has been out on shall we a mor a morning delivery and the the back shift man comes in and has a look at it , he would then have to do it all again . |
| 8 | She settles back down and makes a gesture for Bill to lie on her lap again . |
| 9 | No , something always comes along and puts a flaming great big spanner in the works and that upsets everybody . |
| 10 | A teacher who regards his work in this way , who sees his task as being not merely an overseer of academic progress but a mature adult who watches over and helps a child to find personal identity in an ever more complex and fast moving world may deservedly claim to be considered doing work worthy of professional status . |
| 11 | When a glass cutter wants to cut glass , he does not bother to cut right through but makes a shallow scratch on the surface after which the glass breaks easily along the line of the scratch . |
| 12 | She takes the hat off and does a couple of dance steps . |
| 13 | There 's a set up that checks a certain amount of areas and then blanks it otherwise you could be sitting there for hours waiting for a new Con activity so you just chew them off bit by bit . |
| 14 | Well there 's three men crouching round them now , as Tufnell comes to bowl to , who covers up and plays a very certain spec defensive shot . |
| 15 | Connections between the men 's behaviour in the bar and the roomful of college boys who cheer a news report discrediting Sarah Bob , one of the rapists gets up and takes a bow — and crucially , with the male provenance of the District Attorney 's office . |
| 16 | So in this last example the participle form does match up and produces a grammatically well-formed sentence . |
| 17 | On the other hand , if the weather is already hot and the water temperature is 70° F. or more , then the wind suddenly springs up and brings a drop in water temperature and a rise in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water , you can also expect fish . |
| 18 | An organiser rushes up and gives a mass of leaflets to a man dressed in combat gear near me . |
| 19 | This reduces the amount of memory your file needs , speeds things up and gives a much better result at the end of the day than you could ever hope to achieve with a scanner . |
| 20 | On the way a strong wind gets up and blows a tree down . |
| 21 | The complacent citizen looks up and sees a distant jet 's contrails , whooshing along in impressive white streams . |
| 22 | At about midnight , Lucker wakes up and wants a drink . |
| 23 | When they are successful a bell rings and a mechanical buddha lights up and makes a creaky obeisance . |
| 24 | While the clock is chiming , there is also a 50% chance per character per round of being attacked by another object in the room : the rocking-horse bites , a chair leg strikes at a shin , a table drawer flies out and strikes a vicious blow in the stomach , a toy soldier stabs at an ankle , and so on . |
| 25 | Fig 1a is often seen but is vulnerable to shock loading if one anchor pulls out and creates a dangerous lateral pull on the pitons . |
| 26 | Then she breathes out and gives a real smile — one of those big things that brightens her face like a starburst — and I see she 's been frightened , and I sigh , and suddenly I 've got a lump in my throat and I 'm trembling and I do n't think I can move away from this wall . |
| 27 | Fourth , education brings out and develops a person 's abilities . |
| 28 | The keyboard is well laid out and has a positive feel , very much like my desktop PC . |
| 29 | He reaches out and puts a hand comfortingly on Robyn 's pair . |
| 30 | ‘ 'E usually goes out an' gets a daily paper about this time , ’ Mrs Beavis informed Dolly , ‘ and an evening paper later . |