Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a long document ( as one speaker remarked , there was a danger it would grow so long that no one would read it ) , but after only two days of discussion the fathers voted overwhelmingly to accept the draft as the basis for the final document and went on to debate it section by section . |
| 2 | And I was half and half and by the time I you know , to come down to answer it mum , they 'd gone . |
| 3 | I would have dallied longer but the venerable Bere came down to wish us farewell . |
| 4 | ‘ One of the nurses has been coming in to give me injections every day . |
| 5 | ‘ Charles just dropped in to wish me luck , ’ Lesley-Jane supplied hastily . |
| 6 | The Noriega government was a special case , and even then the Bush and Reagan administrations showed restraint for years before moving in to protect US lives . |
| 7 | The lady prioress , a pure wool cloak wrapped around her , came down to bid us adieu . |
| 8 | It was the night Tony came over to tell me Nero wanted a British warm like his . |
| 9 | He 's good looking , a brilliant actor and the producers are lining up to give him work . |
| 10 | Talking of shares , here is a reminder of the share helpline that has been set up to give you advice about your shares in Guinness . |
| 11 | I mean , as I said to my hubby later on , we did n't scrimp and scrape to send her to Hutchy Girls so she would grow up to give us grandweans saying merr , flerr and sterr . |
| 12 | He is an oyster in its shell ( 1845 ) ; a snail in its shell ( 1851 ) ; a hedgehog rolling up to protect it self ( 1853 , 1857 ) . |
| 13 | Jim thought , ‘ Hello , is someone coming up to keep me company ? ’ and went to the door and looked out down the steps . |
| 14 | Friend Connon might even turn up to keep you company . |
| 15 | Bertie held his candle up to show us frescos of four saints beneath the dome , and then more robed figures around the walls , four archangels and the angel of the fiery furnace . |
| 16 | To some people , this is a confirmation of the old idea that there is something inherently wicked in the feline personality , and that the animal deliberately selects someone with a cat phobia and then sets out to cause them embarrassment . |
| 17 | And he 's picked you out to help him Rex . |
| 18 | ‘ There 'll be rain later , ’ he said as she stepped back to give him passage . |
| 19 | The Archdeacon and Theodora stepped back to give him passage . |
| 20 | I went , but my friend would n't speak to me , let alone come out to keep me company . |
| 21 | When the war ended he sought me out to offer me choice of jabs ; I chose his Transport Wing in Germany , on loan to Sholto Douglas then the C-in-C Germany , to operate the air transport requirements for Germany in the early days after the end of the war , with aircraft baked in the UK . |
| 22 | It 's funny , but as me , my mum and dad , all piled into the back of the ambulance , I remember thinking it was a shame it was so early in the morning and there was n't anyone around to see me go . |
| 23 | There has to be someone around to galvanize you lot into action . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I live just — ’ she began , about to give him directions . |
| 25 | I am just about to tell you Q A P U quan quango , it 's a Q U A N G O semi public body with financial support from and senior appointments made by government . |