Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We succeed in operating them profitably , but the big national breweries regard such pubs as non-viable and tend to close them or sell them off , with inevitable consequences in the form of unemployment . |
| 2 | This difference in the forces would stretch our astronaut out like spaghetti or tear him apart before the star had contracted to the critical radius at which the event horizon formed ! |
| 3 | Thus drugs can be said to act on people and relax them ( 26 ) or bring them around ( 27 ) ; information can put some people in a favourable position with respect to others ( 28 ) ; and pointers can be seen as guiding people ( i.e. as somehow active or operative ) in the proper discharge of their duties . |
| 4 | It was known , also , that the old lady had been friendly with his mother ; and anyway , being a bachelor and retired , he could usually be counted on to take sufferers to hospital in emergency , or bring them home ; as well as visiting murderers in prison , and other tasks ( often called do-gooding by people who have never been remotely in need of that particular little world ) . |
| 5 | Do not only go and see them , but take them out or bring them home . |
| 6 | By 1755 serious friction had developed between England and France over their respective Far Eastern and North American colonies , and it was rapidly learned in London that the French had , though reluctantly , decided that only a major invasion of England itself could force the English to keep ships at home or bring them back from overseas . |
| 7 | You are to search out the traitor Raphael and , when you find him , kill him or bring him back for me . ’ |
| 8 | Do you have to walk miles to turn him out or bring him in ? |
| 9 | I picked it up , then did n't know whether to leave it or bring it up . |
| 10 | Ask if you can take the form away with you and put it in the post the same day , or bring it back later . |
| 11 | We either eat it there or bring it back — or both . |
| 12 | Or bring it in ’ |
| 13 | He supposed they would lock Ho in the boot or hide him somewhere while his father was fetched . |
| 14 | For example , they transport schoolchildren to events in unmarked buses , or pick them up from locations outside West Belfast . |
| 15 | And so you get these , these somewhat stupefied er or one over the eight wasps rolling around , er and er you know , not , not being terribly active , but that , that is the time at which of course people do tend to tread on them or pick them up and get stung . |
| 16 | If it 's too hot , use gloves or push it over with a spade and lift the other end up so now the holes that were in the bottom are now on top and there is smoke coming out of them . |
| 17 | Would it slow them down or make them more vicious ? |
| 18 | Eat it Monday night or make it tomorrow . |
| 19 | If you make a statement which gives a stated time when something happened , do n't be vague or make it up , give the exact time or say you do n't know . |
| 20 | One of the Edinburgh employers ( perhaps inadvertently ) revealed that " either very experienced girls or experienced men make it up into pages or make it up into sheets " . |
| 21 | Despite voices to the contrary , our standard of play at club level is not that high , and anything we can do to improve it or make it more appealing should be done . |
| 22 | In theory , you can scale the bar code up as large as you like , or make it as small as necessary . |
| 23 | It does not diminish Julius Caesar or make it less complex to approach it as a dramatised representation of the relation between words and actions within politics . |
| 24 | I love it knitted in three or four strands of fine polyester thread in a mixture of colours for a really light and summery confection , or make it very plain and simple to wear with my latest love , a pleated double jacquard skirt in light summery yarn ( or make it a two-ply wool for warmer wear ) . |
| 25 | We want to help , as long as it does n't take too much time or effort , or make us too obsessive and puritanical . |
| 26 | It 's important that if you do get an ache or a strain , treat it with a specialised spray similar to what trainers use with injured athletes which can either heat up an area or cool it rapidly , bringing relief . |
| 27 | It 's important that if you do get an ache or a strain , treat it with a specialised spray similar to those trainers use with injured athletes which can either heat up an area or cool it rapidly , bringing relief . |
| 28 | If food is not going to be eaten as soon as it 's cooked , either keep it hot ( above 63°C ) or cool it quickly . |
| 29 | Having obtained your two pieces of wood , place them one on top of the other , ensuring that they are exactly square , and tape or clamp them securely together . |
| 30 | And both offices have identified the need to pay volunteers something for their work , or lose them altogether . |