Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They will bounce light up or down or spread it horizontally , depending on the type of shade . |
| 32 | The UCTA covers not only clauses which exclude such liability in whole , but also those which exclude or restrict it partially ( eg a limitation as to the monetary amount to be paid by way of compensation for such a liability when incurred ) . |
| 33 | Acting alone , the sternal muscles curve the abdomen downwards and the tergals straighten it or bend it upwards . |
| 34 | If you want to share them , put a new condom on them for each user or wash them thoroughly in hot water ( as long as the toy is not electrical ! ) . |
| 35 | It seemed the water of Undersea did n't mingle with it or wash it away . |
| 36 | It was thought that only animals of that description could either eject rabbits from their burrows or kill them underground . |
| 37 | If someone tries to harm you in London , it will be hard to stop him or catch him afterwards . |
| 38 | But as for perceptual and emotional awareness , lacking which we would have no motive to bother about facts , without pleasure or hope it simply fades . |
| 39 | In reflecting on Basil as a person , I can only make comment as I knew him , over a dozen years or so and , during which time , I can not recall one unkind word or act he ever directed towards me . |
| 40 | The eye has to jump ahead to the source marker , or register it peripherally , and link it correctly to the preceding text . |
| 41 | Make sure you refrigerate or freeze them quickly . |
| 42 | Be careful with leftovers — refrigerate or freeze them quickly . |
| 43 | That does not render it inedible if you cook it within a few hours — or freeze it immediately . |
| 44 | The chosen shade may lift the picture and make it look more attractive or ruin it totally by clashing or overpowering the design itself . |
| 45 | Or read it somewhere . |
| 46 | Decisions of the latter kind , about whether to import components or obtain them locally , for instance , or about investment policy in a recession , or pay restraint , can have major implications for national economic performance . |
| 47 | Nell , watching them go , sighed and said , ‘ She did n't kiss Xanthe goodnight , you know , or give her even a hug to comfort her . |
| 48 | ‘ Or give it away . ’ |
| 49 | Or give us here a bloody mint |
| 50 | This offer to transport us out of our own world , with all its problems , unfinished business , boredom and disappointment , into another world where we may escape these things or negotiate them vicariously , is perhaps the fundamental appeal of all narrative . |
| 51 | Superstitiously , perhaps , protectively more like , he did not care to explain it or examine it much and he would not interfere with it at all . |
| 52 | Understandably , this is a difficult recognition to make , and not all acknowledge it , or accept it gracefully . |
| 53 | If you participate in life , you do n't see it clearly : you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much . |
| 54 | If you participate in life , you do n't see it clearly : you suffer from it too much or enjoy it too much . ’ |
| 55 | So , do you want to keep your eyes shut while I get you up to the roof , or open them now and get a nasty surprise when you and all your millions of fans see where you are ? ’ |
| 56 | Companies do sometimes give incorrect details or omit them altogether on their company stationery . |
| 57 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 58 | They do not place themselves inside or outside the Renaissance by anything they actually do : it is we who place them there ( or exclude them therefrom ) by opting for one definition of the term rather than another . |
| 59 | Ought I to restrict supplies to certain retailers only , or release them only on the certificate of a doctor or justice of the peace , or simply rely on those who can afford to pay getting them on the black market ? ’ |
| 60 | What 's really annoying for them is when the lifers they 're visiting ca n't seem them or hear them either . |