Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Do not only go and see them , but take them out or bring them home . |
| 4 | He supposed they would lock Ho in the boot or hide him somewhere while his father was fetched . |
| 5 | Would it slow them down or make them more vicious ? |
| 6 | Eat it Monday night or make it tomorrow . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In theory , you can scale the bar code up as large as you like , or make it as small as necessary . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | We want to help , as long as it does n't take too much time or effort , or make us too obsessive and puritanical . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And both offices have identified the need to pay volunteers something for their work , or lose them altogether . |
| 17 | England 's second place is slightly surprising , as they seem either to win all their matches ( as in two series against Richards 's men ) or lose them all ( as in 4–0 against Australia last winter ) . |
| 18 | It was this , or lose her completely with certainty and forever — a prospect that he could n't even begin to face . |
| 19 | She had to snatch it now or lose it forever . |
| 20 | The assumption here is that ‘ when [ a driver ] happens to feel subjective risk or fear he often tends immediately to eliminate this feeling by certain behavioural changes ’ ( Summala , 1976 , p.239 ) , a major cause of accidents is thus that drivers have too high a ‘ subjective risk threshold ’ . |
| 21 | If you break a piece , replace it ; do not try to use the broken pieces or glue them together , the magnetic circuit properties will be affected . |
| 22 | Pity and fear slow us down , or send us away . |
| 23 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 24 | When pressing flowers with fairly hard centres , such as Christmas roses , it is easier to remove the middles completely and either discard or press them separately and replace them later . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , my Mum told me not to let boys fondle me or kiss me now I 've started me periods , otherwise , if I did , I 'd soon be having a baby . ’ |
| 26 | O stared , he did n't know for how long , at him and his outstretched hand , wondering whether to gasp it , fill it with change , or knock it away ; and then he looked up , because he heard his train coming and also because he felt the hot wind on his face . |
| 27 | They may refer to it or harbour it secretly and allow it to sour their trust and love . |
| 28 | I confess that I 'm a little taken aback that a proof is something that you ‘ do ’ : it seems to me you build it , construct it , devise it , or cobble it together . |
| 29 | One 's called the Austin Special , and it 's really cool-looking with three hotted-up Danelectro-style lipstick tube pickups that you can either run as single-coils for that crinkly kind of clarity , or put them together for a humbucking sound . |
| 30 | " [ T ] he language of an exemption clause is prima facie to be construed against the person who drafted it or put it forward … [ and ] the language of an exemption clause must be sufficiently explicit to disclose the common intention of the parties without straining the language " ( Cumming-Bruce LJ in Acme Transport Co Ltd v Betts [ 1991 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 131 ) . |