Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available . |
| 2 | Laid back , bang on and chilled to the gills . |
| 3 | ‘ I derive my enjoyment of food from its colour , texture and the combination on the plate when I eat ; so these are the things that I concentrate on when cooking for customers , ’ she explains . |
| 4 | For more information on an integrated spaceglazing service that takes you from concept to completion , call Transplastix on or fill in and send the coupon below . |
| 5 | But sell rather than build . |
| 6 | Formative evaluation ( to use the current jargon ) , is so obviously more important than summative , since you need to modify things as they develop rather than wring your hands over them when they have failed . |
| 7 | So how do you just I mean rather than do it in your head , especially in an exam , just what you 're going to do , put the Add X to both sides say . |
| 8 | I mean rather than do all the photocopying or whatever . |
| 9 | This method also prevents selection of the incorrect morphemic roots of the word ( preached is found as a derivative of preach rather than ache ) since the selection of the correct root form can be made with certainty at development time with the aid of dictionaries . |
| 10 | lay on and twist it and lay on you know . |
| 11 | They were , he said , the kind of documents you eat rather than read . |
| 12 | They were less successful " where it was a question of altering the distributional restraints on their phonology ( the ( r ) -variables " — in this case , /r/-dropping rather than /r/-insertion , as required of British English speakers acquiring a North American accent . |
| 13 | ‘ Every three months , the heads of department and managers sit in and discuss the benefits of what we are doing and how we can make improvements . |
| 14 | I usually sit in and watch telly or play sounds until she comes round and then we go out together . |
| 15 | Got a tent that we sit in and cook in . |
| 16 | Shake hands with the interviewer and sit down when invited to do so , not before . |
| 17 | Make sure you sit down and fill the form in every evening , after your child has gone to bed , and try to be objective . |
| 18 | Now sit down and throw your dice . |
| 19 | Come and sit down and tell me what 's been happening . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would say , just sit down and tell a good story , and to hell with the morality , ’ Allan Ahlberg declares . |
| 21 | Come , sit down and tell me what is the cause of this extraordinary behaviour . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Please sit down and tell me why you wish to see me , ’ said Rose Maylie , looking with some surprise at this poor , rough girl from the streets . |
| 23 | ‘ Sit down and tell me about it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Just sit down and tell us your story , ’ said Holmes kindly . |
| 25 | You sit down and tell us |
| 26 | Sit down and eat , before dinner spoils . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Sit down and eat up your lunch , Day , ’ said Jannie . |
| 28 | ‘ Sit down and eat first . ’ |
| 29 | I must also come in when I am told and sit down and eat my meals properly and not run out into the street with a slice of bread in my hand . |
| 30 | ‘ Sit down and eat your cold pease porridge . ’ |