Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem for short people was to see them over all the people standing in front in the gallery . |
| 2 | but no I mean I i mean I 've lost a lot of good friends on it , and I would love to see them back alive but , there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
| 3 | You 've no need to nurse me along any more , Franz . |
| 4 | Assuming that the reforms were approved by the People 's Assembly — scheduled to debate them in early 1991 — opposition parties could be legalized by the end of March . |
| 5 | The title itself was designed to pull you up short : The Heterosexual Strain in Modern English Literature . |
| 6 | I said I want to try it out first . |
| 7 | One of you put it down there , no get him to write it up sorry . |
| 8 | ( It would be tedious to write it out each time , but the italicized phrase in brackets represents our recognition of the constructed signal that Iago emits . ) |
| 9 | Well any suggestion if you 'd like to write it down one third take away a quarter . |
| 10 | ‘ I got him to write it down proper , so 's there would be no mistake . ’ |
| 11 | Erm have to work it out all the time , this is erm this is one to two hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 12 | yeah , well we managed to work it out last week so if I can remember |
| 13 | Easy way to sort them out this with with trig or with Pythagoras you 're only working with a right angles triangle . |
| 14 | If you can get them into combat they stand a good chance of winning , but you can guarantee the enemy will do his best to shoot them up first . |
| 15 | Anyway within about half an hour he came on and umm , been on to the record company sorting out a couple of records that we hope are the things you like , plus they were going to sort you out some tickets were n't they ? |
| 16 | Your Ma went to pick him up this morning . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah , but he rung somebody yesterday , the chap 's asking to pick him up last rather |
| 18 | The waiter who 'd tried to pick her up that first morning was n't on duty . |
| 19 | ‘ I had to set it up this way . |
| 20 | Most flesh-eating reptiles have simple spikes that prevent them from chewing their prey ; they have to gulp it down whole and then remain in a torpor for days or weeks to digest the meal . |
| 21 | well I mean I 'm only trying to get you to pick to pick it up one wee thing from every time I said , do have a chat with you , that 's what we always say , I 'm not expecting you to pick up anything else I 've said to you tonight cos I 'm only talking to you in general terms , but if you pick up one wee thing , right , story close |
| 22 | ‘ It ca n't go far , it 's no use to us as it is and we may be able to pick it up some other time . ’ |
| 23 | It is wasteful simply to flash the light into the air and hope to pick it up some distance away since most of the light spreads out in space ( compare this with radio communication ) — although this method does have its uses over very short-distances . |
| 24 | You might find it helpful to plan what you will say in advance and to talk it over first with someone you trust and who already knows the situation . |
| 25 | ‘ But I think we ought to talk it over first . |
| 26 | Everything was apparently under control until the last few seconds of flight and he was so busy trying to sort it out that fear had no time to grow . |
| 27 | The answer is that you would have to slog it out all the way from London to Baghdad . |
| 28 | You lie still now , for I 'm to fetch you up some broth . ’ |
| 29 | Last minute organisational difficulties prevented the holders at Hunterston from defending their title but they 've promised a hard-fought battle to win it back next year when Peel Park will host the event . |
| 30 | We were unfortunate to lose the ‘ Buchanan Cup ’ to Douglas Reyburn in August — however we will endeavour to win it back next year ! |