Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I mean rather than do all the photocopying or whatever . |
| 3 | So I sit here and wait ? |
| 4 | Whilst I sit here and admire your expertise and |
| 5 | If I sit here , she thought , my hand guarding the pulse , if I sit here and do not move , I shall not die . |
| 6 | The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’ |
| 7 | So I have to I I sit there the week before I get the you know before I get the money , I sit there and work it all out . |
| 8 | I moved inside and shut it behind me . |
| 9 | This was a visionary proposal which would have brought economic and foreign policy matters within the ambit of the Union decision-making process , would have strengthened the position of the EC Commission , would have phased out national vetoes to which I referred above and have given the EP an enhanced law-making ( as opposed to its largely consultative ) role . |
| 10 | There 's Echo There 's Echo goes from strength to strength to the extent that one of its competitors , the main competitor , Tribune del Expansione was obliged to merge with Lacoude Francais I mentioned earlier that Ensure was re-launched and er it achieved a circulation of a hundred and five thousand . |
| 11 | If I stop there and clutch my possessions , they grow to possess me and I will be their slave . |
| 12 | Swiftly I bend forward and grab her by the waist . |
| 13 | I get the ridiculous idea that as long as I walk normally and do n't start running , he will wait there , to see what I do . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm a true Gemini — I speak quickly and wave my arms around a lot . |
| 15 | I am not saying take me like I look tonight and pretend that 's all you 've got to take , I am saying take me when there 's blood on my face . |
| 16 | Every month or so I look inside and close it again . |
| 17 | I run outside and hide behind a hedge then wake up laughing , 'cos I 'm out there in my underwear on the street . |
| 18 | Once there was a couple of girls who had had their babies and they 'd say to you , " Change the baby for us while I run upstairs and get so-and-so " or " Will you feed the baby for me a minute ? " or " Can you make up some feeds ? " |
| 19 | ‘ When they shout abuse at me , I wave graciously and say ‘ Thank you for your support ’ . |
| 20 | I stand outside and watch the girl going round asking other people for money . |
| 21 | I have a special calendar , and I cross off each day when I go to bed , and then I lie there and think of you . |
| 22 | I am in New Zealand for eleven months — I travel everywhere and visit all the freezing works . |
| 23 | I garden organically and use no chemicals , and so what had happened to them ? |
| 24 | I open wide and accept with ease because sometimes there is much joy to be had in multiple matings in a short space of time . |
| 25 | If my list of cons against Alfieri seems great , it does not mean I dislike everything he does for as I 've said he plays the important role of introduction and conclusion which I like especially and count as a clever idea on the part of Miller . |
| 26 | ‘ I walked away and put things on hold for a couple of years but now I am committed to getting that shirt , ’ he added . |
| 27 | I creep downstairs and roam pointlessly around . |
| 28 | Andy takes the man 's calves under his armpits and lifts ; I get underneath and force the man 's shoulders up ; his head goes over onto the stone rim of the vent , beneath the grating . |
| 29 | Now I lean forward and pick up a dead bird whose wings sag open like a fan or like the streets of Berlin under their cam nets . |
| 30 | I lean forward and whisper into Crilly 's ear . |