Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that during those brief immortal moments when I was standing up on the board , walking on water , I too felt like a supreme being , until the ocean cast me down again and turned me once more into a creeping thing that creepeth upon the face of the earth . |
| 2 | I thought he might have met someone down there and become embroiled in conversation . |
| 3 | If he/she can play with brothers and sisters ( or friends ) for , say , half an hour without squabbling , you call him/her over quietly and award an agreed number of tokens ( see page 57–9 ) . |
| 4 | And I 'll tell you something else — ’ she paused , went to the oven , took out a tin holding roast potatoes , flicked them over expertly and put the tin back in the oven before she continued , ‘ She wo n't be long in that school , she 's a way ahead ; and you know what ? ’ |
| 5 | Vincent picked himself up slowly and rubbed his ribs . |
| 6 | ‘ Lachlan , sit you down again and see have I not got a grand idea . |
| 7 | The hell with jet lag — I 'm going to take you out tonight and stay up till my eyelids just droop shut ! ’ |
| 8 | I should throw you out now and have done with it . |
| 9 | Then I bring them up here and let them draw . |
| 10 | He took two of them up here and took them in sections and built one in Stenness and another in . |
| 11 | I mean they 're so useless , why do n't you bring them up here and grill them too ? |
| 12 | It , it , it just went on for a lit a short time afterwards but er , but when the war ended course things , some things changed pretty rapidly as you can appreciate but , but by this time I , I was working for Ellwells then on long distance transport and we used to have to go and fetch tractors or bulldozers that had got armour plating on from Dagenham docks and bring them up here and start selling them to civic contractors and the , the Americans were selling a lot of equipment as well at end of the war , and I saw money made overnight like , people were buying the lorries and putting them on the road you know for work and transport firms and all that and they were getting some of them for next to nothing |
| 13 | unless I phone them up tomorrow and say look , you know , I , she , if she keeping on the club she 'll go backdate it |
| 14 | Make them up beforehand and put them in a cool bag — or take boiled water in a sterile Thermos flask and mix feeds as you go . |
| 15 | Because of the pain I could n't manage to pull the sledge in the uphill parts , so I had to break the bales in half , tie them up separately and carry them to the level bits , and load up again . |
| 16 | Screw them up again and flex them out and let your feet drop to the side . |
| 17 | And then you 've got ta ring them up and ask them again to see who 's to see who Cos they usually say , Well I 'll see what I can do , and then you 've got to ring them up again and see if they 've done anything , and and er and then sometimes you 've got ta ring them up again . |
| 18 | Sometimes I feel that I could get to the point where I 'd let her get on the bus [ transport to day care ] in the morning and then ring them up later and say ‘ Do n't bring her back because I wo n't let her in ’ … |
| 19 | I add them up yesterday and said what 's it , what do I do , I 've not come to , now they 've sent me a temporary one . |
| 20 | I 'll phone them up then and see . |
| 21 | I know and I 'm trying to pile them up now and let you see the patterns so these |
| 22 | I thought you were definitely gon na show me up today and say , how the hell am I supposed to get into the garage ? |
| 23 | Toby picked me up bodily and carried me to his bed . |
| 24 | Er , so you can say that er Mr is a friend of pensioner 's , he said , he said he would be prepared to , what I , I , I approached him and said er , what about Harlow Caring Council , are they prepared to assist the pensioners in any way or do they wish to join in on this , oh yes he said , of course Norman he said , how much are you paying er Ron I said well his asking forty pound for the , for the morning , oh he said I 'll go half way with that , then he came out and said to me , pull me up afterwards and ask me to go to leisure services about the Tuesday , and so I 'm still following that up and hopefully we will have two days on pensioner 's week , because you want to have as much impact as possible and in a few moments , when I nearly finished here , I shall be reading you something where you 'll see that it is important that we make an impact on the people of Harlow . |
| 25 | then take them back up and get a two . |
| 26 | Then she brought both hands back to her lips and spread her arms expansively , before bringing them back together and pushing her fists forward at waist-height as she rocked on her haunches ; then the banana sign , clearer and more distinct this time , both hands finally coming together with the fingers bent , a rough but distinct letter B. |
| 27 | the girls up , get them back home and come back . |
| 28 | She blinked them back hurriedly and forced herself to look across at Josey . |
| 29 | I paid off his debts , but unfortunately for you , he insisted that he 'd pay me back someday and left me with a considerable number of IOUs . |
| 30 | But I did not perk up , so they carted me back indoors and called the doctor once more . |