Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why could I never go out with them , be like them or have as nice clothes as them ? |
| 2 | ‘ Whether we 're laughing , having a row with someone or feeling very anxious , the bodily responses are much the same . |
| 3 | To find common ground we have to be ready to disclose information about ourselves and to point out shared interests through chit-chat : ‘ I heard you went to London University . |
| 4 | Sullivan opened the door himself and went in alone . |
| 5 | ‘ Judy took a fancy to me and got very jealous of Michele , ’ he recalled . |
| 6 | And Mrs Rogers came up to me and said how wonderful it must be to have a husband who takes an interest in his family ; her Dan does n't know he 's got a family and cares less . |
| 7 | I made him look at me and see how pale I am . |
| 8 | Sketch the displays , then use the information in this section to help you compare them and judge how effective each one is . |
| 9 | They argue that banks have put the worst of their bad loans behind them and become more efficient , making record profits . |
| 10 | If you wash them away it will either become dry and troublesome or the body will try to replace them and become too greasy . |
| 11 | He goes Jo got them and laughed as loud as he could , and then blew off down your house . |
| 12 | The octopus kills its prey , mainly small crabs , by biting them and injecting highly toxic saliva into the wound . |
| 13 | I figured he was waiting for you to wake up , Sleeping-Beauty-style , at which point he 'd marry you and make very tender love to you . ’ |
| 14 | A good way of checking your trim ( the angle of the board in the water ) is to look behind you and see how small and quiet a wake you can produce by varying your position on the board . |
| 15 | The French government actually wants this archaically hide-bound professional body to reform itself and become more competitive , but is expecting it to come up with a solution itself . |
| 16 | He did n't tell me but became so agitated and excited , he left the book open with faint drops of candle grease on it . |
| 17 | ( b ) ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION TYPE — ( weighing up something and saying how fair , sensible , reasonable or true it is ) |
| 18 | She learns to stand up for herself and becomes more aware of her own personality . |
| 19 | While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things . |
| 20 | ‘ I really went for him and felt rather sorry for it afterwards . |
| 21 | This person turned to him and asked how old he was . |
| 22 | I grabbed at him and went totally berserk . |
| 23 | If only more people could meet him and see how nice he is , say his managers , we would win easily . |
| 24 | She was now leaning over towards him and breathing very close to his ear . |
| 25 | On the Wednesday morning of the first week of the schedule he was sitting with the cards spread before him and feeling fairly secure . |
| 26 | ‘ He liked you to stand up to him and give as good as he got . |
| 27 | They were constantly asking me if there was any news of him and becoming increasingly anxious themselves by the lack of progress . |
| 28 | The cat gradually made friends with her and became extremely loving , sleeping on her bed and following her everywhere , rubbing against her and jumping up on her lap . |
| 29 | Harriet 's sobbing and she herself is st ill cursing and her head 's spinning and spinning and they lurch into each other , and Harriet is n't Princess H any more , cool and cocky , she 's sad too , mysteriously , unglamorously , and she hugs her and feels how slight she is and it seems she 's luckier than Harriet , well , just now . |
| 30 | Mrs Wilson looked intently at the figure before her and realised how ridiculous her question was . |