Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I back up the line I had to go . |
| 2 | In Chapter 14 I sketch out the fundamentals of a structuralist theory of truth . |
| 3 | And I mean over the years you can sort of pick a sample out and say ‘ It 's pretty close , this one ’ ; or , y'know , ‘ Do something about it ’ , there and then , if you think there is anything that can be done . |
| 4 | ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago . |
| 5 | I bring up the others , cooling all the while , before we flounder over to the descent rake and back to the house . |
| 6 | I bring up the subject of music . |
| 7 | Nathan and I bring up the rear , and soon we are alone , with Nathan buried beneath the nylon sledge cover . |
| 8 | ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’ |
| 9 | In fact , when I bring in the afternoon tea , Mr Farraday is inclined to close any book or periodical he has been reading , rise and stretch out his arms in front of the windows , as though in anticipation of conversation with me . |
| 10 | I dance round the kitchen table , twirling the hat on my hand , so that the ribbons fly out behind it . |
| 11 | A couple of grey and white winter-plumage black guillemots — called tysties in Shetland — complete the picture , and I wind up the window and move on . |
| 12 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 13 | go I pick up the accent . |
| 14 | I pick up the phone . |
| 15 | I pick up the phone again and dial the Home Office . |
| 16 | I pick up the bike and return it to the shed . |
| 17 | Instead , I pick up the clock on it and I see it is half-past six . |
| 18 | I pick up the gun and pocket it . |
| 19 | I pick up the receiver . |
| 20 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 21 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 22 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 23 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 24 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 25 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 26 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |
| 27 | When I peer along the track I see that it will be on the track across from me , going south to the river . |
| 28 | The reason I single out the engineers rather than the commentators or the producers is that they ensured the best pictures of the University Boat Race ever seen , as well as the usual smooth coverage of the Grand National . |
| 29 | The draft position paper goes sliding over the edge of the desk into the waste-paper basket as I snatch up the receiver . |
| 30 | Yeah , does that mean er whenever I send out the application fee of two hundred and fifty pounds some months ago , er did we get that back or do we get it back ? |