Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb base] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I put out an advert for a guitarist . |
| 2 | So I put down a hundred thousand in cash and took out an eighty-thousand mortgage . ’ |
| 3 | So I cut out a straight section of wire coat hanger , heated one end until it was cherry red , hammered it flat , then , when it cooled , filed the edges smooth and drilled a small hole in it . |
| 4 | So I take up a book and try to read . |
| 5 | So I map out a route over familiar country near home which takes in some old hedges and one-time mushroom pastures , hoist a gathering bag over my shoulder — and then curse the fact that the mid-October day that I have carefully planned for this expedition turns out to be the most dismal of the autumn so far . |
| 6 | So I set up a little deception plan , charged my credit cards to the limit and smuggled Mary-Claude and the children out to Europe . |
| 7 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 8 | Ozoloins has a strong musical personality as well as the necessary technique for these works , and together they make up an attractive package if once again ( at less than 59 minutes in total ) a somewhat short-weight one . |
| 9 | ‘ Every day people see their house as a wasting , dwindling asset , the longer we put off a return of consumer confidence , ’ he said . |
| 10 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 11 | On the way hack they get past the enemy coast and usually they light up a cigarette " . |
| 12 | Tonight at 8.00 p.m. they take on a Chinese pairing in their bid to reach the final tomorrow . |
| 13 | Tonight at 8.00 p.m. they take on a Chinese pairing in their bid to reach the final tomorrow . |
| 14 | Whenever you pick up a heavy load , bend both legs . |
| 15 | Now you hold up a minute , Muvver . ’ |
| 16 | Sometimes — now , for instance — I look down on Tod , on John , as a mother might ( mother night ) , and try to find hope in the innocence or neutrality of his sleep So now we wake up a new man . |
| 17 | Albert then in turn discovers Celie 's true self and slowly they build up a trust and confide in each other . |
| 18 | About six months ago I set up a 48″ × 15″ × 12″ tank for African cichlids . |
| 19 | Today they make up a sad string of tarnished beads , from Bombay , Calcutta and Rangoon to Saigon ( now Ho Chi Minh City ) , Hanoi and Canton . |
| 20 | You should , you , you 're advised not to jog on tarmac because the surface is hard and jars and so if you do a lot of it can you see and if , particularly if your joints are not equal to it , then you set up a lot of trouble . |
| 21 | Then you set up a review section which reduces books about famine and war to a star rating for entertainment . |
| 22 | then you go down a bit |
| 23 | And then you go in a bit further and you enter the Deptford estate and this is random , you can like go north south east or west |
| 24 | ‘ You do a row of liddle white lines , not too regular , then you back up a row of liddle grey lines next to ‘ em . |
| 25 | you build up a pattern then you build up a rhythm and eventually you know do it |
| 26 | Well that 's something to do with they 're working this Saturday and then they break up a bit earlier or something . |
| 27 | And then they put up a big tent in the Beside the school where you went out for your supper er it was that . |
| 28 | Then they beat up a man of 76 in a failed robbery , Leeds Crown Court heard . |
| 29 | There they set up a rear headquarters and resupply dump . |
| 30 | This project will examine the process through which boys and girls adapt to this regime , and how they take on a particular social gender identity within the institution . |