Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was infuriated by his arrogant assumption that he could simply demand answers , infuriated still more by her own desire to simply cave in and tell him the truth . |
| 2 | I was just as confused as that day she came in and told me the news . |
| 3 | ‘ If that does n't work we will then dig in and do it the long and hard way . ’ |
| 4 | Somebody who lives nearby , came in and examined it the other day , and that 's all I know . |
| 5 | And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it . |
| 6 | ‘ After the match , the chairman came in and showed me the other results and the league placings . |
| 7 | Reliability is much to , much more to do with replicability , it 's , it 's another if another researcher went in and did it the same way , would they get the same results ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why do n't you just sit down and tell me the whole story from the beginning . ’ |
| 9 | Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing . |
| 10 | Sit down and give me the time I need to explain everything to you ? ’ |
| 11 | If a club comes along and offers us the right money for Simon , then so be it , but at the end of the day erm we 'd like Simon on our books . |
| 12 | She put her lips together and blew him the tiniest of kisses . |
| 13 | Now you can , those are both the same sides so you 're gon na en add them together and give it the sign that is common to both . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , go away and get us the coffee , ’ said Milton . |
| 15 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 16 | The prowl-car boys handed me downstairs and gave me the hands-flat-against-the-roof-of-the-car routine while they frisked me . |
| 17 | We tried to get through and ask him the question on air . |
| 18 | She stopped in front of him , leaning forward confidentially and giving him the full benefit of the satin décolletage . |
| 19 | go on , you know go on and tell them the strengths of the window |
| 20 | He nodded politely and showed me the palm of a gloved hand . |
| 21 | Richard Dorment of the Daily Telegraph said : ‘ What a pity a dealer did not take him aside and tell him the work he proposed to exhibit was unexhibitable … a visual boredom so total that no amount of metaphor or allusion can give it the kiss of life ’ . |
| 22 | When Evelyn was judged fit to go back to work , Rose took her aside and gave her the story . |
| 23 | And whatever each one chose I would go off and tell them the loveliest sort of |
| 24 | Each was required in turn to break off and tell us the advertisements were coming and it did prove hard , such was the intensity of the exchange , to sustain the intellectual commitment over commercial claims for Whiskas and options . |
| 25 | He was shedding his wet things as he spoke , and a glance at me indicated who was supposed to hurry off and get him the hot drink . |
| 26 | It will provide spacious accommodation for the journey home and spare you the expense of my fare . ’ |
| 27 | He could walk right up and ask it the question that burned within him . |
| 28 | I , I , I 'd would teach them to stand up and tell them the truth , there do n't appear to be too many of them about these days |
| 29 | Who can put their hand up and tell me the next number ? |
| 30 | Our table felt it was worth £20 of tickets for a woman to put her hand up and show him the error of his ways , but we 'd already forked out enough , honest . |