Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some push their way in , some squeeze themselves out , some wait hoping that a tide may carry them through . |
| 2 | The boy who has no dad , for instance , may paint dads all over the place ; the one with a new baby sister may leave her out altogether . |
| 3 | No your mum should check it out . |
| 4 | Then fall down to the left and shift right ; the ghost should follow you down and scare the blue guard away . |
| 5 | Spokesman Julia Hobsbawm says : ‘ Readers of Hello ! and Bella should check us out . ’ |
| 6 | A return to five furlongs should see him back on the winning path . |
| 7 | He was confident , anyway , that his words could talk her out of any ill-feeling . |
| 8 | He looked at Killion as if urging him to argue so that Woolley could knock him down . |
| 9 | A breath o' wind 'd blow her over ! ’ |
| 10 | Or Kay could take me up bingo I ai n't worried . |
| 11 | It was firmly fastened , of course , so that no floppy monster could flip it up and wander underground for lunch . |
| 12 | If the student demonstrated by his choices that he did not fully understand a particular point then the programme could send him round an additional explanatory loop . |
| 13 | It was on display for the day and was being steamed so that the boiler inspectors could check it out and issue the necessary documents confirming that it was tested and available to work . |
| 14 | He never attended any public ceremonies , where the ever-vigilant eyes of the KGB could pick him out and identify him . |
| 15 | You know as well as I do how dangerous it is for a woman alone on the roads — any pervert could pick you up ! ’ |
| 16 | There was the weighted velvet curtain that had once hung in the Star Theatre , now fixed to a huge rod with rings so large that Frankie could slip them over his arms like bangles . |
| 17 | When you love , you lift yourself up higher than any Nazi trash could pull you down . |
| 18 | On the day before — Friday — Nutty ordered them all to go to bed early , and meet at the refrigerator factory where Mr Singh would pick them up at 8.15 after they had got the horses ready . |
| 19 | Most of the away fans would make it down in time for the game and little else . |
| 20 | The terrified Frankie skidded round the corner wall of the end house and raced as fast as his legs would carry him down towards the walkway gate . |
| 21 | Matey was bustling about , doing some of the chores which McAllister had neglected while drinking coffee with him , and on opening the biscuit tin she complained bitterly that Dr Neil would eat them out of house and home if he continued to run through biscuits at his present rate — a judgement which amused McAllister , but also made her feel vaguely guilty . |
| 22 | Jack Clarke knew that sooner or later the brothers would show up in London and , as soon as they did , his network of spies would ferret them out . |
| 23 | All the policies that the hon. Gentleman and his party advocate would move us in exactly the opposite direction . |
| 24 | He grins encouragingly , as if to intimate that a positive reply would cheer him up . |
| 25 | For one heart-stopping second you thought the wheel would pitch you out , headlong , over the town , to swim frantically , comically , in empty air until the ground roared up to meet you . |
| 26 | up until just six years ago crews unhappy about the weight of their cox would bring them down into the brewery for a spot of heavy labour — shovelling mash , to get their weight down . |
| 27 | The wind would bowl him over . |
| 28 | She had risen and now stood staring at him , trembling visibly and feeling as if a puff of wind would knock her down again . |
| 29 | When Disney 's Euro park was first mooted I , too , saw it as a cultural Chernobyl and prayed that some mad French intellectual would blow it up . |
| 30 | ‘ While the play was on I would get home in the early hours of the morning and then Maisie would wake me up really early . |