Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The idea of a flying continuum becomes even more persuasive when we remember that very small animals tend to float gently in air , whatever their shape .
2 In the main , they are instilled with the pragmatic games of pursuit they play with the local petty thief ; and if asked to consider the wider nature of their role , they tend to fall back on protestations of political neutrality .
3 Clodumar said that the government planned to invest further in Air Nauru , but that it would not re-open diplomatic missions in Hong Kong , American Samoa , Japan , Hawaii and the Cook Islands , which had been closed under the Aroi administration for reasons of economy .
4 He planned to go out for dinner
5 he planned to go out for dinner , he 's even forgot about that as well .
6 " You must promise and vow to go straight to Rochester , "
7 And I intend to go down to London .
8 During the seven and a half months I was on C1 I went to Crown Court twice , and each time I got remanded back into Holloway .
9 • Z55 tensile quality steel combined with a 47mm deep ribbed profile configuration gives excellent spanning characteristics and minimises ponding even at pitches as low as 1½£°
10 He had at first intended to drive straight to Jack 's house in Chelsea .
11 When the students had free time she used to like to go down to Camberwell to a flower seller who sold mimosa , which is a kind of wattle .
12 ‘ Are you saying he did n't want to go up to Luxor ? ’
13 ‘ Do you want to go up to bed now ? ’
14 " Do you want to go over to Moorlake now ? "
15 Well , but we , no we 're not saying that , what we 're saying is that we so all we 're trying , w w w that they were saying we ca n't go from cap er from feudalism to socialism but we do n't want to go just from feudalism to capitalism , we want to go into er if you like a capitalism with socialist characteristics .
16 but it 's , I , I do n't want to go down to work for hours Chris .
17 Do we really want to go down in history as the generation which sold for a mess of pottage the finest British companies , which have successfully built brand names and franchises of high repute over a century or more … ?
18 I do n't want to go down in history as a great songwriter because I died penniless .
19 But nor did I want to go out to work .
20 But at least the mystery was nearing a solution — even if she had no idea why Luke Hunter should want to go out to dinner with a woman whose sole contact with him up till now had been violently centred somewhere round the solar plexus .
21 The question was , did she want to go out to dinner with him ?
22 At the time it did not matter to us because I did n't want to go out with David .
23 Robert did n't want to talk to the engineering master , but neither did he want to go out after Aziz the janitor , who , in their first conversation in the Frog and Ferret , had made pretty clear not only his low opinion of infidels but also his readiness to use cutlery on other human beings with whom he disagreed .
24 To look at her made Don want to go back to bed .
25 ‘ I do n't want to go back to bed ! ’
26 When they returned she did n't want to go back to bed .
27 ‘ Or do you want to go back to whisky ? ’
28 She 'll want to go back to school again soon , I 'm sure . ’
29 ‘ I do n't want to go back to Mrs Gutermann 's .
30 ‘ She said she did not really want to go back to university and my husband told her she did not have to if she did not want to .
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