Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | like to cancel that down and see what that comes to . |
| 2 | The adverbs here and there are often thought of as simple contrasts on a proximal/distal dimension , stretching away from the speaker 's location , as in : ( 72 ) Bring that here and take this there But this is only sometimes so , for although there basically means " distal from speaker 's location at CT " , it can also be used to mean " proximal to addressee at RT " . |
| 3 | Tear that out and keep that by your side because that gives you all the four possibilities . |
| 4 | No , no they just take your word for it and now I have got as I said , I 've got that , I 've got to paint that over and reseal and I 've got to make sure that nobody makes a mess in there , but the plumber said what you really need to do is to get rid of this cheap and tatty , horrible plastic tray which does n't come right to the edge of the tiles |
| 5 | So I am trying to get the new librarian to push all those books into one section … and maybe we could have a trolley and push that around and have it in the lower school … |
| 6 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 7 | And we got half up and stuck . |
| 8 | We set out to carry this out and passed through our old rendezvous on route . |
| 9 | ‘ Once they have decided that they are committed to one man , they seem to want to acknowledge this publicly and to receive public approval in return . |
| 10 | She realized this openly and laughed at him in the sun , saying that the Afghans could n't manage it either , and her blatant flirtatiousness fuelled him to perform one of his music-hall leaps over the back of the car into the bucket seat . |
| 11 | Please get your branch to buy a copy , ten pound is hardly any money at all from branch funds , so that you push this round and get it shown . |
| 12 | So , it might be a good idea to write that down and work it out . |
| 13 | She wanted to come alive again and fall in love again ; but that was not possible , for no one but Rob MacDonald would do — and Rob was gone . |
| 14 | she said yeah she said sorted that out and put her in a trolley |
| 15 | Then , make sure Stevie ate his bread , watch Gary to see he did n't pinch the beans off Jenny 's plate , talk to Patrick to see he did n't fall asleep again and keep an eye out for fights , punches , kicks under the table and flying crusts . |
| 16 | And some sneaky feller who was in the promotion stakes as well , he found this out and passed the word on and they laid a trap for three fellers , one night after twelve . |
| 17 | When the child caught this later and went off her food , I found that tiny Marmite sandwiches handed over whilst I pushed the pram round Wood Green and along the New Yatt Road , seemed to be acceptable to the invalid . |
| 18 | But the essence of re-engineering — taking a strategic view of the component functions of a business , stripping some out and streamlining others with inter-disciplinary teams and more effective use of technology — has long been under way in a number of companies . |
| 19 | It is the object of the present study to find this out and to apply the findings in teaching beginning and slow readers . |
| 20 | right so that must be a third okay and someone holds this up and says , What 's that ? |
| 21 | I caught all through and finished with 7 lb 4oz but that was no match for Paul who took 9 lb 12 oz to the scales . |
| 22 | A bell was worn by the leader to encourage those behind and to give warning to others approaching . |
| 23 | They returned to the house , keeping close together and trying to look brave . |
| 24 | But Stuart got serious quickly and popped the question six months later . |
| 25 | And he read this this P R and he said this is from a junior minister , Conservative minister in nineteen eighty four wro wrote these words in a book and he says that up and coming Conservative young minister was none other than |
| 26 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 27 | Get a pair of scissors cut that out and stick it on these |
| 28 | I think we should carry that out and see , see what the results are before we go county- wide . |
| 29 | I think you 'd better tape erm , put that on and tape it |
| 30 | And er put that on and tied them back and front and up on them tied them to the sides of the coble and and usually towed it with another rowing boat . |