Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | washed out he very quickly got tired , you remember in hospital , he quickly got tired and if he laid down he quickly seemed to get his energy back , he 'd come back and be |
| 2 | Neil Cusforth , who 's in the haulage business in Yorkshire , chose the 1.6 Primera and is delighted with it : ‘ As soon as I got in I just felt right in it : it 's so light and easy to use . ’ |
| 3 | Those letters from you , it got so I almost believed they were really written to me . |
| 4 | My son started a youth club in one of the common rooms and we as residents we got together we really enjoyed ourselves in our way , you know ? |
| 5 | When the latter were realigned or made anew they often met the earlier roads at a sharp angle on the parish boundaries . |
| 6 | Expatriates may be sent overseas because there is a specific demand for their skills , because they are needed to train local employees in particular procedures or because the expatriates themselves are to receive training so that they can return to their home countries to pass on their newly acquired skills . |
| 7 | he said that 's all you need to know so he actually showed me how to work it back |
| 8 | ‘ I thought my game was going to disappear so I just concentrated on getting solid pars and dropped only one more shot , ’ he said . |
| 9 | When at last he moved away he still combed through the letter as he walked . |
| 10 | Since these are not people I can buy off I only have one option . |
| 11 | And as I drew nearer I steadfastly rejected any contrary observation , the persistent negating evidence of my own senses : the lack of older women , the mound of rubbish Rosa would never have tolerated , the general air of apathy and neglect . |
| 12 | With all the external guys pegged out it hardly moves in the wind . |
| 13 | It seems that the children have been too easily persuaded to sell their land and houses , for what matters in a drama like this is not that the children should act out what actually happened in real life , but that it should open up and help them understand the dilemmas of industrialisation . |
| 14 | and when it clicks back it just goes like that , it pushes and pulls |
| 15 | Nor was there any significant difference in direction of gaze for the two types of questions unless specific items were picked out which apparently reflected most clearly the verbal-spatial distinction . |
| 16 | It was surely part of her duty to find out what finally happened to the seductive female spread out on the front cover . |
| 17 | Last night , accident investigators were still trying to find out what exactly caused the disaster . |
| 18 | So it was naturally with great affection and nostalgia that as an adult I laced up my boots on a damp October morning at the starting point in the station car park at Bridge of Orchy , in preparation to find out what really lurked at the top of Beinn Dorain . |
| 19 | And you 've got to get there at night and at weekends to find out what really goes on , and whether they are meaningful in terms of pollution . ’ |
| 20 | I 've been sent here to find out what really happened and get him back to the States . ’ |
| 21 | Suppose the police were to find out what really happened to Izzy Kleiber ? ’ |
| 22 | The families of British soldiers killed by the American airforce in the Gulf War have won the first stage of their bid to find out what really happened . |
| 23 | Suppose , I suppose if erm Pat or erm Annette wanted to find out what really happened they 'd ask Dianne and Dianne would tell them cos they , they get to find out the truth then and she was lo lo lying . |
| 24 | When I found out I really kicked up . |
| 25 | The kind of girl that even if you did n't know well you always said ‘ hello ’ to and got a cheery wave and a smile back . |
| 26 | But we reckon Mr Sugar must have read your mind already — has n't he already produced one of the machines on your wish list ? |
| 27 | ‘ Has n't he already got a clock radio ? |
| 28 | Has n't he ever let slip any little hint about who it might have been ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Has n't it ever occurred to you that I find you repulsive — that I 'd rather be kissed by a lizard than you ? ’ |
| 30 | The use of a ‘ killer phrase ’ such as ‘ Well , if that 's such a great idea , why has n't someone else done it ? ’ is like telling a parent that their child has no talent . |