Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked up my briefcase , started out the door and asked the FBI agent on the case to see me downstairs to a cab because I did n't feel very safe in Chicago . |
| 2 | Gradually , however , Joe came to see me less as an interloper and increasingly as a friend who happened to share both his home and his mother with him . |
| 3 | Previously they had lacked an identity , but the training period had welded them together into a cohesive fighting force with an intense pride in themselves and their unit . |
| 4 | He hated them before the war and he hates them now with a depth you gentlemen here would find hard to understand . ’ |
| 5 | Our Georgia guests used the small flat-bottomed craft to go bonefishing one afternoon , and Thessy , well trained by his father , led them unerringly to a sea-flat by a mangrove swamp where , in just a few heart-racing moments , they landed four of the gleaming and elusive fish . |
| 6 | With marked reluctance , the elderly woman led them inside to a small sitting-room , which overlooked the garden at the rear of the house . |
| 7 | And although overseas sales are steadily growing , many countries , such as the US , Germany , Italy , and the UK , are producing their own robots , and using them innovatively in a variety of non-manufacturing applications . |
| 8 | I arrived early and he led me upstairs to a comfortable polish-scented lounge and made coffee , before returning to the bar to finish off . |
| 9 | I wished everyone goodnight and he led me upstairs into a small dormitory room . |
| 10 | It receives them automatically as a member of the European Broadcasting Union , a privilege granted to it because 15 member stations of that cosy cartel own the half of Eurosport which Murdoch does not . |
| 11 | Having steadily reduced the preparation from organism to circuit , the stage was set for the final reduction ; Kandel 's colleague Samuel Schacher dissected out the specific sensory and motor neurons and incubated them together in a dish ( a procedure known as tissue culture ) . |
| 12 | I thought the dead whiteness of the dress made me more of a corpse than a bride but had n't enough energy to infuriate my mother by telling her so . |
| 13 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 14 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support , and I hope that when my nest book is published they will feel confident enough to treat me just as a novelist and not as a problem . ’ |
| 15 | You do n't have to gather them together in a group in order for that to be a successful piece of creative activity . ’ |
| 16 | I thought they 'd hidden me away in a cupboard . |
| 17 | Firefighters have rejected a one point five per cent pay offer bringing them closer to a national strike . |
| 18 | But it can learn to comprehend a series of events by bringing them together into a cohesive , learned pattern to form a language . |
| 19 | The secret is to use them to create a striking feature , and not just hide them away in a shady corner of the garden . |
| 20 | He watched Tom lift two more saucepans from the range and empty them together with a handful of salt into the tub . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps you could give me one of these coins and send me away with a beating ? |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't want to meet them again in a hurry . |
| 23 | The size and weight of the larger models would suit them only for a fairly hefty boat . |
| 24 | Evening : invited me home to a buffet meal with a group of friends and colleagues , including , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Correspondence Course , CIEFL ) , ( Materials Production , CIEFL ) . |
| 25 | To say nothing of mashing the boring bits down to a slurry of images , hosing them away with a touch of your finger . |
| 26 | The relationship between staff and students of University College , apart from the pastoral care of the few Anglican students and staff , involved me increasingly in a study of the history and culture of Burma . |
| 27 | Secure the wire ends by twisting them together for a short distance to prevent the turns trying to unwind themselves . |
| 28 | Many have a dread of something happening that will plunge them suddenly into a situation of near-poverty , and a few also unconsciously use their financial problems as pegs on which to hang their much deeper fears concerning their health and their future , which they may find hard to face . |
| 29 | Finally they helped me upstairs to a bedroom , and I sank gratefully into a warm , dry bed . |
| 30 | ‘ Send him away with a flea in his ear . |