Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it turns me on just to hear you say it . ’ |
| 2 | Miss Bedwelty then said , ‘ You asked me up here to give my opinion . |
| 3 | ‘ And will she be bringing them down here to stay do you think ? ’ |
| 4 | Alright he , he 's probably down there with his wife and my friend and invited me down there to stay in her house but I do n't think it 's September actually , so I do n't , some . |
| 5 | ‘ When she realised she faced death she said to me : ‘ God wants me up there to look after the children ’ . ’ |
| 6 | More often than not Ma starts me off only to leave me stranded above the waterdragon with my–backside wedged into the Young Person 's Patent Toilet Seat Adaptor ( another trophy won from the WI jumble by Pa ) . |
| 7 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 8 | They 'll need you back there to take charge and you can make sure the Marines do n't compromise the defences you 've set up . |
| 9 | While in screwing the top , I moved it over slightly to give clearance for my jigsaw blade , and started to cut off the overlap . |
| 10 | They let me out for the day and then , when he regained consciousness five days later , they let me out again to see him . |
| 11 | Sometimes he will bring you back here to see us . |
| 12 | I 've just phoned her up just to tell her . |
| 13 | So I just put it on just to tick |
| 14 | I have to pay a visit to the wholesaler , so I could drop you off and pick you up later to bring you back . |
| 15 | " Fiver , I wo n't pretend that I did n't follow you up here to speak angrily . |
| 16 | ‘ They said it looks OK but they 've towed it off somewhere to search for clues . |
| 17 | and you have to press them down anyway to make them all stick . |
| 18 | They used to let him up here to practise from time to time . ’ |
| 19 | And I scratched it on there to make sure that I did n't forget it . |
| 20 | I copy it down here to help me go forward . |
| 21 | And when the rain stops , the beavers may have to build them up again to prevent the level of the lake from falling so low that the entrance to the lodge is exposed . |
| 22 | ‘ I told the people around me that I wanted to quit , so they flew me back home to see a doctor . |
| 23 | ‘ I have not brought you back here to discuss a divorce , or any possible remarriage — to Marissa , or any one else ! ’ he ground out harshly . |
| 24 | It is high time Eubank put on another world-class performance , but opponents such as Gimenez simply do n't fire him up enough to produce his best . |
| 25 | With great magicians I 'll sit and converse , the whole universe would seem like a little pond , deer would swim by and as it swam by , ravage by war neglect and in great pain , I 'll take it out just to wipe its poor face clean and then quietly put it back again , if I worked magic , magic |
| 26 | ‘ But do n't foul it up just to prove I 'm right . ’ |
| 27 | He brought me down here to work for him under false pretences . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't want no money from you , ’ said Linda , ‘ I do n't trust yer , Mr Cousins , I bet yer up 'ere to do thievin' . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm not taking you up there to vomit in the Land Rover . ’ |
| 30 | This superb American served the Allies on the sea and in the post-war relief organizations till disgust at the treatment of the Poles by the Western Alliance sent him back home to lick his wounds and write an epic book . |