Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned his head a little and she saw the blue glass flowering from his skull , its silken stamens drooping elegantly as he moved . |
| 2 | Do n't eliminate somewhere because it sounds ridiculous or out of the question . |
| 3 | He or she will be obliged to wait politely as you go about your task , which you can time to complete at the same moment you recover the skill of breathing in and out . |
| 4 | Intercourse is safe throughout pregnancy , unless you had a previous miscarriage , in which case it should be avoided during the first 14 weeks and avoided altogether if you have a history of miscarrying . |
| 5 | She fought bitterly as he came back to her . |
| 6 | Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . |
| 7 | He did not say it loudly and she was not sure she had heard right so she continued . |
| 8 | Bill Murray spent £50,000 on setting up his restaurant at Telegraph Hill , near Exeter , Devon , two years ago but said the business started to go downhill when he handed it over to a manager to run . |
| 9 | This is because here energy levels are often depleted — either she does n't eat properly or she diets in order to keep slim . ’ |
| 10 | We are , he observed , only too willing to make this sort of leap , and not only in the field of theology ( Hume was also very critical of what he saw as the pretensions of the science of his day to uncover the ‘ hidden springs ’ of things ) , but we need to be much more modest and cautious , to realise how limited the scope of our experience and knowledge is , and how liable our minds to go astray when they over-reach themselves and fish in waters too deep for their lines to plumb . |
| 11 | She 'd heard since that he 'd left the health service and gone abroad to work … and now not only was he back , but she was expected to work with him . |
| 12 | The long day passed slowly and it grew very hot . |
| 13 | ‘ 'T IS really nought , ’ she whispered nervously as he reached her and held out his hand . |
| 14 | With a sudden surge of defiance she tossed back her head , sending her long wheat-coloured mane rippling over her shoulders , her eyes flashing challengingly as she pulled the microphone free of its stand . |
| 15 | ‘ Who did you say you were looking for ? ’ she asked suspiciously as I pulled up a weatherbeaten bus seat . |
| 16 | ‘ When I am in the car I am competing professionally and I commit myself to the job . |
| 17 | Karen , very tired and possibly a little drunk , realised slowly that she had seen him deploy this technique before , at an earlier dinner in the house , and that somehow it was probably quite offensive . |
| 18 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
| 19 | Mona asked nervously after they rose from their knees . |
| 20 | er and in any , in any event there are a number of things I tend to miss altogether if I want to er keep to timetable which I and I , I 'm sure you 're , all the , the audience or group or whatever you like to call it that will welcome an extension of the talk . |
| 21 | In paragraph four , page six , we do make a small point about the financial implications er on of course that has been resolved because of er the resolution carried forward in the budget debate and a note there about central training which I could er just , just explain slowly because I have had a number of questions about this . |
| 22 | ‘ Go on where ? ’ she asked bitterly as she stared blindly through the mud-spattered windscreen . |
| 23 | The second man comes , he says the same thing and his brother 's waiting at the gate and she goes only if you fuck me ! |
| 24 | If you find it difficult to keep a rally going within the confines of the court , chase the ball wherever it goes so that you become accustomed to the habit of pursuing the ball . |
| 25 | Hence people who enter the premises as lawful visitors may not remain so if they step outside of their invitation or permission to be on the premises . |
| 26 | ‘ How long 's this been going on ? ’ she asked gently as she cleaned up a nasty cut on the woman 's arm . |
| 27 | The old girl may have updated her image and cleaned up her act , but those eyebrows still crash together when she frowns . |
| 28 | I do n't think so but we 've specified in here a lady shall . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think so but we need to be sure . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think so but he did believe the word Raphael contained the name of the traitor . ’ |