Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Or someone makes them up , of course .
2 PS JOANNE … could you send me your fax number again if you still need the telegraph thing , the number you gave before is wrong — or I copied it down wrong .
3 Or I get it off our old lady .
4 So where she fill it up from ?
5 You let them in to have a laugh at them or you let them in because you want to listen to what they 're saying .
6 We can use some pliers or something to bend it back .
7 Have you got some brandy or something to brace you up ? ’
8 And keeping it straight , you 'd have to have a jig or something to keep it in
9 If only I had a stole or something to cover it up . ’
10 ‘ Confess your sins , Muslim dogs , ’ said the Bosnian refugee , in slightly cautious tones , ‘ and become Christians , or we slash you up ! ’
11 or we block it out :
12 Give us £23m or we blow you up
13 And for at least one parent , there was an awareness that sometimes children 's sense of justice can be hurt by parents not taking some of the blame : ‘ If a kid arrives late for school , or is not properly dressed , then that 's not the kid 's fault , it 's the mother 's fault , or whoever got them out in the morning .
14 That would drive him to madness , to the place they most wanted him , the place in which it would be even more difficult to find the Key ; an institution , a hospital where they filled you up with all sorts of disgusting drugs and deliberately kept you as stupid as the rest .
15 where they shove them up
16 If anyones around leeds at the time the two pubs I would suggest going to watch it are The Pack horse in town ( where they put it on in a private room upstairs for our convenience ) or the Fav up near the Uni where they have about 20 screens and away fans get regularly beat up ! ! ! !
17 Tanjung said : ‘ Witnesses claim that police are taking the arrested demonstrators to the central Timisoara square , where they beat them up and stab them with bayonets , before shoving them into lorries and driving them away no one knows where . ’
18 It is possible to allow the child to move the existing words about the screen by means of a light pen , cursor control or joystick , but requiring him or her to type them in encourages correct spelling and concentration .
19 In this case it may be by asking the child to pick up a toy , being ignored , then compelling him or her to pick it up by physical guidance then putting the child out of the room and leaving him when the inevitable tantrum occurs .
20 where he looked it over , shook his head
21 When they immediately reacted with their automatic alarm response of rolling up into a tight ball , the entire family promptly rolled down the slope of the hill and came to rest at the man 's feet , where he picked them up and popped them into his collecting bag .
22 He took her by back streets to Golden Lane , where he handed her over to Noakes , the mortuary attendant .
23 Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand .
24 I do n't know whether he was turned down by them , or he turned them down , or something , I do n't know .
25 He said : ‘ You see Hunter-Blair at parties or he rings you up when he wants his name in your column . ’
26 ‘ I just do n't understand how planes work or what keeps them up there .
27 Its complete lack of any taste was so nauseating that I spat it out and decided to eat the rest of the bread by itself I was finishing this when there was the sound of boots in the passage again .
28 He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on .
29 I do n't want anyone to suspect that I favour you over your sisters , which is something they already fear because of our business connection . ’
30 I found that I put them back into their correct order with ease and , for the first and last time , achieved some distinction in the marking .
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