Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [vb base] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted to look pale and interesting and bowl him over with my sparkling wit ! ’ |
| 2 | I generally work from dark to light and bring it out from the dark . |
| 3 | I generally work from dark to light and bring it out from the dark . |
| 4 | Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away . |
| 5 | Chairman I think I have to offer an apology to members and Mr in particular and the town of Bungay with a rather erm over which sentence expressing the press release , I mean we are continually trying to issue news items , press releases , progress reports and anything we 're doing and usually the press are very good and quoted for a basis , sometimes they get it wrong and mangle it up with some bits of disaster , on this occasion that is not the case , the , the actual press report did determine the phraseology used in my in lease them so I have to accept the responsibility for the phrase to act of your recommended this morning so it down sake , could abandon ideas which they can buy it , of course those crazy ideas used in and out of the court is what matters . |
| 6 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 7 | ‘ What you do is , ’ said Granny Morkie , ‘ you lift your feet up really high and plonk them down . |
| 8 | Then lift the front foot high and hook it back into the opponent 's head . |
| 9 | She stopped briefly , pulled her sash free and put it over her head , tucking her hair under it . |
| 10 | The copper map had evidently been fastened to the concrete plinth through the medium of some nineteen-thirties metallurgical technology which is sadly lost to us today , because it ruggedly defied even the most enterprising attempts to prise it free and bear it off to the smelting pot . |
| 11 | And if you 're sensible and watch her closely you could learn a thing or two . ’ |
| 12 | Both sets of hedges are getting very overgrown and make it very difficult for pedestrians who are forced out into the middle of the road with the consequent danger from traffic . |
| 13 | In this particular pair of designs , I have used matching leaves and similar tones for the flowers , although you could create two designs that are very different and link them together with matching frames or mounts . |
| 14 | If you make a statement which gives a stated time when something happened , do n't be vague or make it up , give the exact time or say you do n't know . |
| 15 | Ask your Brown Owl to write to Acorn Marketing Limited or ring them on . |
| 16 | Anyway , we must be clever and change you gradually . ’ |
| 17 | I want to get chummy and get him quickly . " |
| 18 | I wanted to keep her warm and handle her as much as possible in preparation for training . |
| 19 | ‘ Keep him warm and give him plenty to drink . |
| 20 | So the best thing is to put the piece of paper in in a wadge and then come out on the outside and pack it vertically and put them next to each other like that . |
| 21 | So , take your fingers from the outside and move them in towards the nose and round so that you do n't stretch the skin even more . |
| 22 | He told me not to be impulsive and think it over , but I sha n't stay . |
| 23 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 24 | Why could n't she be honest and tell her why she had wanted James to see Moorlake ? |
| 25 | ‘ But I have to be honest and say I never marked her as someone who was going to become a great journalist . |
| 26 | Keep the legs straight and squeeze them together . |
| 27 | or , or paying the bit extra and have it double glazed . |
| 28 | You 've answered them absolutely right and thank you very much . |
| 29 | That 's right and chisel them off |
| 30 | I used to work for a record company as an office junior ages ago and they were always talking about music as being a packet of cornflakes : you just have to make it look right and make it so it 's easy to recognise and people will buy it . |