Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 We had a grand doctor from London once , who told me to go out in the fresh air and try to get well .
2 ‘ When the manager wanted me to work out in the reserves I accepted it .
3 Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time .
4 I to get down in the cupboard .
5 ‘ Although our main aim is to provide accommodation and care ’ , he says , ‘ we also give advice and support to homeless people and try to assist them to resettle back in the community .
6 You do n't want them to grow up in a sterile environment .
7 Since general public speaking courses are not preparing you to give a particular speech , but to give speeches in general , the first task is simply to get you to stand up in a room full of people and ask you to speak about anything you like for three minutes .
8 ‘ I keep asking you to come out in the boat , you say you have to work .
9 Playing the exact same solos every night on tour is good too , because the notes are firmly ingrained in your head and that makes it harder for you to mess up in a major way , which is something that could happen if you were winging it every night .
10 She wanted him to stop yet at the same time wanted him to go on in the hope that the lovely sensations would begin again .
11 He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered .
12 So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea .
13 Ask him to write down in a few words what he thinks his present image is , and what he wants his image to be , and he will most likely fail to do it .
14 As I thought my parents would still be up , I asked him to come in in an attempt to stop him getting away . ’
15 Yeah , it 's just , I do n't want him to start up in the summer again
16 It was clearly impossible for him to stay on in the studio .
17 ‘ The notion of tragedy did n't enter my head , ’ she protested , ‘ but it did seem odd for her to break off in the middle of a phone call like that . ’
18 ‘ I told thee to get out in the yard . ’
19 But I did not want them to stay out in the cold all night , so I kept my window open to look out for them .
20 You wanted it to go out in the summer
21 It was armed with a Lewis gun on the back and carried a vast load of food , petrol , ammunition and other stores , enabling it to remain out in the desert for periods of up to three weeks .
22 Between doses the water is best agitated by lifting a spoonful up in the air and allowing it to splash back in the glass ten or twenty times .
23 This , of course , is very unfair : it is just not reasonable for me to flounce about in the bathroom for hours and then make a man feel inadequate when I catch him using my dental floss. or to bellow in disgust when I find out he blow-dries his hair .
24 All the leaves that fall into the pond congregate around the loosened wire for me to collect up in a simple once daily netting session .
25 They have contributed only 39% of what the central government requires them to hand over in the first three months of the year .
26 Ordinarily , learning allows us to go on in the same way , to repeat what has been learned , whether it is a matter of fact ( that London is the capital of England ) or an action ( driving a car in familiar circumstances ) .
27 so , we went into Morecambe and he asked us to go back in the farm again with this ladder
28 It will not be long before the circumstances in this country — I do not refer to a change of Government at the next election , which I profoundly do not wish to see — allow us to catch up in the two key areas which were subjected to further delay on this occasion .
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