Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just put them down the way you think that they 're spelt . |
| 2 | And if I had to choose a companion to be with me down the years I would take you as a pattern . ’ |
| 3 | gives you back the number you started with . |
| 4 | They had to wait 20 minutes for a train to take them back the way they 'd just come from , then hire cabs to return to the Five Ways area . |
| 5 | If you 've got a pot or tray of seedlings , prick them out the moment you can handle them — holding them by a seed leaf , never a crushable stem . |
| 6 | ‘ I mean , when I saw him down the prom he did n't look the type at all — smart , respectable-looking lad . ’ |
| 7 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 8 | Folly found herself curiously reluctant to look up , as if by meeting his eye she might give him back the power he held over her . |
| 9 | Accepting her decision without question , Michele nodded and left it at that , then , taking her elbow , he began to lead her back the way they 'd come . |
| 10 | Turning her round , he began propelling her back the way she 'd come . |
| 11 | Carefully took it off me and washed it himself cos last time I lost it down the plughole you know ? |
| 12 | When she brought it down the hospital she said here you are nan er mum she said , nan she said it 's a present for you she said , so we did laugh . |
| 13 | Once , on a more adventurous day , he began taking some of the furniture apart with a screwdriver he found beside the garden shed , but was caught by his mother and told to put it back the way he had found it before she chased him out of the house . |
| 14 | And then you 've got it back the way it was . |
| 15 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |