Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [adv] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Botswana , government has consistently decided to live with the mining companies , rather than nationalize them or even seek to control them . |
| 2 | So Johnny took her hand in his and lightly began to kiss her fingertips . |
| 3 | We 'd never talked about that day , and we never again came near this old air shaft ; I do n't know what he might have done since but I 'd always assumed he was like me and just tried to forget about it , pretend it never happened . |
| 4 | ‘ But in the end the club wanted to keep me and even considered getting Margaret Thatcher involved in the transfer after QPR said no . ’ |
| 5 | Happy are they who never saw me and yet have found faith . ’ |
| 6 | You made a fool of me and thoroughly enjoyed doing it ! |
| 7 | Do you imagine I could bear to live with these glorious examples before me and not strive to emulate them , not strain every sinew to make Bewick still a name — ’ |
| 8 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 9 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog clip-around-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me and indeed to have shaped me — not only me , but my nose ; not only my nose , but my personality — for as far back as I can see . |
| 10 | We should support them and not seek to undermine them . |
| 11 | They may repeat operations at certain levels , ( a second interview or a re-offer ) ; they may double back , as when the company regrets them and later decides to re-establish contact ; and they may change vacancy . |
| 12 | She and the kids are on two council-house waiting lists , and each council has found out about the other , so she is suspended by both of them and now has to fend for herself . |
| 13 | It is not related to the true eels but looks superficially like them and so has acquired their popular name . |
| 14 | Divers may hear a motorboat apparently bearing down on them and then surface to find that the boat is actually a considerable distance away . |
| 15 | for a period of five or ten years and lease it off them and then have to maintain it . |
| 16 | If you are not sure whether or not you are guilty of these or any other irritating mannerisms ask someone you know really well to tell you and consciously work to stop yourself when doing your mock interview ( see p. 61 ) . |
| 17 | Let's say you are backed against a wall , facing four football supporters who have sneaked up and surprised you and now intend to enjoy themselves . |
| 18 | It is worth seeing which one means most to you and then experimenting to produce the correct inside attack into impact . |
| 19 | Told me just sod them all and just do n't say sod off to them but just say sod them all . |
| 20 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |
| 21 | But what singles out this house , with its traditional porch and overhanging attic rooms , is that it is part of a way in which people with learning difficulties in the USA are security the ordinary life which the rhetoric of policy makers and politicians promises them but often fails to deliver . |
| 22 | ‘ I would n't like to play on the same team as him or even get changed in the vicinity of him , ’ he said a year ago , after Justin came out . |
| 23 | She did not hear him and vigorously continued splashing . |
| 24 | Mr Lopez brought seven GM executives with him and allegedly attempted to poach a further 40 . |
| 25 | He felt suppressed by the expectations his parents placed on him and desperately wanted to break away and lead his own life . |
| 26 | Everyone noticed him and either wanted to have a word or an acknowledgement of their recognition . |
| 27 | Assistant general manager Tony Vulcan had told the tribunal : ‘ Ken ran at John with his arms flailing , he got hold of him and even managed to rip his T-shirt off . ’ |
| 28 | He got hold of him and even managed to rip his T-shirt off . ’ |
| 29 | And there is also irony in the way Pip treated Magwitch ; loathing him and not bearing to touch him and ending up loving him and holding his hand in court . |
| 30 | I took the line and hook off him and immediately had to drop them again so that I could strike , play and land another chub of about 3lb . |