Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [vb infin] [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some push their way in , some squeeze themselves out , some wait hoping that a tide may carry them through . |
| 2 | The boy who has no dad , for instance , may paint dads all over the place ; the one with a new baby sister may leave her out altogether . |
| 3 | No your mum should check it out . |
| 4 | Then fall down to the left and shift right ; the ghost should follow you down and scare the blue guard away . |
| 5 | A breath o' wind 'd blow her over ! ’ |
| 6 | It was firmly fastened , of course , so that no floppy monster could flip it up and wander underground for lunch . |
| 7 | If the student demonstrated by his choices that he did not fully understand a particular point then the programme could send him round an additional explanatory loop . |
| 8 | You know as well as I do how dangerous it is for a woman alone on the roads — any pervert could pick you up ! ’ |
| 9 | When you love , you lift yourself up higher than any Nazi trash could pull you down . |
| 10 | All the policies that the hon. Gentleman and his party advocate would move us in exactly the opposite direction . |
| 11 | He grins encouragingly , as if to intimate that a positive reply would cheer him up . |
| 12 | For one heart-stopping second you thought the wheel would pitch you out , headlong , over the town , to swim frantically , comically , in empty air until the ground roared up to meet you . |
| 13 | up until just six years ago crews unhappy about the weight of their cox would bring them down into the brewery for a spot of heavy labour — shovelling mash , to get their weight down . |
| 14 | The wind would bowl him over . |
| 15 | She had risen and now stood staring at him , trembling visibly and feeling as if a puff of wind would knock her down again . |
| 16 | When Disney 's Euro park was first mooted I , too , saw it as a cultural Chernobyl and prayed that some mad French intellectual would blow it up . |
| 17 | But apart from that , when he played for Arsenal last year he seemed as fit as ever , and the impetus of joining a new club would spark him on further . |
| 18 | There 's only one card will get me down . |
| 19 | The agent will send it around to publishing houses where she or he will have contacts , so your work will be seen more quickly and with a more benevolent eye . |
| 20 | A car will follow you down in the ambulance and they 'll send a guard from Headquarters to stay with you once you get there . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ A fast car will take me back for a drink with the cast afterwards , but if they have n't got it right yet , they never will . ’ |
| 22 | Now obviously there is n't time for six questions , so the journalist will distil it down . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , my salon will fit you in , ’ Faye promised confidently . |
| 24 | Y'know , we 've been dead and buried as far as a lot of people are concerned , but this album will put us back up there . |
| 25 | This investment will keep us up there competing at the top level . |
| 26 | Take as few electronic items as possible — security screening will slow you down |
| 27 | Hereford and worcester will have to wait for at least five years to see if the local government review will split it back into seperate counties , but Gloucestershire may benefit before then , as avon looks like being abolished in two years time . |
| 28 | Two assumptions , both subjective , are being made here ; first that Keith 's rage is caused by frustration and , second , that play therapy will draw it out of him . |
| 29 | If I let go the wind will blow it over . ’ |
| 30 | Rain can thrash its surface , wind can chop it up , and the carp still have to be outwitted ; probably even more than on a water where the natural food is less abundant and the carp are smaller and therefore not so cautious . |