Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | We appreciate your concern in allowing ‘ strangers ’ to live in your home but it is better to have your home cared for rather than leaving it empty . |
2 | Because we , we have a large amount of cash which it suits us to get rid of rather than take it to the bank er to be added up and charged for cash handling . |
3 | ‘ What I require , Rasputin , is that you let me out of here and let me see Elaine . ’ |
4 | The President 's got the authority to tell these assholes to get out of here and leave it to you and me . |
5 | You do n't , you got ta , you got ta past there and say go past there and say you 're going up the next time |
6 | get out of there and get it done |
7 | erm the managerial action which is available for you , t to take him out of there and put him into a different post , because he 's not capable of doing . |
8 | We took those out of there and put them in your little box . |
9 | Then the burning man came from out of nowhere and took her down . |
10 | Everything had happened in the wrong order , and now I had to try to bring my feelings up to counter-balance the overpowering weight of this physical attraction which had sprung up out of nowhere and knocked me sideways . |
11 | The beast 's eyes shone at him and he felt the teeth touch his bare skin ; then Isay appeared out of nowhere and brained it . |
12 | It is that sort of falling-together that reassures you are on the right lines . |
13 | Come on , old girl , be reasonable for once and admit it would be a mistake . ’ |
14 | People are a bit like machines , ’ he added solemnly , while her face went redder , ‘ and words like please and thank you are just like grease . |
15 | A stressful circumstance is one with which you can not cope with successfully or believe you can not cope with successfully That 's the important thing . |
16 | yeah and er , the , the programme condemned him a bit , basically he he did n't , there was , there was , he did n't seemed to take in a lo , a whole lot evidence from either side , you know , he did , he did , he did n't seemed to handle the case very well , it was sort of more like it just get it over with quickly and forget it sort of thing . |
17 | the lads could come aco , along there and smash them ! |
18 | What 's he going to do between now and meeting me ? |
19 | But one evening after a day 's shooting on Sergeant Ryker in 1963 , Marvin was continually baited by a drunk until Marvin grabbed a banjo from somewhere and smashed it over the other man 's head , drawing blood and knocking out his teeth . |
20 | be nice to get it from rather than take it from here that 's what I was thinking . |
21 | Safdarjung was the richest and most powerful man in India ; in all but name he had become an independent ruler . |
22 | I had picked up a box of letters and was glancing at them , when Frankenstein returned from above and caught me . |
23 | ‘ This is a very painful move for us , but we do n't want to wake up a year from now and wish we had n't done it , ’ Next founder Steve Jobs told United Press International . |
24 | So you are on your own from now and serves you right . |
25 | Quick as a thief , Garvey raised it to his collar and was about to drop it down the inside of his shirt when the Mason took a hold of his collar from behind and twisted it . |
26 | Then a heavy body struck him from behind and knocked him down , the fetid breath on his cheek . |
27 | Somebody jumped me from behind and knocked me out . ’ |
28 | It was just about to stab when Bigwig ran straight into it from behind and knocked it sideways , so that it staggered across the turf with a harsh , raucous cawing of rage . |
29 | The rapist grabbed her from behind and dragged her across to a car park nearby . |
30 | I was so rattled I glanced round to make sure this was n't a signal for an army of bunnies like this Dobermann of a beast to come up from behind and tear me to shreds . |