Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] and [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Ania Loomba puts it , in relation to colonialist studies , ‘ the neglect of histories surrounding native insubordination either devalues or romanticises the latter , or worse , tends to read colonised subjects through linguistic or psychoanalytic theories which , for some of us at least , remain suspiciously and problematically shot through with ethnocentric assumptions whose transfer to all subalterns is unacceptable ’ ( ‘ Overworlding ’ , cited from manuscript ) . |
| 2 | I loved trains , but I could remember the mounting excitement that I felt , as we approached the path leading to the station , change suddenly and inexplicably to fear . |
| 3 | There 's quite a lot of things happening on there , we never have it on , but I have had it on and there now , they say so and so 's got something for sale or |
| 4 | I do n't think that management committee will meet , divide the money in two and then race off and never meet for another year . |
| 5 | The planning is in its embryo stage as the Springboks , re-emerging on the world scene after eight years exile , juggle home and away trips . |
| 6 | Up and down up and down having a very good ride |
| 7 | They photocopy what you send out and then repackage it pronto . |
| 8 | Thus proving the theory that charity work is always more beneficial to charity workers than to those they appear unselfishly and unstintingly to assist . |
| 9 | Blissett cynically and deliberately brought his elbow into con-tact with the other man . ’ |
| 10 | If only she could just go home , hide away and never have to see anyone again — but she had promised to stick with Paula and there would be all kinds of awkward questions and recriminations if she arrived home alone . |
| 11 | Thwarted , I walk on and barely have time to savour the moment before bumping into Joe . |
| 12 | If you are still unsure , walk on and then do the same again . |
| 13 | If you imagine suddenly and unexpectedly finding yourself in an almost vertical dive facing the ground , it is easy to understand why so many pilots fail to make a movement forward on the stick to help the glider unstall itself . |
| 14 | Having a vehicle break down and then struggling a mile down that pot-holed strip of mud you call a road is n't my idea of fun , I can tell you ! ’ |
| 15 | It is most commonly apparent where staff are employed to provide night cover only and therefore contracted to work specific hours to provide one , two or three night 's cover per week . |
| 16 | The two of them walk together and gently paw at each other rather sweetly . |
| 17 | These fuse together and then break apart , releasing energy in the motion of the products . |
| 18 | The brittle stems break off and even root floating on the water surface . |
| 19 | The law ought , in my opinion , to give relief if satisfied that consent was truly lacking but will require of signers even in this class that they act responsibly and carefully according to their circumstances in putting their signature to legal documents . |
| 20 | Suddenly it takes over — uncontrollably , they lash out and then flee in panic , their ancient memory switching them from Jekyll to Hyde . |
| 21 | When a system of individual assessment is implemented , teachers seek regularly and conscientiously to perceive a child 's success ( be this in reading , in mathematics , or in the slow mastery of a concept in history or science ) against the understanding that child showed yesterday , last week or last year . |
| 22 | And then it was chainsawed to a stump , split into planks , seasoned , cut again and finally curved into a chair arm . |
| 23 | The UN will have to understand the complexities completely , and act firmly and sensitively to encourage re-unification and co-operation . |
| 24 | We 'd get scared half the way through and back off and just stick a few ship pictures round the walls . |
| 25 | Young men with such ambitions should , it was universally agreed , travel widely and thus gain a personal acquaintance with at least some of the major European states , their problems and resources . |
| 26 | This is not the first time that this issue has reached the public domain , or will it be the last time that the House is asked to focus on the rights and duties of citizens in circumstances — from time to time inevitable circumstances — when the interests of one individual or one set of individuals necessarily impinge on and potentially damage the interests of others . |
| 27 | ‘ Here 's another of those men who run away and then say that they have forgotten who they are . |
| 28 | That 's what a lot of people do , the , they look once and then turn forward and bang ! |
| 29 | Right , home , unpack the groceries watch Home and Away go and get Stephanie and Melissa out of school Angela will you |
| 30 | She took her nightdress off and quickly dressed . |