Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The humour inheres not just in the daffy selection of cultural allusions ( their native French accordion , some flamenco guitar , a few African horns ) but also in the way they take stiff , formal tempi ( waltzes and tangos ) and mockingly squeeze them for their stateliness . |
2 | If he had ( as we all have ) some purely private thoughts and feelings and relationships and experiences , you expected him to keep those to himself , and not embarrass your dinner-party with them , or even bring them into his poems . |
3 | Do they wish to have us back them in their expansion of their resorts in France ? |
4 | ‘ Load them into my cab . ’ |
5 | Under the deal , Binks Bullows was to buy a minimum number of the machines each year and sell them to its customers . |
6 | They trust me for my word and my attitude . ’ |
7 | Evict me from my mother 's house ? |
8 | Thus it was that Ira Dilworth paid tribute and bade farewell to Emily Carr with the borrowed lines from Thomas Hardy , and I am certain that none would object if I borrow them as my tribute to both . |
9 | And these estimates you bring me of his numbers since they can but be estimates — have you shot low or high ? |
10 | Lie on your back , bend your knees and raise them towards your chest . |
11 | If employees have questions on any aspect of this memorandum please raise them with your Head of Section or , if you prefer , with myself or your staff representative . |
12 | And when they lay me in my wedding dress on that table , I 'll have my revenge on him ! ’ |
13 | Make them to whatever width you care to but it is advisable to divide the desired throw-over width into suitable panels , rather than to find it too narrow and have to add little strips to either side . |
14 | I commend them to your care . |
15 | All they had done was to pick ears of corn as they walked along , rub them in their hands and eat the grain . |
16 | Scratch me off your mailing list . |
17 | ‘ Then judge them by their acts , Magnificence , and do not listen to what they say . ’ |
18 | Judge them by their product and not their individual personalities . |
19 | In the strength of that voice she was able to gather up her papers , push them into her satchel , and leave the room with perfect dignity . |
20 | She paused to roll up the magazines and push them into her handbag , rummaging for her ticket . |
21 | Secretly , I buy some scales from Woolworth 's and hide them in my room . |
22 | I exchange this particular envelope for two one-ounce packets and hide them in my hand . |
23 | Yeah , five and five , no , hide them round your back |
24 | Also wild fish can carry diseases and should be quarantined before you introduce them into your community tank . |
25 | If the military really believes in the justification of its exclusive stance , then let it stick to its guns and prosecute me for my actions . |
26 | ‘ Mme Verard , ’ he wrote , ‘ for so they called her , in order to pay her that honour due to her staunchness and fidelity ( though the union had never been blessed in God 's sight ) , had heard among her people that they planned to fall upon the settlers and massacre them in their beds one moonlit night . |
27 | It 's better when you send me to my room when I 'm naughty . |
28 | But the patient was okay , it was a false alarm , please thank them and send them on their way . |
29 | You 'd see two fellows fighting in the street — you 'd pull them up and send them on their way . |
30 | Get full statements from them and send them on their way . ’ |