Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " 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 | Do they wish to have us back them in their expansion of their resorts in France ? |
| 3 | ‘ Load them into my cab . ’ |
| 4 | They trust me for my word and my attitude . ’ |
| 5 | Evict me from my mother 's house ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Lie on your back , bend your knees and raise them towards your chest . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And when they lay me in my wedding dress on that table , I 'll have my revenge on him ! ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I commend them to your care . |
| 12 | Scratch me off your mailing list . |
| 13 | Judge them by their product and not their individual personalities . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She paused to roll up the magazines and push them into her handbag , rummaging for her ticket . |
| 16 | Secretly , I buy some scales from Woolworth 's and hide them in my room . |
| 17 | I exchange this particular envelope for two one-ounce packets and hide them in my hand . |
| 18 | Yeah , five and five , no , hide them round your back |
| 19 | Also wild fish can carry diseases and should be quarantined before you introduce them into your community tank . |
| 20 | It 's better when you send me to my room when I 'm naughty . |
| 21 | But the patient was okay , it was a false alarm , please thank them and send them on their way . |
| 22 | You 'd see two fellows fighting in the street — you 'd pull them up and send them on their way . |
| 23 | Get full statements from them and send them on their way . ’ |
| 24 | We get C V's printed up cos I send them to my dad . |
| 25 | Send them to your boss 's secretary , stating in writing that you are starting on the preparation of the report , as instructed , and are basing it on the enclosed terms of reference . |
| 26 | He used to write his poems on silk and send them to his wife far down the river . |
| 27 | Her maternal instincts would be so strong that she would be unable to resist their calls for help and would soon approach them , pick them up individually in her mouth and place them in her bed . |
| 28 | Try to catch a dozen or so adult ladybirds or larvae and place them in your aphid cage . |
| 29 | The rules of the game are that each person is allowed to turn over two cards and , if they are the same , to withdraw them and place them by their side . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't want to spend my time with you , any more than you want me at your side , so the sooner you tell me where Garry is , the sooner we can part company . |