Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [pron] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Guild member felt that three children had reduced her to a household drudge and in desperation resorted to propping up Lowell and Longfellow over her washtub and learning passages off by heart on washday . |
| 2 | Then — just linger over your coffee and liqueurs and watch the stars come out ( maybe you 'll catch a falling one ! ) — or if you re in the mood , follow your ears ( you 'll be hard pressed not to ! ) and make your way to one of the liveliest and most action-packed nightclubs this side of Manhattan — Sango 's Place ! |
| 3 | I leap off my spot and down into the cabin where it sits in a predominant place . |
| 4 | Two fiesty little Yorkshire terriers leap off his lap and hurl their combined body weight of two grapefruits against my legs . |
| 5 | Her pulses were racing madly as he watched him tug his tie undone with a rough impatience , shrug off his jacket and begin to dispose of his shirt in the same cool , determined style . |
| 6 | Some criteria and methods for ‘ assessing ’ and ‘ accrediting ’ what had been learned would gradually emerge , serving to validate the teaching contract , regulate entry to the emerging ‘ discipline ’ and generally build up its identity and status . |
| 7 | Once or twice I have heard her begin to tell the story of those days to some young man , but then halfway through a sentence she would go white with anger , knock back her gin and go silent . |
| 8 | References to Sir Thomas Hoby are , perhaps deceptively , formal , though Margaret was strong-minded enough to resist until 1632 his request that she make over her Hackness and other properties to him and his heirs . |
| 9 | But you have to balance that with the way a major wo n't allow you the same freedom of artistic licence and influence over your promotion and development that an independent company can offer . |
| 10 | I put on my dressing-gown and slippers and opened the front door — ’ She broke off suddenly , and took a deep breath . |
| 11 | I put on my dressing-gown and went out of my room . |
| 12 | ‘ I put on my uniform and let my father and mother and Lily see me off at Victoria . |
| 13 | Nails put down his comic and looked at her closely , worried . |
| 14 | ( I put down my knitting and closed my eyes . ) |
| 15 | Once we were in the main concourse , I put down my suitcase and turned to say goodbye . |
| 16 | I put down my lunch and followed him in frantic pursuit . |
| 17 | I put down my knife and fork and said , ‘ You keep the place beautifully . ’ |
| 18 | Put down my pen and I heard in my ears the howl of the fleeing dog , saw the metal flash of Sophie 's shoe — I could not bear it . |
| 19 | Reluctantly I put down my book and followed them down the garden . |
| 20 | I put down my bag and open doors until I find my : |
| 21 | Years ago , though , I put down my gun and I am now a conservationist . |
| 22 | In the dim orange glow from the street lights , she saw a solitary tear trickle down his cheek and run into his hair . |
| 23 | It simply is not the case that the availability of materials will ensure their use , let along their adaptation and development . |
| 24 | As soon as I arrive home at night I wash off my make-up and pull on my scruffiest clothes . |
| 25 | If you cut off your nose and ears before we perform , I shall not complain , so long as it does not mar your ability to dance . ’ |
| 26 | Put off your cloak and draw near the fire . |
| 27 | There are some tantalising references to a defence of " fair information on a matter of public interest " , notably in the case of Webb v Times Publishing Co : Donald Hume murdered Stanley Setty , cut up his body and threw it out of an aircraft over the Essex marshes . |
| 28 | Cut up our cake and then Karen can take her |
| 29 | It would not have mattered so much if the experiments described all held water , but when ( as we were encouraged to do ) I put up my hand and ventured that one experiment was not consistent , the lecturer acknowledged that this was so in the particular I questioned , but said that the results were usually found to be as would have been expected . |
| 30 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |