Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I rely on stocking up whenever I visit the States — I take an empty suitcase and bring it back full ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , but if you did n't , why bother to confirm my appointment in writing and fly me out first-class ? |
| 3 | ‘ Although when they first walked in and found you out cold on the floor , they thought you were one of the gang too ! |
| 4 | And hold it back undissipated too . |
| 5 | To catch the last wave and ride it in alone . |
| 6 | Bradshaw wanted nothing to do with either human , mechanical , or divine intervention : he still wanted to catch that last wave and ride it in alone . |
| 7 | They staggered on for a year or two after that , but Tesco 's had a big , big change of policy they were no longer high and kick them out cheap , they decided to promote a quality in which stamps did not go for and erm |
| 8 | She unplaited her hair and shook it out loose . |
| 9 | The functional significance of non-propulsive motility is probably that of mixing intraluminal content and shifting it over short distances , permitting adequate absorbption of water and electrolytes . |
| 10 | As well as the ability to install itself automatically and to give you back extra chunks of available memory , QEMM has the added benefit of Stealth . |
| 11 | He has already cut the wax into six portions , plus a couple of spares , and flattened it out ready to enclose the paper scrolls . |
| 12 | Leaving Harry briefly I went to the dinghy and heaved it over right side up . |
| 13 | It took the hero a year to find the creature , taking him beyond the boundaries of the world , but he captured it by swimming across a river , and brought it back alive , as was his instruction . |
| 14 | You know I pull it out and turn it up hot . |
| 15 | Each horse had his own harness ; and if it could n't be spared to be sent down to the shop for repair , the horseman brought it himself , got it seen to and took it back ready for work on the next day . |
| 16 | So if you 're going to plan ahead , now , which I think is the only thing you can do in the circumstances … what I suggest is a with-profits endowment policy linked to a seven-year maturity date with yearly incrementals — optional , if you like , or you can build them in , it depends how optimistic you are about your career , ha ha — leaving a little bit of the schools fees to pay at the time , but there will be a big chunk taken out , that 's for sure … and do it off monthly standing orders of around … let's say … five hundred a month ? |
| 17 | Do n't you dare I 'm in charge of this interview and erm and erm and erm what 's caused this and why discussion what has caused this change to try and find out and put him off Horrible feeling you see two people shouting at each other two people shouting at each other get the impression that the other party is actually doing an impression of a goldfish and going like that . |
| 18 | At 78 he still refused to stop work : ‘ My advice to parents is not to give up to the rising generation the place you have occupied in the world so long , because there are some who are very near to you who would turn round and put you out homeless and penniless . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ They took away our films , developed them and gave them back damaged . |
| 20 | Counter-mining would be impossible given their shortage of powder ; at best they might be able to break into the enemy mines and fight it out hand-to-hand . |
| 21 | Back in the kitchen , he cleaned the edenwort and the okra and chopped them up small enough to be unrecognizable . |
| 22 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 23 | Not only will everyone then understand why it has been arrived at , they will also be able to address and/or review it over subsequent years . |