Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consultant has explained that Tourette 's Syndrome is a rare and unfortunate condition , and he should fucking well know about those , he 's right off the Christmas tree , probably spent half his life sucking strange men 's cocks or taking it up the arsehole in a public loo in the Charing Cross Road . |
| 2 | Schemes that work in well-ordered German or American suburbs , whose honest burghers would never dream of squeezing their junk into a neighbour 's bin or chucking it over a fence at dead of night , may be less successful in city centres . |
| 3 | Harvest the seeds in July-August by cutting the seedheads just before the first seeds start to fall , and hanging them over a tray in a dry airy place . |
| 4 | When Red and I were kids we had races jumping on ponies in the fields and galloping them round a tree and back without a bridle . |
| 5 | ‘ But what 's wrong with crapping on newspaper and emptying it out every now and then ? |
| 6 | The charges allege that on various occasions over the 14 months to August last year at the home , she assaulted one woman by throwing her from her bed on to a chair then a commode , putting her in a bath against her will and pulling her along a corridor , and of assaulting the second woman in a similar manner by throwing her from her bed on to a wheelchair and then a commode , dragging her across a room and tying her to a chair . |
| 7 | They spread the risks of lending by pooling funds and allocating them over a wide range of depositors ( e.g. unit trusts ) . |
| 8 | But if the flag is at all close to the top of the bank , look once again at getting the ball down on the ground as quickly as possible and running it up the bank . |
| 9 | After long deliberation , they settled on a dark bottle-green , and the elderly assistant measured off the required length , pulling yards of cloth from the bale and running it down the length of the counter , measuring it against a fixed brass rule . |
| 10 | They were n't used to doing this kind of thing — they were n't used to rock and roll or putting something up and taking it down every day , so really it was a white elephant from the beginning . |
| 11 | The village boys had caught the cassowary that morning , coming on her suddenly in the bush and chasing her down a long slope . |
| 12 | They act out their role in a number of scenarios with an actor , such as meeting for the first time , attracting the man 's attention , and putting him off the trail . |
| 13 | The most hair-raising operation at Honister was not digging the slate , but getting it down the fells to sheds where the material was riven and dressed for transportation by packhorse to ports and river barges . |
| 14 | Playing any instrument was taboo , but playing it along a public highway — shocking . |