Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gripping her wrists , he pushed them up on either side of her head , and swooped down to kiss her fiercely , with devastating thoroughness . |
| 2 | As far as methodology in East German art history is concerned , take for example their concept ‘ Kunstverhältnisse ’ , which is what we refer to as ‘ the sociology of art ’ : I do not feel that even this made much progress it never really became an established discipline . |
| 3 | Some of us found enough to interest us just sitting in front of the Upland Goose Hotel watching the birds in the harbour . |
| 4 | However , the judge said that even though the man promised not to do it again , he found such behaviour extremely offensive and ordered him to give £50 to each of the women . |
| 5 | ‘ She pretended not to see me though , not that I care of course . ’ |
| 6 | Gravellier tried desperately to read it upside-down . |
| 7 | Ridiculous , she told herself , relieved when he moved away to pour them both some Perrier water . |
| 8 | With superstars Kathleen Battle and Itzhak Perlman lined up to give us just over an hour of Bach arias , one has to accept that almost whatever one says , artists of this calibre act upon collectors like the proverbial honeypot to the bee . |
| 9 | ‘ That bore nearly killed me recently , and that was in the estuary at Purton . |
| 10 | She tried ineffectually to push him away , desperately trying to remember whether or not she had spoken those fateful words aloud . |
| 11 | She tried again to push him away . |
| 12 | She bent forward to push him away . |
| 13 | Val did a brilliant job getting everyone else to Le Bourget using public transport ; I went on the bike with no map and only a vague idea where Le Bourget was , and every Frenchman I asked just waved me straight on ( lies ! ) , but I got there somehow and we had a very enjoyable , if unscheduled , visit . |
| 14 | I think you 'd better tell me exactly what 's been going on here . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 'd better tell me exactly what happened . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Say , ’ he said , ‘ you 'd better tell me more precisely about what I am to wear to this ball . |
| 17 | Oh well you 'd better tell him then . |
| 18 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd better tell you then , had n't I ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe you 'd better tell it just the same , ’ I said . |
| 21 | Well I think we 'd better leave them just to do what they like , cos I expect Gwen wants to get on with her dinner now . |
| 22 | Tarrah there I think I think we 'd better leave it there otherwise we are going to be here all day . |
| 23 | ABBERLEY : I 'd better leave you together . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps we 'd better leave you now , Philippe , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd better leave you now , ’ she muttered over her shoulder . |
| 26 | You 'd better lay it sensibly now . |
| 27 | But you 'd better do it carefully . |
| 28 | Oh I 'll give you , I 'll give you a pound do n't worry , make sure you do the job properly , mm you 'd better do it outside , cos the er , the boot polish do n't go on the carpet . |
| 29 | If they were on Snakebite , I 'd better do it quickly . |
| 30 | Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now . |