Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be as straightforward as writing down or calling out an answer , pressing a button , etc. or it may be a task that requires manipulative skills such as wiring an electrical component or threading a needle . |
| 2 | I know now he was just trying to make a sale and did n't have my size in stock , but since he was wearing a fleecy top and tracksuit trousers I believed him , and bought these huge leather edifices that a young married couple could quite comfortably live in and bring up a family . |
| 3 | Why do a , er , an old lady come in and fill up an ice cream tub , do you mean an old ice cream tub ? |
| 4 | You referred frequently to how well you know and the village , so I am sure she will , subject to your approach , be willing to go in and switch on a convector in each of the two rooms and read the meter . |
| 5 | Weeks fifteen to twenty one is subject specific and all the details that have to come in and make up a record of achievement . |
| 6 | Go in and sit down a sec . |
| 7 | I jumped in and frothed about a bit , then went back inside and made some coffee . |
| 8 | He says : ‘ It 's ludicrous that we have to wait for three to five years when a foreign company can come in and pick up a UK TV company right now . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Sharp followed him in and picked up a 12-inch knife and threatened to kill him and other staff . |
| 10 | Anyway , I 've got to go in and snoop around a bit . |
| 11 | I mean any of us really could sit down and draw up a list of er of things where , if we , you know , a list of rules if e war for a very small subscription ornot many groups other and if everybody stuck by them , everything would be wonderful |
| 12 | The rider bent down and reached out a hand to shake that of Markby and of Pringle . |
| 13 | Turn the lights down and gather round a roaring log fire , or log-effect on the electric heater if you 're in a smokeless zone . |
| 14 | Turn the rectangle upside down and carve out a hollow from the centre , leaving a frame of at least 1cm ( ½inch ) and a depth of about half the cake . |
| 15 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 16 | He sliced round one side , then the other , removed two saucer-shaped pieces of rind from either end , made a transverse cut across the middle and gradually lifted the fruit from the peel , put it down and held up a pair of spectacles to Caterina 's face , two owl eyes of orange peel on a single stem . |
| 17 | ‘ First of all , I need to sit down and work out a plan of campaign . ’ |
| 18 | I put the glass down and pulled out a cigarette ; lit it before speaking . |
| 19 | He bent down and picked up a carrier that he 'd lain on the floor . |
| 20 | She bent down and picked out a fragment of Quimper from the dustpan . |
| 21 | At the same time , he needed to have someone to ‘ come along and set up a boundary . |
| 22 | Being a regular to the attractions of the Continent and its sunnier climes , I started by skimming through and picking out a few of the relatively recent crags that I have visited , such as Ceuse & Oppede le Vieux : they are in — fine . |
| 23 | Colonel Feather had then expressed a worry that children could easily reach over and scoop up a fingerful of frosting , perhaps spoiling someone 's chances , so he and Mr Doran — the latter complaining mightily about his lumbago — had moved the cakes to the back of the table . |
| 24 | As a result , the Committee met on the 3rd tee in December and finally decided to raise it a foot all over and to put up a viewing platform on the right hand side . |
| 25 | Aware of their vanity and dread of baldness , he would reach over and lift up a lock of hair , saying , ‘ A little more brain showing today ? ’ |
| 26 | She ran faster , shouted harder , but it roared noisily on and disappeared round a bend . |
| 27 | Once the Tunnel opens — or maybe just before it does and before the French realize what 's going on and think up a way to stop it — he 'll sell them for maybe a thousand times what he 's paying for them now . ’ |
| 28 | They are biological catalysts — other words they trigger off or speed up a process such as the break down of waste in an aquarium . |
| 29 | On the left the slope broke off and fell down a cliff to the river . " |
| 30 | Joe trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later , holding a parcel . |