Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then Boy cut back to the man on the bed , who was saying ( actually it was a different man in a different room , Boy realised ; the sofa and the quilted nylon counterpane were in a different colour in this room , though the man sitting there looked just like the last one ) , the man was saying I like your shoes , please take off your shoes ; and Boy cut backwards and forwards between this man and the politician beginning to lose his self-control and saying I would just ask people to forgive me really and to forgive my wife as well . |
| 2 | The old and lonely are very vulnerable , and if you have sounded detached , preoccupied , or hurried during the conversation they can easily feel hurt and rejected ; and that hurt can be like an emotional graze that will remain painful until you are able to see them again and heal it . |
| 3 | It 's quite well it 's fun because I you know the people and you see them once or twice a year and it 's it 's nice to see them back and talk |
| 4 | I was in the bank , so he came to see me there and introduced himself . |
| 5 | She has brought her up to make men fall at her feet in love with her and then to treat them roughly and to break their hearts . |
| 6 | It is also claimed that there has been a great deal of harassment of Serbs and Montenegrins by Albanian nationalists , who hope to drive them out and establish an ‘ ethnically pure ’ Kosovo . |
| 7 | Although in the early days Derek was happy to drive me around and did n't even charge me for the petrol , pretty soon our visits here and there grew so frequent and far afield that he was finding himself quite a bit out of pocket . |
| 8 | It took several minutes to gather them back and put them under starter 's orders . |
| 9 | The arbitrator 's decision is meant to be based on the other reasons , to sum them up and to reflect their outcome . |
| 10 | It is a paradox — one of the many paradoxes of mysticism — that even though mystics insist that their experiences are radically ineffable , many of the great mystics have felt compelled to write them down and to try to communicate them to others . |
| 11 | The safety gates have made a big difference , since I 've gotten them erm I 've got peace of mind for the stairs and I can answer the phone and I have n't got to like keep trying to pull them downstairs and do do different things . |
| 12 | Perkin tried to pull them apart and got smartly knocked down by Nolan , quick and tough with his fists as with his riding . |
| 13 | He probably wanted to pull them down and re-develop the site . |
| 14 | have to pass them round and mark them instantly then start the next section . |
| 15 | Erm if if they are useful I will ask him to box them up and send them . |
| 16 | We 've just got to pull ourselves together and stick together and we can pull out of this . |
| 17 | He twisted to shield himself , tried to pull himself round and use that big machine-gun he had carried for so long . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't expect to find you up and dressed … ’ |
| 19 | Only hours before she had been trying to pull herself together and thinking she might be winning ; now the future was an aching black void . |
| 20 | After a moment or two to pull herself together and wash her face , she went back through the bedroom , her stomach heaving again when she saw the crumpled disorder of the bed . |
| 21 | Mr. Robert Hughes : If the Minister will say that , once all the companies have been sold he will publish the individual price , I at least will be willing to meet him halfway and accept that . |
| 22 | Police said : ‘ We were told to find her quickly and tell her to lie still on the floor . ’ |
| 23 | Miranda reached to peck him back and felt the smooth skin on his chin , smelled the lotion he used on his hair ( not bay rum , not like her father , but a sweeter perfume , limewater and rose ) . |
| 24 | The dog tried to pull him out and fell in too . |
| 25 | had to shake him up And make the fancy take him |
| 26 | ‘ To just past Spargo 's ; I could n't raise the nerve to catch him up and speak to him . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 28 | I had to pull her on and cuddle her into me to keep her warm . ’ |
| 29 | If it 's not written down I do n't know when they 've had or what they 've had , you 'll have to write it down and put a date on it . |
| 30 | It 's not like that it 's just that I think it 'll help you to write it down and to think about it and to talk , talk to Kelly about it . |