Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And you know very well that once you are gone Miss Araminta will throw me out of the house . ’
2 Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season
3 Those new-age prats think they can flush me out with a bit of colonic irrigation .
4 You do n't want them up in the top the next group
5 I do n't want them out of the way , I 'm just saying how many you 've got !
6 So they have they have in fact embarked on a course which now lets these newspapers really deliver them up on a plate I mean they can fry them , they can bake them , they can grill them , they can roast them because they 've put themselves in a position where they now deserve the criticism and the level of imagery which they 're getting .
7 Hold onto all these smells until the evening , when you can deliver them up onto the blank paper .
8 And dad could knock me off on the way to get the papers .
9 Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’
10 Her marrying Dad did n't screw me up like the other two .
11 Galway will still go in as underdogs — an unusual position for them — but one that should suit them down to the ground .
12 ‘ Then he can tie them up with the firm .
13 He 'd flick them out with an old hickory shafted wedge and say , ‘ Keep going , son . ’
14 But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground .
15 ‘ He 'd track me down through the credit cards I use , ’ she said .
16 Before fifteen days are over , if it please God , those tambours shall be laid before you , and shall be sounded for your pleasure , and then they shall be given to the Bishop Don Hieronymo , that he may hang them up in the Church of St. Mary , Mother of God .
17 Those sausages were a credit to Mother because she knew just the seasoning they required , and we would hang them up in the kitchen for people to eat as they pleased .
18 You are a sign well able to juggle several balls at once so in many ways the volatile planetary climate could suit you down to the ground .
19 If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct .
20 Because if you are I 'd better count you out of the reckoning right away .
21 I 'll catch you up in a minute or two . ’
22 Poulenc rarely achieves or even tries to emulate his fellow countryman 's emotional intensity , although the more overtly entertaining and witty numbers can suddenly catch you out with a characteristically bitter-sweet volte-face .
23 OK , ’ he decided , ‘ Once we get home , a bite of lunch , and I 'll beam you up for a quick one . ’
24 ‘ I 'll beam you up to a point in space close to the centre of a galaxy .
25 If you are not , and I have to stress this very carefully then they will call the nearest available garage and the garage will come there very quickly and they will tow you off into the nearest exit and there they will leave you and that can cost you probably , in excess of ninety pounds .
26 Even if he did win , the owner would buy him in after the race , so that Boardwalk would have paid back a small fraction of his training costs .
27 What , Mo asked , would tempt her back to the polling booths ?
28 Adam was so extreme ; they really would cart him off to a padded cell one of these days .
29 She lets me furl her around for a while , and makes those shammy gasps she knows I like , and gives detailed promise of all that cocked and candid talent — before she calls a halt , slithers off the bed , corrects her clothing , brushes her hair , changes her shoes , powders her nose , slides my Johnson out of her mouth and insists on lunch .
30 Why do n't you come up here for a week or two and I 'll show you how to knit a string bag to put hubby in then you can hang him up with the onions .
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