Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is the impact that a speaker has when they stand up and speak to a group of people . |
| 32 | When Parliament returned , the Opposition would take the matter up and proceed to a vote of censure . |
| 33 | I knew the type : five years of self-employed brickying , then sell up and buy into a pub near Clacton or Southend and spend the summer serving light-and-bitter to self-employed brickies on a day out with the kids from Peckham or Deptford . |
| 34 | The team have to pick themselves up and perform on a Saturday . |
| 35 | I pull up and watch for a time but typically the bird does not re-appear . |
| 36 | They would therefore be bunched up and arrive at a faster rate . |
| 37 | Wrap the marzipan in cling film or polythene to prevent drying out and keep in a cool place until needed . |
| 38 | If I 've a complicated feature to write , or a problem to solve , I usually duck out and go for a run . |
| 39 | You either stand up and walk out and go to a different class , or you join in . |
| 40 | You see the only way that you can really discipline them is when you have a school where the rules have been very , very strict from the moment that they went into that school and they have had their noses held to the grindstone with work up to their brows and they just do n't think of being tiresome and anybody who is tiresome is pulled out and put in a special room on their own , called a sin bin an which is rather boring and made to work even harder ! |
| 41 | I The seller shall prior to completion of the purchase carry out and complete in a good and workmanlike manner and with good quality materials the following works to the property , namely : J AB the [ wife ] of the seller hereby acknowledges that she has no claim to or interest in the property hereby agreed to be sold adverse to the interest of the buyer and in consideration of the buyer entering into this agreement she hereby agrees that if so required she will join in the [ conveyance ] [ transfer ] [ assignment ] [ lease ] for the purpose of vesting the said property in the buyer free from incumbrances . |
| 42 | Position a small blob of red icing on the face for a nose , and cut out and press on a smily mouth . |
| 43 | Colour a little remaining fondant red , and cut out and press on a numeral for the rocket . |
| 44 | Leave in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 45 | It concerns a Ship from another world landing on this planet , and strange creatures get out and say to a petrol pump , dustbin , slot-machine or similar mechanical device , ‘ Take me to your leader . ’ |
| 46 | He used the complete gamut of his voice , from a growl like a dog warning its master that it has a sore foot to a high , exalted monotone which he kept for perorations ; and when he was using the words of an Old Testament lament , Isaiah or Zephaniah , to make a piteous effect , he had been known to put his head back and yowl like a tom-cat . |
| 47 | Once the message was on the wire , he had little else to do except sit back and wait for a few days . |
| 48 | As we were hearing from Rupert just now , you know , you start if you travel to the States and spend two or three weeks wandering around there , you get an impression of the travel industry as a consumer , and you come back and go to a hotel here and you find that it seems a bit more expensive , or perhaps the meals are n't quite so good , or , as Rupert pointed out , the service is n't quite so good . |
| 49 | And it think that — I mean I like to have , if you go back and look at a Rolling Stone when I was doing it , there are pages in there , I would say one third of all the pages in there , you would not even want to print today . |
| 50 | Sit around and pray for a miracle ? |
| 51 | ‘ Just mill about and attack in a rabble when you feel like it . ’ |
| 52 | Though she did stop him before he could get further than to spin her round and begin in a supposed-to-be-seductive tone , ‘ If you want the thrill of a lifetime , Leith — ’ |