Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | Surrounding himself with local knowledge was a form of entrenchment ; if you dig in and stare at a hill you can often persuade yourself you know what 's going on behind it . |
2 | For instance to er to put in this lottery , and put in the new system that we just converted , recently , a couple of days ago err takes tens and tens of millions of millions of dollars , and most companies who come in and work on a percentage of sales , do n't get their capital investment back until several years into the contract . |
3 | With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together . |
4 | If you go down and ask in a polite way , then you might get what you want . |
5 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
6 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
7 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
8 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
9 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
10 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
11 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
12 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a short while . |
13 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments . |
14 | Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments . |
15 | Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments . |
16 | Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments . |
17 | Afterwards lie down and rest for a few moments . |
18 | Come down and snooze in a garden when I am a dragon , an ocean-lurking , sky-flying free dragon ; when the mother wind that keeps the world spinning caresses my scales as I fly across the moon and bring warnings and hopes to the fiery heart of the world ; when I can dance aloft at dawn , so that the rising sun turns my every scale to a pure diamond and the tides and rhythms of the oceans slow down in delight . |
19 | And course he 'd frightened himself and er I counted up to about eight , nine and ten I said to him , Look when you go inside that bloody gate now I said go straight into the office sit down and think for a minute where the hell are we all going to in this carry on ? |
20 | Still image also allows you to slow the drama down and think about a situation from another 's point of view . |
21 | COME ALONG AND JOIN IN A FUN-PACKED DAY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL AGES |
22 | They have taken over and breed in a pride which is not the one in which they were born . |
23 | They 've given her something and she , she had to put this stuff on her hair , had to take a trip to the hairdresser and he said to the hairdresser comb my hair first and then put this stuff on and wait for a fortnight and it did come a little lighter , but it was n't much |
24 | ‘ Well , I 'd better get that washing on and think about a dinner , ’ Victoria said ; ‘ but you go along and see what 's happening and we 'll talk about that when you come back … . ’ |
25 | Just drop him off and go to a canteen |
26 | If there is too much liquid left in the pan , pour it off and reduce in a separate pan ( so the meat does not overcook ) . |
27 | It 's very easy for young people to come into politics , full of enthusiasm and full up of get up get up and go and many of them get up and go after a few years . |
28 | old Army General , line up and get in a single line |
29 | Roll the fillets up and secure with a cocktail stick . |
30 | Leading at that stage by two strokes , the conservative thing to do was lay up and settle for a five . |