Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had only been there a few minutes , revelling in the multiplicity of objects and fabrics , when a little maid crept in and indicated shyly that she would unpack . |
| 2 | Whether or not a witness should remain in court during the hearing is at the discretion of the court ( Moore v Registrar of Lambeth County Court [ 1969 ] 1 All ER 782 ) but they are usually brought in and remain there unless some application is made . |
| 3 | When one foot is stuck in the Grey Miasma of H'rull it is much easier to step right in and sink rather than prolong the struggle . |
| 4 | Now in this particular case I 'm using a tap funnel Tap funnel just as it 's it 's Erm the concentrated acid you do n't just sort of pour it in and run away and leave it to it . |
| 5 | I do n't want to be ‘ kept ’ by him , so if I ca n't afford to go out we just stay in and read together or just watch television . |
| 6 | So anything that can fall down and go faster as it falls . |
| 7 | She put her cup down and laughed softly and her eyes shone like pale stones under water . |
| 8 | The approaching fleet , now seen to be wearing banners showing the Leopards of England , did slow down and bunch together as they approached the harbour entrance , to negotiate the fairly narrow channel . |
| 9 | If you and your children have always talked together on all kinds of subjects , you may find it easier to sit down and talk reasonably and quietly about some of the hard decisions that have to be made . |
| 10 | Everybody 's got to sit down and talk eventually and something has got to be worked out and that 's got to happen we know that . |
| 11 | WITH BRITAIN 'S WILDERNESS AREAS UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE , PETER BEAUMONT CALLS ON THE GOVERNMENT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK OPENLY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH ALL THE PARTIES CONCERNED |
| 12 | It might sound like an impossible recipe , but this can only be achieved when the government is prepared to sit down and talk constructively and openly with all parties . |
| 13 | She broke down and wept bitterly when Wexford told her that that her husband 's supplementary income had come from a criminal source . |
| 14 | FORMER England rugby union star Gary Rees , 34 , broke down and wept yesterday after a jury cleared him of smashing an opponent 's jaw . |
| 15 | Recent calculations suggest that a Roman cavalry horse required a space approximately 2.74 by I.82 m ( 9 by 6 ft ) if it was to have room to lie down and rise again and if other horses could pass to its rear . |
| 16 | If a horse stops pulling once he has settled down and works sensibly and correctly after say , 20 minutes of ‘ whoopee ’ then it is a matter of working through the exuberance stage with as many exercises in the form of transitions and ‘ things to do ’ as possible to occupy the horse 's mind and so try to make him concentrate on his work rather than other exciting stimuli . |
| 17 | Listen to the track and you can hear the way Joe speeds up , slows down and pauses here and there . |
| 18 | Could our bodies glow red when we only have a day left so we could all sit down and wait comfortably and then when we snuff it we could just disappear . |
| 19 | Charity took over and said quietly and very casually , ‘ Christopher was killed . ’ |
| 20 | They pull themselves to their feet , stagger a step or two , tumble over and try again and again , until they can walk and run and skip and jump . |
| 21 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 22 | All is well until the chorus when Wayne spins on his back foot , tips the keyboards over and rushes upstage where he jostles Neil and begins bellowing ‘ Yo ! |
| 23 | When Gareth lived with us before he got married he turned the bath on and walked away and left it . |
| 24 | Usually they hopped on and pumped away and suddenly it was over . |
| 25 | So she smiled on and stood there and in exasperation Mrs Browning said , ‘ I do not know that we should continue this discussion , Wilson . |
| 26 | I used to cut them all up and they used to leave me the legs , you know , the hams and the backs and they used to have a few joints off and take home and then the rest I used to lay it , put it into bacon down the cellar . |
| 27 | But he 's not the sort of person that 'll say ah yeah we 've been doing this for a little while , why do n't we just take off and go somewhere and fuck it , fuck it , let's just go and do something together he 's the sort of person that they would settle down into this safe little life and , which would n't actually be that safe for Vanessa , it 'd be very very you know , much what Dangerous wants to do . |
| 28 | If the ‘ hold ’ is set to give a safe idle , there should still be plenty of time to switch it off and recover even if you make a complete mess of things . |
| 29 | Her intention had been to move nowhere — that everything necessary would be said here , and then she 'd back off and disappear faster than Joe could follow . |
| 30 | Mrs Wood knows that he will wake up about 7am and then get up and go downstairs where he will pull out drawers , knock over ornaments , scatter the contents of her food cupboards and climb on the table . |