Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 2 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 3 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 4 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 5 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 6 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 7 | About 9.30 I sit down with a cup of coffee to read the paper . |
| 8 | She 'd seen the card I put up in a local shop , advertising the top flat . |
| 9 | ‘ I put in for a supplementary allocation only last week , ’ he said . |
| 10 | I know I walk around in a daze most of the day but this is bloody rediculous . |
| 11 | Halfway through a morning 's work , I climb down for a coffee . |
| 12 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 13 | But on the other hand , the bibliography for the Tate catalogue required that I look back at a lot of old notices and I find that my perception was not at all valid . |
| 14 | Twice a week I meet up with a group of other young mothers for a baby afternoon and — ’ |
| 15 | I give up after an hour of civilisational water-treading , hit Store and slope off to bed . |
| 16 | If I 'm going to a meeting where I know I 'm going to be the only woman I put my war paint on , if I 'm just going to be in the office all day I slob around in a skirt and a jumper with very little make up . |
| 17 | Then I run off in a storm to see an astrologer . |
| 18 | " I read up about a lot of them , Kate . |
| 19 | ‘ I square up onto a prepared board which for the larger paintings is medium density fibreboard , or MDF , half an inch thick which I have primed on both sides . |
| 20 | I hang around for a bit , pretending to look at some writing on the board . |
| 21 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
| 22 | It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque . |
| 23 | I stand up with a sigh , like any husband coming home from the boozer , and I head back to Rachel with whisky on my breath . |
| 24 | I kick off with an idea for a shady border under a deciduous tree . |
| 25 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 26 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 27 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
| 28 | As a birthday celebration some time ago , I set off with a companion to conquer the two more accessible ones , Sgurr Thuilm and Sgurr nan Coireachan . |
| 29 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 30 | I set off as a television test pilot and have ended up with my best-ever chance of winning the race . |