Example sentences of "[art] words [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took more and more gin and wine to shut the words up , pick out the barbs . |
| 2 | Who was it who said that the Irish took the English language and threw the words up in the air just to see how they all sparkled as they came tumbling down ? |
| 3 | I mean , the sort of things we got down are persuasion , motivated to do something , people see things as you see them , changing the way things are done , getting a view point across , solutions accepted , getting other party to accept change , you 've got the words up there . |
| 4 | But they did , they got me to change , because I suppose all the words up there , and I 'm gon na find three most significant ones that and change , er , because while you influence somebody to turn from what they were doing , probably not too often , but it 's usually about something , when you think about the examples that you brought along , and you knew all about change . |
| 5 | We got the words up there and timed it right and everything and then a rehearsal was done . |
| 6 | It 's a bit like us watching a what 's name film with the words up , but only without the words , it 's like us watching that , to him . |
| 7 | He groaned at his blasphemy , then heaved the words on to his lips . |
| 8 | And one day she 'll maybe marry and have sons , and pass the Words on to them . |
| 9 | Put the words on then |
| 10 | There was a psalm he wanted to say before he went , but he could only remember the beginning of it , so he repeated the words over and over again : " Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee , O Lord : Lord hear my voice … " |
| 11 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 12 | She reached for her notebook and cigarettes and played the words around , wielded their texture and richness to sculpt a poem to her joy . |
| 13 | In the Middle Ages , people often depicted their monks as ruminative animals , chewing over the Word of God repeatedly , as it were , rolling the words around in their mouths and absorbing it into themselves just as they received Jesus the Word in the Eucharist , in a symbolic and sacramental manner . |
| 14 | ‘ Drink it yourself , ’ she said , forcing the words out . |
| 15 | Poems can be self-sufficient , leaning on no reality outside themselves other than the history and usage of the words out of which they are made . |
| 16 | Karl almost jerked the words out . |
| 17 | ONCE upon a time people indulged in the ages-old craft of telling stories to each other — but then television and video stepped in and took the words out of our mouths . |
| 18 | ‘ What I really need to know is , when can Crevecoeur begin … work ? ’ she said , spitting the words out as if they tasted bad . |
| 19 | ‘ I will try , ’ Wilson said stiffly , barely able to get the words out . |
| 20 | ‘ I told you , she — ’ But , before she could finish , he swiped the words out of her mouth with the flat of his hand . |
| 21 | It was agony , but he got the words out . |
| 22 | I knew it was a 3-iron , but could I get the words out ? |
| 23 | Two days before the funeral Henry was asked to give a short speech , and although he began by saying he would not be able to talk , did n't think he could get the words out , was no orator , ended , of course by accepting . |
| 24 | Here we 'll just stick to initials , BM , to save writing the words out each time . |
| 25 | ‘ And they say , all those people say … ’ she was gasping , half unable to get the words out , terribly frightened , ‘ … they say the other train , the regular Canadian , is only half an hour behind us , and will smash into … will smash into … do n't you see ? ’ |
| 26 | He spat the words out . |
| 27 | She was beginning to speak more quickly now , as if she wanted to rush all the words out . |
| 28 | How he was laughing at himself and he could hardly get the words out . |
| 29 | She must have been an exceptional item , because Rich can hardly get the words out for trembling woooh noises and peculiar scatological asides . |
| 30 | The message would be couched in Inquisition language ; the Astropath would parrot the words out telepathically . |