Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [coord] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remain obdurate and you will hang for your presumption , and many others with you . |
| 2 | Sometimes she became childlike and you could see her at eight or seventeen or twenty-five . |
| 3 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 4 | Or die sad and I 'd hate that ! |
| 5 | The best bit 's when the light 's out , and I can listen to her breathing , and if I want to say summat — you know , summat that happened in the day — I can just speak soft and she 'll hear me . |
| 6 | We told her when they said her transplant was looking good and she would have a future after all . |
| 7 | Then her hands would grow hot and she would pause , wipe them with a moist cloth so that she should not smear the finespun white cotton thread as she worked , and her thoughts of Tommaso would return ; they were very sweet to her , often enough , though when her daydreaming grew extravagant she would fall again into hopelessness , and fear that none of it might ever come true . |
| 8 | Do not sit in the hottest bath that you can stand , because this can make you feel faint and you could pass out when you stand up . |
| 9 | And once Hatchard , the CID man who 'd come round to Dwyer Street on the night in question , had done his bit and told the Coroner twice that he did n't suspect foul play , then most people seemed satisfied and I could get back to enjoying my hangover . |
| 10 | Then the weather got cold and I must 've realized it was nice havin' warm feet 'cos Mam said she never had no trouble with me after that . |
| 11 | I have avoided getting involved , however , because I believe the subject would become obsessive and I would become introspective . |
| 12 | Explain that the patient 's mouth will become dry and he may feel sleepy . |
| 13 | The consumer must accept that , with organic systems , some fruits and vegetables will not look perfect and they will continue to be more expensive because organic farming is more labour intensive and the land usually produces lower yields than conventionally farmed land . |
| 14 | Look hard and you may spot the results . |
| 15 | Blokes stand still or she 'll have you |
| 16 | Lie still and I 'll run for Gertie . ’ |
| 17 | Then his conversation turned sinister and he would produce the gun . |
| 18 | And they 're all lies , you know , they may sound nice and they may deceive people , but the truth is , any politician that I know and respect , when it comes to the crunch , if they think they have a chance of preferment and obviously ultimate preferment , take it . |
| 19 | Stand close and you can watch the hot water of last time 's spray pouring back into the spout hole . |
| 20 | Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own . |
| 21 | He 'd sing until he got tired and he 'd start playing guitar and then he 'd do that until he got tired and then he 'd sing again ! |
| 22 | Keep moving right and you should find the concert permit , jump up onto the purple wall and walk right to the other side , get one of the three crates and kill the mugger , then walk to the right and jump up three platforms to reach a heart , fall down to where you started then climb down the ladder with a crate , kill the workman , go down another level and kill the mugger ( avoiding the dog ) , go down another level , climb down the ladder and go down again , you can risk hitting the wire and flame to collect the records ( macho time again ) , climb down a final ladder and jump off to the left . |
| 23 | We have n't mentioned eggs to the Central Criminal Police in Helsinki but the Security Police are getting interested and we may have to give them at least some explanation of the raw egg on Kaarna 's body . |
| 24 | Charlotte Bartlett is Lucy 's warning : ‘ marry early or you may become like this ’ , that is , fussy , dependent on others , pitied , a nuisance . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , from now on you 're dealin' with me as well , so get stampin' or we 'll miss the next train an ’ all , ’ Vi hissed , meeting his gaze , preparing to stare him out . |
| 26 | It 's getting late and you should go home . |
| 27 | This relation is called SALES-ORDER and it could show that Lee ordered 12 of ‘ part number ’ 25 , Deene and Smith ordered 18 and 9 respectively of ‘ part number ’ 38 , and Williams ordered 100 of ‘ part number ’ 87 . |
| 28 | That is why industry will vote Conservative and we shall win the election . |
| 29 | In particular the post of Secretary has become vacant and we would love to hear from anyone who may be able to help out on a temporary or more regular basis … ( see page 23 ) . |
| 30 | But your ego 's getting massaged and I can take that . |