Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [coord] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well before both , my alert mind has me up and about my mother 's business . |
| 2 | then , no Ian had an orange one and when we pedalled it up and down it kept falling off so Katie put a bolt in it , a wee little one and it screwed onto the tractor bit . |
| 3 | If you just flick it on and off it 's going to use very little . |
| 4 | Invention or not it made him want her more completely , and he put his arms beneath her shoulders , liking her up and off him . |
| 5 | This alchemical characteristic is peculiar to photography , where the mind and heart have potential to blend with the structure of the image , coding it above and beyond what is obvious at first glance . |
| 6 | This alchemical characteristic is peculiar to photography , where the mind and heart have potential to blend with the structure of the image , coding it above and beyond what is obvious at first glance . |
| 7 | ‘ The hammer ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ is actually a ruddy great cannon-ball on the end of a long bit of wire , and the thrower whisks it round and round his or her head faster and faster and then lets it go . |
| 8 | very good Jonathan , are you gon na cut it out and into your jigsaw then ? |
| 9 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 10 | Spraying with weed killer may become an annual ritual , and you will from time to time have to rake the surface over to keep it even and within its boundary . |
| 11 | This intro on the piano was in its way a very formal announcement , and people would hear it over or under whatever other music was on , and the bar staff would turn the tapes down and then off , without anyone having to say anything , they would just do it . |
| 12 | I , I mean Dave , I 've spent quite a lot of my time slagging him off but to his face I 'm really nice . |
| 13 | But do n't forget who 's taking you home and in who 's arms you 're gon na aha oh darling . |
| 14 | Then she started swinging her round and round her head , faster and faster and Amanda was screaming blue murder and the Trunchbull was yelling , ‘ I 'll give you pigtails , you little rat ! ’ |
| 15 | Sometimes I can laugh it off but inside it gets me down . |
| 16 | Ridding yourself of clutter does not just mean organising things into tidy piles , it means either being properly rid of them or putting them in or on something — like shelves . |
| 17 | He caught her by the waist , in a half rugby tackle , lifted her up , spun her around and in one fell swoop had hoisted her on to his shoulders even before she realised what was happening . |
| 18 | ‘ Britain will suffer economically , will be isolated from Europe , and the rest of Europe will go ahead in some shape or form , taking decisions which affect us intimately and over which we have no control . |
| 19 | For a man who despaired of his appetite he was surprisingly offhand with the buck rarebit he had ordered ; he did no more than shove it round and round his plate . |
| 20 | Our personal involvement with them brings them the warmth of human love , while at the same time raising them up and beyond their problems to the love and healing of God . |
| 21 | A pair of powerful arms seized me from behind , jerking me upright and off my feet . |
| 22 | Homoeopathy did not help him either but at his third visit he commented that he did not know which came first , his sinus problem or his depression . |