Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] and [verb] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | lay on and twist it and lay on you know . |
| 2 | There were no good rules and regulations , and hospitals and insurance companies felt that they ought not to sit down and make them because , once they made them , they were admitting that these things were taking place and that such decisions were being made and were subject not only to public scrutiny but a threat of medical malpractice suits . |
| 3 | Well we 'll get the specialist to go in and see her and see what he makes of her , see if he can get her back on her feet . |
| 4 | nothing since last August and my husband keeps saying oh I must stay in and do it , I must stay in and do it and I just do n't ! |
| 5 | Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it . |
| 6 | To an extent you 're your own master … you can decide what you want to do and when you want to do it … it 's not like being at work when somebody rings you up and you 've got to go down and see them or you 've got to do this and that within half an hour . |
| 7 | After my lunch , I thought it better to go down and see them and to show my interest . |
| 8 | Yes , O K , as I say , I want to come along and check it and there 's a couple of other things I want to talk to you about , when 's the best time for us to get together ? |
| 9 | I think when I was n't there they used to come in and feed them and the girls all used to come round and bill and coo over them . |
| 10 | The teacher used to come in and take him and he got fed up of it 'cause he could n't get on with his other work . |
| 11 | Yeah I put the shield up against the wall because I knew then that the whole house had been cleared and er bent down and asked her if she was alright . |
| 12 | ‘ I bent down and asked him if he was all right . |
| 13 | I bent down and turned him until I had my hands under his arms , his back towards me , and I floated him along in the water to the steps and there strained to pull him up them and out onto the grass . |
| 14 | Can anyone expect Mr. Kiechle to stand up and explain everything that he is looking for ? |
| 15 | Yeah , put it there he 'll feed it , he 'll have it , hurry up , that 's it hurry up and eat it cos we 've got to go erm , and they 'll have sandwiches or something for tea and er if you point something they say no I do n't want it and then when the other one can I have it , oh you 're digging your finger in it |
| 16 | Imagine my disappointment when I staggered down a hill in murky twilight after its purchase to find that not only had it been lying in the back seat of the car for the duration of my climb , but that it had failed to come up and get me when the daylight failed . |
| 17 | ‘ If I enter the room when she 's talking to Carrie or my ma , she 'll simply dry up and say nothing until I 've left . |
| 18 | He ogled her and once he had come out and asked her if she would like a dear little puppy dog to keep her warm in the night . |
| 19 | The student may be able to stand back and to relativize his or her own learning . |
| 20 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 21 | And the Old Bill came down and found them and nicked us , even after what they 'd said . |
| 22 | I mean Maggie Thatcher came in and told them whether they |
| 23 | He opened the kitchen door and came in and shut it before he turned to face them . |
| 24 | Then one afternoon Mrs Smith came in and found us and asked who I was . |
| 25 | anything about coming , and yet Jenny came up and told me that she was coming on Friday , er before I got that letter , got that letter the next day |
| 26 | No , she said that she came up and asked you if you wan na go out with Emma |
| 27 | I was talking to Mike McFarlane when Allan came up and interrupted us and spoke to Mac , looking me over but not saying anything to me . |
| 28 | Adrian asked them the way to Woodbrook , then came back and told me that there was a ruined castle behind the shop . |
| 29 | I 'd send out and help them if it would n't spoil everything . ’ |
| 30 | Eva came out and greeted him as though he were an artist returning from barren exile , Rimbaud from Africa . |