Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS THE plutocrats of world golf prepare to fly to Augusta for the first major championship of the season , — in some cases in their personal executive jets — it is a safe bet none of them sit back and reflect on the origins of their good fortune . |
| 2 | In Sweden , five ponds were selected , four of them 60–100m apart and connected by a stream , and another 1.9km away . |
| 3 | I kneel down and drink from the renewing , strengthening , sacred spring . |
| 4 | ‘ I sit down and say to myself , how can I convert a mileage reading of one hundred and fifty thousand into only ten thousand without taking the speedometer to pieces ? |
| 5 | If I sit down and talk to I 've said this and I 'll say it I 've said it ad nauseam . |
| 6 | I cough up and march towards the escalator . |
| 7 | I look up and smile at her , to undo the effect of my sigh . |
| 8 | It was an amazing thing really when I when I look back and think about the decoration side of it because , those fireplaces were had to be seen to be believed because they were , if the wind was in the wrong , you we , the room was full of smoke . |
| 9 | But erm it was good , the school life was very , very very good because the teachers , they were they were excellent men when I look back and think about it , they really were . |
| 10 | I jump up and stand in front of them . |
| 11 | After blunting two ice-screws I give up and go for the peg . |
| 12 | I run outside and hide behind a hedge then wake up laughing , 'cos I 'm out there in my underwear on the street . |
| 13 | There 's a gap in the crowd and I dart through and run after them . |
| 14 | I have a special calendar , and I cross off each day when I go to bed , and then I lie there and think of you . |
| 15 | I open wide and accept with ease because sometimes there is much joy to be had in multiple matings in a short space of time . |
| 16 | If my list of cons against Alfieri seems great , it does not mean I dislike everything he does for as I 've said he plays the important role of introduction and conclusion which I like especially and count as a clever idea on the part of Miller . |
| 17 | I get on and look through Peter 's stuff while Marie talks to him . |
| 18 | It 's too cold to sit around for long , so I get up and walk onto the bridge . |
| 19 | Ninagawa points out that his style , combining East and West , ritual and freedom , in many ways mirrors life in Japan : ‘ I get up and listen to Bach on my compact disc and have Japanese rice for breakfast . ’ |
| 20 | I get up and listen at my son 's door . |
| 21 | After a minute I get up and go into my old room . |
| 22 | I get up and lean against the window and sort of pat down my coat . |
| 23 | I get up and look at the picture real close to see if there 's a baby in the boat , but I ca n't see one . |
| 24 | I lean forward and whisper into Crilly 's ear . |
| 25 | We did n't have much to do , just sit at a table or something , and when it 's over I go outside and sit in the car , and Peckinpah comes out and gives me this look . |
| 26 | ‘ Leave me for a bit , Billy , ’ she says with her back to me , so I go out and sit on my bed . |
| 27 | I go out and tend to the suffering populace and she sits at home and patronizes me . |
| 28 | I go back and sit on the bench by the Christmas tree . |
| 29 | ‘ Since I 've worked part time I 've also become a parent governor at the children 's school and most Fridays during term time I go in and listen to children reading . |
| 30 | I , I , would it be , would it be erm , wrong of me to ask you say , grant up to five hundred pounds , and I go in and talk to him , so we come back with a council , with a scheme . |