Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [pron] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes a barman came in and asked everyone to move outside with the other hotel guests who had been evacuated from the building . |
| 2 | She was sitting on her futon , bent over her feet , and had turned down her stereo because Brian had just marched in and requested her to do so . |
| 3 | A vague statement to the effect that you would ‘ call the staff together and get them to sell more effectively ’ does n't carry much conviction , whereas an outline staff training programme coupled with precise incentives suggests that you know what you are doing , and is a great deal more persuasive . |
| 4 | Once , when native Hawaiians were out for blood after a visiting Australian had abused a local , he brought the two sides together and persuaded them to settle peacefully . |
| 5 | Intel Corp let manufacturers off the leash yesterday and freed them to announce officially that they had Pentium-based machines . |
| 6 | He was silent for a moment , then ordered me to go and find my father at once and tell him to return home immediately ; and not to forget to return home myself . |
| 7 | We went to another call and like these were upper class and this young constable got out and told them to fuck away off . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll go out and have something to eat soon . |
| 9 | But he refused to sit back and taught himself to walk again . |
| 10 | The Labour party is telling those investors that they are not welcome here and encouraging them to go elsewhere . |
| 11 | He stepped forward and allowed him to snip away at the stitching . |
| 12 | and turn it round and force it to look backwards |
| 13 | She blinked them back hurriedly and forced herself to look across at Josey . |