Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter .
2 ‘ Arthur got an electrician to come in and do it during the week . ’
3 Of course , the result was , anybody watching you timed how long it took to go from the Dock gate to sign in and put it on the spike .
4 ‘ Most of our customers are second time buyers who know what they want and expect to be able to just walk in and take it off the shelf like a can of beans , ’ he says .
5 Cabs , you used to jump in and drive them up the road cos there were no motor cars .
6 Extract 1 A : so if there 's a hardware store we could call in and get one on the way back B : do you think there is one A : yes B : OK then * A : that would be nice would n't it ?
7 After so many years of being on my own I really do n't want to settle down and commit myself to a relationship .
8 One evening , when his golf match had been cancelled , he decided to drive down and collect me from the river .
9 However , there is always the remote possibility that you might run down and injure someone in the water , which could cost you as much as £100,000 !
10 He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement .
11 Mr and Mrs Bryant would be thrilled to have a family living in your old home once again — and , since my holiday plans have fallen through , I 'd be happy to come down and help you with the twins . ’
12 Another good way of practising the start without having to go through the exhausting rig recovery is to sail along and lower yourself into the water .
13 the the flats is er a a no go area sort of thing and a kid 'll come along and spray summat on a wall and next day three kids 'll come along and spray things on the wall , so that you 've got more and more graffiti going all over the place , more and more rubbish , more and more people coming to the flats just to get into trouble .
14 But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and .
15 ‘ There is no way we are going in to take over and turn it into a repertory theatre .
16 Nigel had arranged that his son-in-law ( his daughter Caroline 's husband ) , who was living and working in Denmark , and his nephew James from California would come over and help me with the move .
17 So that 's why we said well let's get on and decide which of the next four homes to be refurbished .
18 I could tell him when his crown 's starting to fall off and remind him of the royal plural — and , well , lots of things !
19 First of all , presumably , you lose your normal time structure of having to go off and do something on a regular basis .
20 Left alone , Meredith ignored her shaking legs and managed to strip off and ease herself into the heavy waist petticoats from beside the chest .
21 ‘ We 'll push off and see you in a couple of hours . ’
22 ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that only this morning we were trying to persuade poor old Eddy to go off and enjoy himself on a facilities trip to the Persian Gulf …
23 Somehow , in his absence the fun went out of it and I decided to slope off and join him on the flat .
24 Now , though , she was sitting in the dressing-room , not even sure if she could persuade her legs to stand up and carry her to the stage .
25 is er , Robert you can come up and take us through the four steps of selling .
26 Small world then , life 's I mean erm , child seat , there was one child seat in that was strapped to the and erm there was erm the , the other car seats in the front of the not strapped in I had to hurry up and put them in the back , cos I was running a bit late I was running a bit late anyway .
27 Right , I think er , everyone 's had a good say from both sides , and I would like to sum up and put it to the vote .
28 That 's when they used to come up and put it in the straight on to the station .
29 Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face .
30 I understand that he wrote to all members of the Cabinet asking them to turn up and support him in the votes after previous debates on this project .
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