Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I back up the line I had to go . |
| 2 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 3 | In Chapter 14 I sketch out the fundamentals of a structuralist theory of truth . |
| 4 | I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat . |
| 5 | And I mean over the years you can sort of pick a sample out and say ‘ It 's pretty close , this one ’ ; or , y'know , ‘ Do something about it ’ , there and then , if you think there is anything that can be done . |
| 6 | I intend over the next Journals to put them on record for all members , who are unable to visit the Museum at Bishop 's Castle , to reproduce them for you . |
| 7 | ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago . |
| 8 | Each week , on shopping day , I tear out the first page and have a ready-made shopping list . |
| 9 | Nathan and I bring up the rear , and soon we are alone , with Nathan buried beneath the nylon sledge cover . |
| 10 | I bring up the subject of music . |
| 11 | I bring up the others , cooling all the while , before we flounder over to the descent rake and back to the house . |
| 12 | ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’ |
| 13 | In fact , when I bring in the afternoon tea , Mr Farraday is inclined to close any book or periodical he has been reading , rise and stretch out his arms in front of the windows , as though in anticipation of conversation with me . |
| 14 | Obviously I bring out the worst in him . ’ |
| 15 | And I bring back the livin' herbs , some overproof rum , some italvital dubplates and some duty-free ribbed condoms . |
| 16 | they charged me thirty six quid for a plus V A T , plus a fiver till I bring back the other one . |
| 17 | I dance round the kitchen table , twirling the hat on my hand , so that the ribbons fly out behind it . |
| 18 | A couple of grey and white winter-plumage black guillemots — called tysties in Shetland — complete the picture , and I wind up the window and move on . |
| 19 | I make out the sunk foundations |
| 20 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 21 | I pick up the ‘ Glass Dildo ’ photo again and this time I am struck by Cicciolina 's expressiveness . |
| 22 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |
| 23 | ‘ I pick up the pencil , put it back , climb into the trunk of the car and you drive me to see the boy . |
| 24 | I really I really do wish it was that simple and I wish that when I pick up The Star on a Thursday or one of the other local papers that I did n't read in it the twenty cars that 's broken into and and all the other problems and I say to myself now why did that happen . |
| 25 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 26 | Erm yeah , the the the axe to grind is is yes , I pick up the the the political stick here er , that was you know , that that , you know from the other the other end to you and yeah , yes I also think we 're being beaten with a with a with a stick here for three R's er , if we 're forced into the corner of having to use an ignorant white hall idiots er |
| 27 | I pick up the paper and think about my father 's Social Security card sitting on my desk at home . |
| 28 | I pick up the bike and return it to the shed . |
| 29 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 30 | In the front seat by Des I fiddle with my receiver till I pick up the signal from the mike in his pocket . |