Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | when you turn your key it suddenly clicks and it clicks the thingy forward |
| 2 | Voight and I split the vote . |
| 3 | The VW , driven by Wing , overtook and he saw the defendant 's brother , a passenger in the car , gesticulating at him . |
| 4 | Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time . |
| 5 | Her hands dropped and she surveyed the company , who , without exception , showed concern not condemnation . |
| 6 | I asked my neighbour to turn down her records as I found it impossible to concentrate and she said the only way she could cope with the stress of her reality was to blast her music . |
| 7 | It is as if this had been the artificial carapace which had now dissolved and there emerged the smiling , bright-eyed figure of Eliot , with an expression close to that of the photographs taken of him in childhood . |
| 8 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 9 | I 've just rung and you get the usual b-shit at first then they patch you through to the club-call line in England . |
| 10 | The dynamics of the Galaxy is considered and he discusses the evolution of the various features making up the Galaxy . |
| 11 | His back stiffened and he swept the money towards his chest . |
| 12 | And he says nineteen sixty two when I started reffing and he said the oth they 're not I 'm not giving them this one but these two are for the other mascot scene . |
| 13 | Thousands of young hopefuls were interviewed but none possessed the elusive qualities Selznick sought . |
| 14 | His fist was bruised but he punched the wall again . |
| 15 | ‘ Everything you want to do someone has just done or someone has the rights . |
| 16 | Folding the sheet containing the poem into what I hoped was the perfect paper 'plane , I waited until Mrs Burton 's back was turned and I launched the message-bearing missile in Belinda 's direction . |
| 17 | Over her supine body Andrew and Horatia 's eyes met and she took the initiative , knowing she had to get the better of the marquis straight away . |
| 18 | ( b ) That if the effect of the proviso were to impose a restraint of trade then the consequence was that not only the proviso but also the whole of the paragraph to which the proviso related and which contained the stipulation that post-termination commission would be paid was void . |
| 19 | Then of course the girl said what she 'd done and they fetched the skull back and had no trouble after … |
| 20 | Well almost I got the cupboard done and I got the tiles lying by the side of the hob , but they have n't yet been cut to fit erm and glued down but one of these day 's he 'll get around to it . |
| 21 | ‘ In the circumstances there was no more to be done and I put the matter out of my mind until your officer telephoned my housekeeper yesterday . ’ |
| 22 | His was the first correct solution selected and he knew the Premier League teams who have not played in European competitions are Crystal Palace , Wimbledon , Oldham , Norwich , Sheffield United , Middlesbrough and Blackburn . |
| 23 | I did n't know what he was talking about but I dutifully obeyed and we trailed the shambling figure as he made his way drunkenly out through a postern gate and down the steep , narrow alleyways of Nottingham . |
| 24 | ‘ It is one of the most beautiful places I 've ever seen and I think the picture conveys that . |
| 25 | ‘ It is one of the most beautiful places I 've ever seen and I think the picture conveys that . |
| 26 | But she was just about to say something when her eyes moved and something touched the middle of his back . |
| 27 | If the nest is disturbed and she decides the family should flee , the youngsters behave in an extremely disciplined way . |
| 28 | The paper quite rightly says and I quote the relationship between the T G W U and the G M B has all been marked by a blend of competition and co-operation . |
| 29 | I always thought that you see when the , er Normans came and you had the |
| 30 | And he just knocked on the door and you just came and you read the card and that was it . |