Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When your mother dies you do n't know where to go or what 's going to happen to you . |
| 2 | They 're trying to er knock or they were trying to knock News at Ten on the head . |
| 3 | All procedures for objective setting , planning , time keeping or whatever are agreed in the light of the task to be done and the situation . |
| 4 | This will help if , later on , you are unable to work or you are disabled as a result of the accident and claim Disablement Benefit . |
| 5 | stresses the importance of direct experience in the education of children : ‘ Children soon forget what they say or what is said to them , but not what they have done nor what has been done to them ’ ; ‘ Give your scholar no verbal lessons ; he should be taught by experience only ’ ( ibid . |
| 6 | The relevant schools have been approached and it is intended to co-ordinate engineering , education and enforcement activities . |
| 7 | The bitter weather was ending and everyone was feeling more cheerful when Joe was due to come on leave , but shortly before he arrived his mother had a vivid dream in which she saw him lying dead on a battlefield . |
| 8 | and we looked on it more as a party and a family gathering and showing everybody else that we were now committed and we 're going to spend the rest of our lives together . |
| 9 | But we 're dealing with a devil we do n't know and we 're paying the devil more than his due . |
| 10 | But there 's something she does know and she 's keepin' it to herself . |
| 11 | My buttocks began to freeze and I was wondering whether to return when I heard the clop of the horse 's hooves and glimpsed Sir John riding vigorously by . |
| 12 | It keeps occurring and it 's called ‘ morphic resonance ’ ; something is simply in the air and more than one person picks it up . |
| 13 | After the burning of the forest , pioneer trees appear and it is burnt again , and again the following year . |
| 14 | Once specified , these problem behaviours can be talked about to the child and clear guidelines given about what is expected and what is going to happen if the child continues to misbehave . |
| 15 | Sales plummetted and he was forced to quit . |
| 16 | She 's soaking wet and within a few thrusts I 'm ready to come and she 's panting , then grunting then calling out , ‘ Oh , fuck , yes ! ’ and then it 's all over and I collapse over her and then fall off her and almost cut my ear on the cool blade of the kitchen knife lying on the sheet . |
| 17 | I knew too that that invitation was bound to come and I was dreading it . |
| 18 | But he wanted to save their publication for the book he was always going to write and which was to follow ‘ line for line ’ the artistic development of his friend during those decisive years . |
| 19 | This takes about six weeks — just as you 're about to hand in your notice , it suddenly clicks and they are doing it themselves without you having to say anything . |
| 20 | I came here to work and you are stopping me doing that . ’ |
| 21 | Above all , is a fun place to work and I 'm looking forward to the challenges of the future . |
| 22 | There are men who have been in prison for ten years and more for claiming their liberty ; men who have slipped away to struggle overseas ; men who have escaped to Europe to carry on the fight there — they are hounded and they are imprisoned , but their views are heard . |
| 23 | The geology of the basin is varied and it is dominated by the massive Golden Lane carbonate platform . |
| 24 | ( e ) Fixtures and fittings It is very important that the clients clearly understand what is included and what is excluded . |
| 25 | The reality was that he seemed to have been forgotten and nothing was going to serve as a reminder unless the kidnappers broke their silence . |
| 26 | In February 1991 E. was bruised and it was thought to be a non-accidental injury . |
| 27 | They 're finding er as business becomes more competitive , targets are harder to meet and they 're finding they 're becoming more reluctant to stay out — to get away from the office , to take time off . |
| 28 | Malpass 's eyes had misted and I was talking just to remind him I was there . |
| 29 | She 's been their senior presenter for ten years now , handling everything from live interviews to those awful moments when a filmed report is suddenly dropped and she is left to fill time with cheerily improvised observations — ‘ that 's when I really earn my money . ’ |
| 30 | He should have gone outside , grabbed the keys of the bike and taken off , but instead he was trapped and she was following him , her footsteps tentative on the stairs . |