Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [conj] [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rolls off me and passes out on the pillow , the smell of his drunkenness lingering like something live . |
| 2 | Technically , if you hand someone a joint you 're supplying , but it means a lot of work for them and does n't catch the people who are the big fish . |
| 3 | Letting out a shriek , she races towards them and thumps down on the ground . |
| 4 | By now G. is no longer suspicious of me but turns out to be a lively , talkative , and intelligent man . |
| 5 | Well , I must admit there 's a bit of me that thrives slightly on the exam syndrome — something that gets the adrenalin flowing rather like ‘ first nights ’ . |
| 6 | Michael , Managing Director at the Brewery has one of them but does not know whether it was Lance Henly 's , but is delighted to learn that it could have been . |
| 7 | He asks , ‘ The bit of you that does n't believe me … why ? ’ |
| 8 | Terry B says he did n't think he was hitting the bottle but there 's one side of you that takes over and he started to slide down hill … he became and realised it was time to get real with himself and he has n't had a drink since march |
| 9 | Your partner kneels in front of you and presses down on your knees . |
| 10 | In spite of your excellent state of preservation , Valerie Cass , I 'm afraid there 's something about you that does n't appeal to me . |
| 11 | Marie comes behind me and looks over my shoulder . |
| 12 | Des lounges against it and switches on his walkie-talkie . |
| 13 | I have a nutritionist who travels with me and works out a daily menu . |
| 14 | It discusses government policy with them and reports back to the government . |
| 15 | She became close to both women and , although she still saw her mother from time to time and still has a very strong relationship with her that has not been diminished by the divorce , a special bond was forged with the two older women . |
| 16 | And so he turns aside under a pine tree , lays his sword and oliphant under him and lies down to die : he makes his confession , holds up his right glove to God and angels come and carry his soul to Paradise . |
| 17 | Erm I 've got a well Mike has it but erm a transcription machine that takes minicassettes and also has a recording thing with it that makes absolutely excellent recordings . |
| 18 | At last the house has made our peace with us and hangs on to her slates in the gardens . |
| 19 | The words may carry our meaning , but the receiver may be expecting something else from them and interprets accordingly . |
| 20 | For that reason the leaves are large but tapered , so the frequent rain falls from them and does not engender fungal growths . |
| 21 | It could be argued that this is a prime example of what has been termed the ‘ Matthew Effect ’ — ‘ For unto every one that hath shall be given , and he shall have abundance : but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath . ’ |
| 22 | This artist is less interested in ornament than Euphronios , often content with borders in black silhouette rather than red-figure ; but in other respects he takes on from him and goes further . |
| 23 | Andy gives a small smile , takes the empty glass from her and heads back through the crowds to the kitchen . |
| 24 | He puts his arm round her and goes back indoors . |
| 25 | There simply is n't any dramatic , conflict in a story about a purported villain who wears a Beatle cap , drinks from a huge glass with fish in it and gazes out from his island home on the great blue sea as he waits for his pursuers , a pair of handsome would-be lovers who sing songs like ‘ We could of , we should of , perhaps we can . |
| 26 | He comes alongside us and takes on our humanity , in order for us to see him , in the same way that the intensity of the sun is scaled down to the ray of light through the window . |
| 27 | Long before we arrived , Herr Wendling had made a great reputation for him and has now introduced him to all his friends . |
| 28 | His poem ‘ Maud ’ is said to be about her and reveals how his advances , as the son of a country parson , were not approved of by her guardians . |
| 29 | Towards the end of this time , the mother looks as though she has a bunch of pink grapes on her underside and clambering about the branches or running over uneven ground not only becomes awkward for her but looks distinctly uncomfortable for her young . |
| 30 | These laws may have originally been decreed by God , but it appears that he has since left the universe to evolve according to them and does not now intervene in it . |