Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thanked me politely and returned to his prying , looking in all the drawers , flicking through files even as he was drinking his tea . |
| 2 | It also criticized the Department of Transport ( DTp ) for not applying them vigorously and called on the department to widen the scope of inspections and review methods of enforcement . |
| 3 | Look how he blooded Speed and Batty … he did nt chuck them in and hope for the best . |
| 4 | family and they put me onto valium , but having worked in psychiatric I knew the results of valium , so I I gradually broke them down and got off them but for six full months I could n't sleep |
| 5 | back and they were disgusted so they 've taken them down and gon na make me a complete new set . |
| 6 | Take some of the favourite things that your child likes , mix them together and serve from a warm pot with a ladle . |
| 7 | They took the same tube into work but walked apart on the final stretch to the office in case anyone saw them together and jumped to the right conclusion . |
| 8 | Add them together and divide by the number you 've got . |
| 9 | But as the week wore on and Damian made no attempt to see her at night , spend time with her or try to kiss her , she realised he was seeing Domino in the dark , humid hours when Rachel sat alone at home , tortured by jealousy , consumed with it , imagining them together and burning with impotent rage . |
| 10 | ‘ Why do n't you strip me down and go over me with a scrubbin' brush ? ’ |
| 11 | Instead of getting someone to calm me down and talk to me , a whole bunch of them came and jumped on me and rushed me down to the block and left me there . |
| 12 | Instead of dealing with the problem of a shrinking environment , for many years , scientists have wanted to protect the panda by taking them away and intervening with modern and more effective methods . |
| 13 | So — we would much rather that you went out on a limb , that you did something , that you listened to the remarks of your peers and possibly to the remarks that we might make about them , take them away and think about them . |
| 14 | Dorcas called them over and pointed to the tank above them . |
| 15 | Morris clipped the papers together and tossed them across onto Dyson 's desk Dyson had for some reason assumed that Morris would bring them over and stand beside him while he went through them . |
| 16 | And go ye forth and fight with King Bucar : for be ye certain and doubt not that ye shall win this battle ; God hath granted me this . |
| 17 | It is a bit like using spectacles to see with , and taking them off and looking at them . |
| 18 | I took them off and rode into Haleiwa with Michael . |
| 19 | I just went past these fellows and one of them shouted , ‘ Hey , speccy four-eyes , ’ and I ignored them like you told me and then they came and took them off and stamped on them . ’ |
| 20 | How often have we plodding climbers and walkers set them off and thought to ourselves : ‘ I wish I could travel as fast and effortlessly as that . ’ |
| 21 | As they approached , a big rabbit appeared over the edge of the ditch , looked at them quickly and vanished into the bank . |
| 22 | Then they drove me home and stayed with me . |
| 23 | A girl who 's managed to stay alive for a whole year takes me aside and passes on the two basic rules of survival : 1 ) Never get separated from the others . |
| 24 | Another interesting question is whether you have any right of redress if , while continuing to pay your salary , your employer does not give you any work to do , perhaps sending you home and saying for some reason , ‘ Do n't call us , we 'll call you ’ . |
| 25 | Well , get her to take you home and look after you . |
| 26 | I mean for him to ring you back and speak to you , i i he , he 's been concerned about it as well . |
| 27 | I 'm not going to chuck you out and go for vacant possession or anything , life 's too short for that . |
| 28 | ‘ When you fell in the fountain , when I lifted you out and looked into those fiery green eyes , heard the shaky defiance in your voice , then — then I was lost . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't bear it having you here and fighting like this and not having you , really having you . |
| 30 | He 'd knock you about and swear at you and everything , but , you know , he makes you feel sort of more at home . ’ |