Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] [noun] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was eventually given my clothes back , but they were all muddy and damp because I 'd been on gardens . |
| 2 | And Liz had slowly swivelled her head round , and stared at her as though from a great way off , and had said dreamily , ‘ If you really want something badly enough , do you think you get it ? ’ |
| 3 | And to top it all off there were the dispiriting revelations that Liverpool 's manager Graeme Souness , had not only phoned his congratulations through to John Major from his private hospital bed , but also , allegedly for mega-bucks , allowed himself to appear on the front of the Sun on the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster with his tongue down the throat of a former TV hostess . |
| 4 | One minute they 're growing bamboos through living prisoners and unravelling their own insides , and the next they 've all got their heads down over their computers , making motor cars . |
| 5 | A female journalist from Smash Hits — a magazine that used to love them , but it 's all over now — has not only slagged their record off , she has claimed that they are — wait for it — sexist ! |
| 6 | But then , as if Waimea had prematurely taken its gloves off , the waves all round him eased and he took advantage of the lull to belt the last thirty yards to the beach . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've already filled my plate up . |
| 8 | I was at the wardrobe , I 'd just took me trousers off and the bloody door flew open and I turned round , he was on the bed ! |
| 9 | And in the He he he 'd give you the thrashing if just lifted your fingers up . |
| 10 | The Royal Institution had just moved its laboratories up from the basement where they were no longer valuable in ‘ our struggle for existence ’ , as William Spottiswoode put it in January 1873 . |
| 11 | You 've already built your holdings up to over a hundred houses , plus some useful parcels of land . |
| 12 | By this time Nicklaus had been round the loop , the easiest part of the course , and he 's somehow clawed his way back into contention . |
| 13 | In other words , we have already learnt the painful lesson that , despite all the kind words and good intentions , for most practical purposes society has already written our children off . |
| 14 | Indeed , a number of men had already made their way back to camp , ostensibly to re-kindle their torches , but in reality to resume drinking . |
| 15 | they 've already made their minds up and a and definitely a lot of people vote on on on basically the choice |
| 16 | But at least one farming area has already made its mind up , ahead of the latest investigations . |
| 17 | He 's already made his mind up . |
| 18 | Erm , you , a lot of people now talk as though it 's erm , plain sailing or flying for B Sky B and it 's gon na be er , hunky-dory , whereas Anglia Television have just written their stake down to a prenominal amount because they do n't think it 's gon na make , stand a chance of making a profit before the turn of the millennium . |
| 19 | We both know what an outrageously male chauvinist pig you are , Ross — but , in case you have n't guessed , I find it very insulting that you should insinuate that I have somehow slept my way up to my present position ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But you have already got your windows down , ’ we shouted back , as we pulled at ours . |
| 21 | ‘ For Christ 's sake , Sid , I 've just got my head down . |
| 22 | I 've just had me friends down from er |
| 23 | Not everyone would feel that these were messages for them ; many people always turn to the cartoon page first of all , and some do n't read much more than that ; God gives Jeremiah several cartoons in the course of this passage ; did you notice in verse 25 the dig about wearing your feet out — because the people had already worn their shoes out ! |
| 24 | Italy 's Gucci has already pulled its products out of hundreds of American stores . |
| 25 | Perkins , the Adjutant , had somehow found his way back stage . |
| 26 | Oh he 's just eaten my toast out of my hand this dog ! |
| 27 | ‘ The drop in turnouts has to terrify the Democrats , ’ says Paul Tsongas , the former senator who mocked Clinton 's 41 per cent in New York by scoring 29 per cent even though he had already declared his candidacy over . |
| 28 | Aye , she says what they 're getting Sheila , she said I 've just cut me hours down they , they were working thirty nine and they 've cut me down to thirty two , just like part-time thing , like you know |
| 29 | ‘ Tapestries Slashed ’ , ran a dramatic headline in one paper ; in fact , the would-be vandal had scarcely taken her scissors out of her pocket before Mrs Gardner swooped on her and called the police . |
| 30 | Essex , after being within one rubber off going down still further , are destined for another season in Group 2 , but Lancashire , dropping only five rubbers , have already started their climb back by winning Group 3a . |