Example sentences of "[vb base] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Businessmen working away from home frequently describe the tension on their return when their partners , who have been shut in with the children all week , suggest going out for dinner . |
| 2 | If you get a class player a season youre doing well from youth . |
| 3 | And I mean think of say rolling back in traffic if you 're waiting on a hill . |
| 4 | ‘ For goodness ’ sake , Iris , stop banging on about Fernand . |
| 5 | Oh stop going on about rubbish . |
| 6 | stop going round in circles |
| 7 | Together they rode along in the dark , Tess holding on to Alec . |
| 8 | ‘ And , for goodness ’ sake , Laura , stop standing there like Joan of Arc about to be burnt at the stake ! ’ |
| 9 | I hate going around in groups . |
| 10 | Members of the 5th Market Drayton Pack in Shropshire enjoy clowning around at Brownie Revels . |
| 11 | In our own system over here , we 've had people criticising the shortage of teachers ; would any of you consider coming over to Great Britain to teach ? |
| 12 | Now , with its near neighbour the yacht club , it caters for nautical types of the amateur sort who enjoy messing about in boats . |
| 13 | Jay remembered the sun in the garden , the paddling pool , her mother meeting her after school , face lighting up with love and joy as her little girl pelted out of school like a tornado , seized her mother 's hand and dragged her home down the street , read to her , played with her , woke her with a kiss , read her a bedtime story . |
| 14 | They think it was the stress , I mean moving down to Cornwall ! |
| 15 | I remember driving down to Leith on that Friday night , and just going for a walk and thinking that the next time the sun came up I would be playing at Murrayfield . |
| 16 | Not that I like walking around with music blasting anyway , I 'd rather listen to the birds . |
| 17 | I remember going late at night . |
| 18 | The church ceremony ended with the bride and groom going out to Tina Turner 's ‘ Simply the Best ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I like getting back to earth , ’ she said . |
| 20 | They like to see people for a cup of tea , and they like popping round to Karen 's for company . |
| 21 | over taking you know cutting right in front of you and er , you just , I see things in front of me and I can hardly believe that there has n't been a horrible accident , you know , just seeing the things that happening on the road . |
| 22 | Well , Sue 's hurt her shoulder cos she was carrying her bag on the train you know coming back from Birmingham . |
| 23 | ‘ I remember coming up to Middlesbrough for the final game with Oxford , which Boro won 4–0 , ’ he recalled . |
| 24 | I remember coming back from Exercise Jungle King in March 1953 on two engines , the put-put and windscreen wipers and the put-put some time to start that night . |
| 25 | I remember coming home from school and before you could do homework or go out to play there were always chores to do — you know , our own set of chores . |
| 26 | I like sailing alone at night . |
| 27 | We had a première of Requiem , and one of the main critics had a real go at it — and at me — and I remember sitting up in bed with Andrew and just wanting to weep . |
| 28 | Next door was a tiny car showroom belonging to Goddard and Co , and I remember standing outside with Dad in 1922 , admiring the first Austin Seven or ‘ Baby Austin ’ , as it was quickly named . |
| 29 | I like a bit of dominant , you know standing up for people in my woman . |
| 30 | Oh I hate running out of milk ! |