Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old and lonely are very vulnerable , and if you have sounded detached , preoccupied , or hurried during the conversation they can easily feel hurt and rejected ; and that hurt can be like an emotional graze that will remain painful until you are able to see them again and heal it . |
| 2 | It 's quite well it 's fun because I you know the people and you see them once or twice a year and it 's it 's nice to see them back and talk |
| 3 | It is also claimed that there has been a great deal of harassment of Serbs and Montenegrins by Albanian nationalists , who hope to drive them out and establish an ‘ ethnically pure ’ Kosovo . |
| 4 | It took several minutes to gather them back and put them under starter 's orders . |
| 5 | You may not wish to write them all but imagine them nevertheless and draft out the pattern of the story . |
| 6 | The safety gates have made a big difference , since I 've gotten them erm I 've got peace of mind for the stairs and I can answer the phone and I have n't got to like keep trying to pull them downstairs and do do different things . |
| 7 | He probably wanted to pull them down and re-develop the site . |
| 8 | have to pass them round and mark them instantly then start the next section . |
| 9 | Erm if if they are useful I will ask him to box them up and send them . |
| 10 | You may need to spell them out or check that they have been understood . |
| 11 | We 've just got to pull ourselves together and stick together and we can pull out of this . |
| 12 | He twisted to shield himself , tried to pull himself round and use that big machine-gun he had carried for so long . |
| 13 | When I got home I said , ‘ They ought to know you better than think you would marry a prostitute . ‘ |
| 14 | After a moment or two to pull herself together and wash her face , she went back through the bedroom , her stomach heaving again when she saw the crumpled disorder of the bed . |
| 15 | Mr. Robert Hughes : If the Minister will say that , once all the companies have been sold he will publish the individual price , I at least will be willing to meet him halfway and accept that . |
| 16 | Police said : ‘ We were told to find her quickly and tell her to lie still on the floor . ’ |
| 17 | had to shake him up And make the fancy take him |
| 18 | ‘ To just past Spargo 's ; I could n't raise the nerve to catch him up and speak to him . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 20 | I had to pull her on and cuddle her into me to keep her warm . ’ |
| 21 | If it 's not written down I do n't know when they 've had or what they 've had , you 'll have to write it down and put a date on it . |
| 22 | Anyone acting out of character worried her in this way , until she had had a silent time alone , to work it out and grow used to the change . |
| 23 | You have to pull it down or leave it down all the time because you always have to leave the light on there anyway |
| 24 | The loop will now be round the person 's body and all you have to do is to pull it down and ask the volunteer to step out of it . |
| 25 | He bent to get a closer look at one drawing that had been fixed lower than the others , as if the teacher had somehow tried to segregate it off and pretend that it was n't part of the display . |
| 26 | So would it be possible , once the mobile switched channels , to find it again and carry on taping ? |
| 27 | Give the children a simple message and ask them to pass it along and see what it becomes at the end . |
| 28 | Over coffee back at the office I tried to pull myself together and sell him a traded option in copper which would , as it turned out , have made him quite a lot of money . |
| 29 | It was nice to meet your properly and get to know the others a bit better . |
| 30 | She gave us much rein to pull in any direction , but never failed to pull us up and say , in effect , ‘ what the hell are you up to ? ’ or ‘ stop that carry-on at once ! ’ |