Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shoes can now be taken off in either order , or we can see that the order of putting them on makes no difference , that is , RL = LR , or R and L commute . |
| 2 | ‘ It was her life , you see , parties and pretty clothes , and putting them on makes her remember how happy she used to be . |
| 3 | It is possible to allow the child to move the existing words about the screen by means of a light pen , cursor control or joystick , but requiring him or her to type them in encourages correct spelling and concentration . |
| 4 | She has been letting them in has n't she ? |
| 5 | Flap limit is 91 knots , and pumping them down requires rather more muscle than retraction . |
| 6 | she drags them along does n't she ? |
| 7 | It had me in stitches a lot of the time and definitely was n't just for the kids . ’ |
| 8 | The 'Boks may be ring rusty but , says JOHN ROBBIE , they are top-heavy with talent and anyone who writes them off does so at their peril … |
| 9 | So why do n't you just settle to knowing your place and doing your job , and just maybe I wo n't let him tear you in shreds the way he 's aching to do ? |
| 10 | Puts you off does n't it ? |
| 11 | When you have a wash it wakes you up does n't it ? |
| 12 | That 's filled you up has it ? |
| 13 | It makes more sense me picking you up dun n it ? |
| 14 | ‘ And of course , ’ he said aside to Charlotte , with a devastating smile , ‘ having a girl like you around does n't make their problem any easier for either of them . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Whether or not I want you around seems to be beside the point , does n't it ? |
| 16 | Their relative independence of the councils which set them up means that deals can be negotiated and long-term arrangements achieved which do not depend on detailed discussion through council committee . |
| 17 | ‘ He is obviously having his problems right now , but believe me , anyone who writes him off does so at their peril . ’ |
| 18 | Moll 's denunciation of Laxton before she beats him up shows that the thrashing is partly in revenge for his not untypical masculine blend of misogyny and licentiousness ( cf. ii . |
| 19 | ‘ You have to play more than one way to win the Championship and having him back gives us more options . |
| 20 | The toggle switch is two-position , and flicking it on takes the sound straight to a pre-determined setting . |
| 21 | We took it in turns to see how close we could get . |
| 22 | They did n't drive around in their fathers ' cast-off Rollers ; they pooled their resources , picked up a MkII escort for a hundred notes at an auction and took it in turns to drive it round a disused airfield practising handbrake turns until the car cried enough . |
| 23 | For these people , the last word in radical chic is Brut Soap-on-a-Rope ; they dress as though they have stepped straight from the pages of a Seventies mail-order catalogue ; they consider a good night out to be crowding into the only working public telephone box , and , hyperventilating in their over-excitement , taking it in turns to listen to the talking clock . |
| 24 | The film stars Keifer Sutherland and Julia Roberts and concerns a group of unlikely student doctors who take it in turns to have their heartbeat stopped in order to experience the afterlife , which for some reason the director has chosen to portray as a series of rather unimaginative music videos . |
| 25 | But Punition fretted all the way across , and her groom and a French veterinary surgeon took it in turns to comfort her . |
| 26 | The twins , I was relieved to see , made a charming sight , crouched underneath a cot taking it in turns to lick one another 's ears . |
| 27 | Mcduff came with him to sit in the shelves and they took it in turns to keep watch . |
| 28 | We 'll take it in turns to ride Joe . ’ |
| 29 | Taking it in turns to ride Joe , they enjoyed the journey to Linby . |
| 30 | I shall never forget the kindness of the many people who took it in turns to give me a lift , so that I did n't have to drive there and back . |