Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 2 | Thereafter , the specimens were carefully opened along the greater curvature , laid on and pinned out on a flat surface . |
| 3 | Right , now this is steep hill so I 've got to go slowly and hang on to you tightly so th buggy does n't run away from me . |
| 4 | Instead of quitting the music business she should have learned to use it for singing rather than mouthing off at every opportunity . |
| 5 | The Minchmoor Road turns right and drops down to Yarrowford . |
| 6 | No it 's got a coupon as well look you sit down and get on with your breakfast , I wo n't tell you again . |
| 7 | come on , right time is nearly twenty past , now sit down and get on with it what ? there are come on Deana you get on you 're |
| 8 | So a policy of making them pay , sit down and shut up at football matches will not make any difference . |
| 9 | Some contain two or more different plants to flower together or to follow on from each other . |
| 10 | Then repeat the above but , this time , pause for a moment before any action while you consciously refuse to sit down or stand up in your normal way . |
| 11 | Toby ran to the sobbing boy and took the flannel , and as he did so a naked razor blade fluttered down and tinkled on to the floor . |
| 12 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 13 | as if in a trance , Vincent got in and sat down beside him . |
| 14 | Using what little facts as she could chronologically find Dei then placed a perspective on this through ’ reading about the time she lived in and finding out about women 's lives in the 17th century Rome . |
| 15 | He straightened suddenly and looked down at her coldly . |
| 16 | The street was narrow , cobbled , full of old buildings which were joined together and went back to medieval times . |
| 17 | No , it 's just somewhere to sit in and look out at the en , er the ships and boats going by . |
| 18 | So I fretted and sweated as they stalked in and stared around with that disapproving , accusatory look of all cops everywhere . |
| 19 | They may have been open-fronted , the borders of the open seam being either fastened together or pinned back at the breast , again with brooches and pins . |
| 20 | She moved on and pulled up in front of him . |
| 21 | But this will have to involve levelling up to the more advantaged rather than levelling down to the lesser , although future benefits can be reduced so long as diminution is applied equally to both sexes . |
| 22 | You no longer signal when you 're pulling out to overtake , ( unless to warn fast-approaching traffic behind you ) ; nor do you signal right when pulling out from the kerb . |
| 23 | We do believe however that mutually rewarding relationships with colleagues , with pupils and with the parents of our pupils can only really be developed within their local political context , rather than by being researched , reported on and learned about in the abstract . |
| 24 | Many hurdles lie ahead eg Local Government Reform , CCT but I am positive the Department has the calibre of staff to face all the problems head on and come out on top . |
| 25 | Many English teams playing in European competitions have fared badly when moving on to water-based pitches , still in short supply at home . |
| 26 | ‘ I still could n't see anything , of course , but I knelt down and groped about with my hands . |
| 27 | Members of the project carry out their own maintenance , as few sites would survive long if handed over to the local authority . |
| 28 | You should know better than to walk out into strange streets alone . ’ |
| 29 | Guido was already heading down the corridor towards his own room , but he stopped suddenly and glanced back at her across his shoulder . |
| 30 | She is dying inside and crying out for love , just like me . |