Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You mentioned earlier on that that perhaps er like with Guy Fawkes , there 's a lot of things that come from the past , from our history and we lose Perhaps we lose a bit of sight about where they 've come from . |
| 2 | it slows down it drops a lot of the silt , mud and rocks . |
| 3 | She could see the ground for a distance round the beech-tree , and as she gazed down she noticed a man coming along a path a short distance away . |
| 4 | In other words we get consulted so we get a chance to comment on the planning application when it 's made . |
| 5 | There was a big argument about what we should buy so we had a vote on it . |
| 6 | I 'm feeling real heavy and tired and my feet 's aching so I have a sit down on a wall and swing my legs for a bit . |
| 7 | As he was driving away I noticed a bottle jutting from the sand near where his van had been . |
| 8 | Every time he guards want overtime they start a rumour that there 's going to be trouble . ’ |
| 9 | The service at the crematorium went off like a house on fire and on returning home I received a phone call from Pybus to say that , at a meeting of directors , Carter and Tilley had quit . |
| 10 | ‘ Program them to self-destruct whenever they miss a target . |
| 11 | As we drew near he took a step forward shining his lantern with its green light above his head as if to give the driver the ‘ All Clear ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ We realise now we made a mistake but everyone in Cyprus assured us it was a formality , ’ said Mary . |
| 13 | I once attended one such two day course with the idea that I would be able to find out what makes a designer ‘ tick ’ . |
| 14 | To find out we asked a number of interested parties for their own budget proposals . |
| 15 | I found out they had a computer in the bottom of the building when I worked in the bank and it started off from that . |
| 16 | When he found out you got a mini he said where does Tracey sit ? |
| 17 | For several years a new model for nursing has been researched , written about and tried out which allocates a number of patients rather than tasks to each nurse . |
| 18 | There is no doubt that the procedure has now itself become a form of dispute resolution , but it must be distinguished from other forms of dispute resolution . |
| 19 | Only I just turned into grocery because you could n't get fruit , when you want Well you had a bit but not much . |
| 20 | has n't , has n't everybody got a sale on ? |
| 21 | Who else has n't I bet a lot of you have just lumped Luxe Luxembourg in with Germany and France . |
| 22 | Has n't it got a price on them ? |
| 23 | Why has n't it got a modulator ? |
| 24 | Cos I I as soon as I moved here I wanted a catalogue and a telly . |
| 25 | They are made by human beings and if they are not doing what we want then we have a right and a responsibility to change them . |
| 26 | Sally wanted to know how I became a caddie and I filled her in on my doings since we left university . |
| 27 | He described how they heard a plane , and then came the searing flash and tempestuous roar , and then the utter unbroken silence of the grave . |
| 28 | In a letter to his friend Gottfried von Jacquin Wolfgang described how he attended a ball that evening , at which the cream of Bohemian society , including a bevy of attractive ladies , was present . |
| 29 | Oh , I , well I never like so , even now I 'm paranoid about it , its like a couple of times I do n't know how I slept a wink , and these people are the people I trust because you do n't want I know they wo n't do it on purpose , but I know , have seen what I 'm |
| 30 | ‘ It 's bad enough losing the dog — you must know how it affects a vet — but to be accused of practically killing it out of spite … ’ |