Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then , when we realised and accepted the situation , I just got on and helped him with his fight . ’ |
| 2 | The singular virtue of action-research is that things could not be left at that — it was necessary to go on and do something about it all . |
| 3 | ‘ Sit down and tell me about it . ’ |
| 4 | Take the opportunity to clean out the channel the cover fits in and to fill it with grease . |
| 5 | One evening , when his golf match had been cancelled , he decided to drive down and collect me from the river . |
| 6 | It is only if you kneel down and call him to you that will he come slowly for his apology . |
| 7 | Some crafty young entrepreneurs steamed in and relieved her of several pairs of Pumas at a knockdown price . |
| 8 | Cashman had not come into Cadogan 's before , preferring Matthew to go down and see him in Hampshire . |
| 9 | He placed a small amount of the substance in his hand and one by one the worshippers knelt down and licked it like hungry animals . |
| 10 | He knelt down and held it in front of Sung 's face a moment . |
| 11 | Do n't wait for Personnel to come along and do it for you . |
| 12 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 13 | I drank my coffee and listened while you talked about the Government 's commitment to looking at the quality of life you should be working towards for our people ( or that we should be working towards for your people — I am not quite sure whether your use of the words ‘ we ’ and ‘ our ’ included me or not ) ; but before I could raise the questions that remained in my mind from the night before — let alone my new uncertainty as to what exactly was meant by the expression ‘ the quality of life ’ — a young man had come in and murmured something to you about ‘ the Governor ’ and ‘ the Bank ’ . |
| 14 | Her response was , ‘ You 'd better come in and give it to her yourself . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Arthur got an electrician to come in and do it during the week . ’ |
| 16 | Or you could do what my elderly neighbour does : every time she feels like decorating she pays a neighbour 's student son to come in and do it for her . |
| 17 | I get a maid to come in and do it for me . |
| 18 | You 'd be employing , you 'd be employing builders to come in and do it for you . |
| 19 | So I started to get people to come in and ask me to specifically teach them stuff that was on my records . |
| 20 | And we used to stand down and leave it at that . |
| 21 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ says Freddie , ‘ one 's tempted to just plunge in and put everything to rights . ’ |
| 22 | but erm it had sorted itself out after , well more or less after a week or two a lot of the evacuees of course did n't stay very long , they went back home because erm I know mother had a , a little boy from erm Guildford when we lived at Debenham and er he went back after a while , the mother used to come down and visit him from time to time , they were very , came from very poor circumstances and the |
| 23 | Mr and Mrs Bryant would be thrilled to have a family living in your old home once again — and , since my holiday plans have fallen through , I 'd be happy to come down and help you with the twins . ’ |
| 24 | Cabs , you used to jump in and drive them up the road cos there were no motor cars . |
| 25 | The medal was handed to her on a velvet cushion and she bent down and hung it on a little hook with which we had each been provided on arrival . |
| 26 | She bent down and took him in her arms . |
| 27 | She was taking off her hat and coat as she spoke ; then going over to her aunt , she bent down and kissed her on the cheek , and followed this with the same salutation for her uncle ; and in response he patted her on the shoulder . |
| 28 | He bent down and kissed her on the lips . |
| 29 | Hands in his clay-coloured raincoat , Gaily , myopic , bent down and read one at random , wonderingly . |
| 30 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |