Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick Ronson , Woody Woodmansey and myself would be making backing tracks , having got the brief from David — it was E chord for 16 bars then an A chord for 4 bars and a B chord for 2 bars — and we were just banging out these backing tracks , and David would come into the studio , if we could tear him away from Angela for long enough and say whether he liked it or not . |
| 2 | Answer yes or no to the statements below and see If it helps you to uncover the reasons for your family relationships — be they bad or good . |
| 3 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 4 | They just walked in and saw that you had posters up and |
| 5 | Yeltsin had given a dramatic description of tanks closing in and said that he believed that he had not much time left . |
| 6 | So , I was very disappointed , and on the way back to catch the bus on Parliament Street , I passed erm a shop called Jowers which was next to the Corner Pin , and er er although I was very nervous , I went in and ask if they wanted a tailoress . |
| 7 | He stood up when she came in and waited until she had taken the chair on the other side of the desk . |
| 8 | And you could go over to erm the Social Work Department in and try and you know get an interview with the admissions person . |
| 9 | His own car was a few yards ahead , and he could be in and started before they turned the corner — but not out of sight . |
| 10 | Do n't be tempted to lie in and snooze if you 've had a bad night . |
| 11 | I took him in and watched as he studied it . |
| 12 | On the day following the night she had spent with the gentle sisters , her father had stormed in and demanded that she return home , and she had replied , ‘ What ! |
| 13 | I said to go in and see and I said to him go and see the bear , and with that Dave knocked on the door . |
| 14 | We 're just by an inn now — the Half Moon — and I 'll go in and see if they 've got a conveyance of any sort . |
| 15 | You see my brother Joe is wrong , he should have , he 's a workaholic , and they 're doing sixteen hours a day and they 're working , can you imagine , and I mean my youngest brother Brad who 's working with him said er Joe do n't stop , a week , no a fortnight la , a fortnight last Sunday they had to put a not air conditioning yeah it is air conditioning unit in Smith 's in Staines and they had to whatever happens they had to get it working for the next day , it 's got to be in and working and they worked all day , my brother , my eldest brother Derek weld it for nine hours non stop , to the point where Brad our , my younger brother and Joe had |
| 16 | ‘ They found us everywhere so we had to stay under water nearly twenty-three hours a day , and the air was so bad you had to lie down and sleep so you did n't use too much of it . ’ |
| 17 | And then they fall down and die and they give a signal er they scream and they pick something up . |
| 18 | He sat down and waited until he got his breath back . |
| 19 | A MAN suspected of drunken driving was under arrest last night after a father-of-four was mown down and killed as he cycled home from work . |
| 20 | Erm , Derek said , and Derek said that erm that he now hoping you 'd go down and stay when they get naughty pictures ! |
| 21 | At the bottom of the escalator we meet the ticket inspector riding down and frowning as he approaches us . |
| 22 | parenthood , for example yo before the capabilities of reproductive technology became available nobody sat down and questioned whether we had a right to have children or not , whether it was a responsibility , a right or whatever , I mean it 's it 's very ironic that we 've actually thrown ourselves into a realm where we have to consider all these fundamental things about human behaviour and human nature |
| 23 | If you 've ended up with 2 secs. stop down and repeat until you get something more useful . |
| 24 | If you 've ended up with 2 secs. stop down and repeat until you get something more useful . |
| 25 | Mum and Dad were dozing in their chairs but Dad opened his eyes as I sat down and asked if I 'd enjoyed the picture . |
| 26 | Some of the 150 or so cast and production crew he gathered together at a local hotel broke down and wept as he confirmed their worst fears . |
| 27 | The cashier eventually broke down and confessed that he had accidentally killed Mr Dwerringhouse knowing that he would be carrying £70,000 . |
| 28 | He felt a sticky wetness on his left leg , glanced down and swore as he saw the bloodstain spreading downwards from around the bullet hole in the denim . |
| 29 | New Zealands should be brushed off , hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer . |
| 30 | The continents just drift around passively on the backs of the mantle convection cells , like great rafts , with the ‘ leading ’ edges of the rafts being dragged down and thickened where they encounter descending oceanic crust . |