Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christina decided he looked happy enough and left him to enjoy himself . |
| 2 | It was uncomfortable enough , knowing she would have to face him , but it was worse not to know when , to wonder if she would turn around suddenly and find him watching her with those cold , cold eyes … |
| 3 | There is a hand-out on professional telephone behaviour , a hand-out on the pleas from the switchboard supervisor , and also a form , a course form , if you could take that with you fill it in and let me have it back sometime . |
| 4 | And just dip it in and let her suck it . |
| 5 | Write in and let us know what you think about the new law changes — we will be looking at them in greater detail in next month 's issue . |
| 6 | ‘ I only remembered tonight when I came in and saw you drying your hair , ’ he assured her , his blue eyes gleaming with tender amusement . |
| 7 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 8 | Carrie said , ‘ She must be stark mad to come in and let him see her like that . |
| 9 | They let all the big companies go round digging holes in the road , and when people fall in and complain they say it 's all for their own good , and after a while they hope the people will revolt so they can give the police guns and thin out the population , and then they 'll have a police state — which is what they 've always wanted — and the rich will be able to live in peace . ’ |
| 10 | Shall I come in and help you to make it ? ’ |
| 11 | Sometimes it 's necessary to leap in and find yourself doing something without procrastination . |
| 12 | I do n't want to go in and have anyone see me . |
| 13 | ‘ Why are n't you doing anything about the litter ? ’ etcetera etcetera etcetera ‘ What are you going to do about this new Act which is coming in and have you got it all under control ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ No worse than your PR consultant from London coming in and finding you kissing your secretary ! ’ she spat , rigid with outrage . |
| 15 | The radio was on in the living-room , he entered and saw her lying on the floor , When he knelt down and touched her face it was warm , and she moved a little . |
| 16 | Heavy , bulky bags weigh you down and stop you moving your arms , so avoid carrying them if possible . |
| 17 | " I'Il ring down and tell them to get one for you . " |
| 18 | ‘ But even though they had nothing at the ports , if you offered one of them a bar of chocolate or a pack of cigarettes they would turn it down and tell you to send it to the Front . ’ |
| 19 | He put his drink down and turned her to face him , his eyes intent on her face . |
| 20 | ‘ Is that the best explanation you can come up with for the fact that I do n't lie down and beg you to take me ? ’ she shot back , her temper well and truly up now . |
| 21 | He was going to say it … he had to be leading up to ‘ I love you ’ … and she felt she was clinging on by her fingernails to the last trace of hope , her hands clutching the door-jamb behind her to stop herself sliding down and begging him to say it . |
| 22 | Let it get gamey and he 's erm Chinese assistant the person who has been assigned to sort of look after him and do his do his translating and things like that took it down and buried it cause they did n't eat rotten meat they did |
| 23 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 24 | I think that the computer presents exactly that challenge and amongst the sorts of things I 'm thinking of is that erm it 's one thing to play with a computer toy , a game of some sort — we 've all seen them in the bar and elsewhere — it 's another thing entirely to devise your own game , to program your own rules in and then to bring your friend along and have them challenge it . |
| 25 | Some people do ring the police up and the police , if we 've got the time , we 'll come along and ask them to switch it down . |
| 26 | Do you just drift along and accept what comes your way , rather than having specific goals that you are working towards in life ? |
| 27 | ‘ If you 're fed up with your partner wearing that shaggy old jumper , why not suggest that you go shopping together and help him to choose something better ? ’ she says . |
| 28 | Quite a number of speakers stressed the importance of events like this to bring people together and to help us recognise our collective strengths . |
| 29 | We said he was stronger than he looked , but the vet turned us away and told us to bring him back when he was bigger . |
| 30 | Jezrael 's fingers crisped into the grit beneath her ; even her face worked with the adrenalin that surged up , so much did she want to shove him away and make him save himself . |