Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When much of Britain and Europe was covered with forest , tree worship was prevalent and it was customary to go in spring or early summer into the woods , cut down a tree and bring it , together with the blessings bestowed by the tree spirit , into the village where it was re-erected . |
| 2 | But then , if a lot of rabbits were afraid of some newcomers and wanted to deceive them — get them down a hole and attack them — they 'd start — would n't they ? — by sending someone who was plausible . |
| 3 | It was Yom Kippur , and in one of the breaks in the day-long service , I spied a young dark-haired lad shinning up and down a pillar and asked him if he liked acting . |
| 4 | ‘ Now , Charles , if you would calm down a moment and allow me to get a word in , I would be able to inform you that I have already negotiated just such a deal for you . ’ |
| 5 | The volume of consumption should be adjusted by altering taxes and social insurance contributions , raising them to dampen down a boom and cutting them at the beginning of a depression . |
| 6 | He was recently quoted as saying : ‘ I 've got a terrible habit when people bring in a picture and say they want to look like that — I invariably tear it up in front of them . |
| 7 | If the doctor suspects that the medicine has caused an affect like that , he 's asked to fill in a card and to send it in . |
| 8 | It 's just a thread and draw it out and then it they used to come apart . |
| 9 | The most I can hope for is that I might meet him over a pint and get him to be indiscreet-tell me if there is any dirt on Desmond Seymour-Strachey , for example . ’ |
| 10 | Then Pettit took a photograph and , he claimed , Enos attacked him — throwing him over a fence and punching him in a headlock . |
| 11 | On a visit to Scarborough with Janet Rigby , they walked over a bridge and said they would meet up again on it one day . |
| 12 | I cooked it over a fire or dried it in the sun . |
| 13 | The car they are both in , although Daisy is driving , runs over a woman and kills her . |
| 14 | ‘ Correct ! ’ she squealed , leaned over a millimetre and kissed me quickly . |
| 15 | They suggest that you should start the training when your pet is still a kitten and get it used to walking on a harness ( not a collar that can be slipped too easily ) and lead . |
| 16 | I prised off a scab and gave it the tongue test . |
| 17 | A motorway workman was killed when a wheel flew off a lorry and hit him . |
| 18 | The four-year-old freed neighbour Anthony Trueman , 30 , after the DIY mechanic 's Ford Fiesta toppled off a jack and pinned him underneath , causing minor injuries . |
| 19 | ‘ But I overhear people 's conversations , and sometimes I 'll get off a bus and follow them if I 'm interested ; or I 'll stand beside people pretending to be looking at something or reading , but actually listening to them . |
| 20 | Gets it across , controls with his right foot , strikes with his left and it cannons back off a defender and gets it away . |
| 21 | do n't matter , it just feels clean , I 've had it short and shaped , have a good shape on it and do you know the next time you have it cut I do n't know you want looking at , now the next time you go , go to the Darrow in Milford yeah because you 're in problems and they know you need it because he 'll give you a good shape on it and then you have it shaped once a month or once every three weeks or once a fortnight and keep it looking nice that way and it 's four pounds , four ninety nine , four ninety , four seventy five yeah but just keep it nice and shaped and it wo n't look any different , there ai n't nothing wrong with it mm mm mm no no right , right , right tra la |
| 22 | To prevent it happening again , turn the stopcock on and off at least once a year and close it half a turn from fully open . |
| 23 | All they need to do is go up to the loft once a year and shovel them into a polythene bag ; they make excellent compost . |
| 24 | He was a kind of platonic lover , an admirer who 'd come round once a month and help her live out her fantasies . |
| 25 | ‘ Pretend to pick up a stone and throw it at the dog . |
| 26 | Allen whistled , picked up a stone and flung it high into the trees . |
| 27 | He picked up a stone and flung it into the horse pond . |
| 28 | Instead , he picked up a stone and threw it into the bushes , then made a noise that sounded suspiciously like ‘ shoo , shoo ’ . |
| 29 | Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window . |
| 30 | Then , she picked up a half-brick and threw it through the drugstore window . |