Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If that does n't work we will then dig in and do it the long and hard way . ’ |
| 2 | Somebody who lives nearby , came in and examined it the other day , and that 's all I know . |
| 3 | And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it . |
| 4 | ‘ After the match , the chairman came in and showed me the other results and the league placings . |
| 5 | ‘ Why do n't you just sit down and tell me the whole story from the beginning . ’ |
| 6 | I was floating overhead — I was n't visible to the daleks and I thought I should come down and see what the Awful Warning was . |
| 7 | If a club comes along and offers us the right money for Simon , then so be it , but at the end of the day erm we 'd like Simon on our books . |
| 8 | Rather than doing it the other way . |
| 9 | She stopped in front of him , leaning forward confidentially and giving him the full benefit of the satin décolletage . |
| 10 | He was shedding his wet things as he spoke , and a glance at me indicated who was supposed to hurry off and get him the hot drink . |
| 11 | So can you see it is vital that all of you keep your circulation going right and a good idea is to start it in bed so that before you get out and put weight on your limbs And the same with the rest of your body get your circulation going , get the joints doing a bit of movement and before you get up and give them the added job of bearing your weight . |
| 12 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |
| 13 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 14 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 15 | Ian : I turn it round and try it the other way . |