Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One evening , when his golf match had been cancelled , he decided to drive down and collect me from the river . |
| 3 | Cashman had not come into Cadogan 's before , preferring Matthew to go down and see him in Hampshire . |
| 4 | Do n't wait for Personnel to come along and do it for you . |
| 5 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 6 | ‘ Arthur got an electrician to come in and do it during the week . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I get a maid to come in and do it for me . |
| 9 | You 'd be employing , you 'd be employing builders to come in and do it for you . |
| 10 | So I started to get people to come in and ask me to specifically teach them stuff that was on my records . |
| 11 | And we used to stand down and leave it at that . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Cabs , you used to jump in and drive them up the road cos there were no motor cars . |
| 15 | Right , I think er , everyone 's had a good say from both sides , and I would like to sum up and put it to the vote . |
| 16 | Now , though , she was sitting in the dressing-room , not even sure if she could persuade her legs to stand up and carry her to the stage . |
| 17 | That 's when they used to come up and put it in the straight on to the station . |
| 18 | Was there another car ahead , waiting to pull out and sandwich them with the Peugeot coming up behind ? |
| 19 | The new editor shares with the retiring one a proper reverence for the game , balanced by an ability to stand back and view it with a perspective born of experience of other important things in life . |
| 20 | Imagine what it 's like ( if you are a Tory ) to be unable to drive down the street without every red or orange poster in every window appearing to leap out and stab you in the heart . |
| 21 | But it 's a dangerous thing to come out and commit yourself to publicly . |
| 22 | Not even the fantasy that one of the Tsar 's descendents was preparing to come out and offer himself as a leader within Russia itself , defying the authorities to arrest him and prove that they had n't changed after all . |
| 23 | It is I would suggest much easier to respond to the complaint in the line of service sir than it is in one round more complex technical services with contractors and sub contractors and the like , with whom we 've had to deal , so there is that to be borne in mind as well , erm I think I know about some of the response to be responded to that , but it does generally valuable this talk , this discussion cos it does show the degree of viability of exposing the service to , your making problems of this nature , it immediately challenges people to come back and say what about it , you promised this , you promised that and you 're not performing , this , this is discussion is a live example of the |
| 24 | But when you do , you 'd better be prepared for him to come back and hit you on your arms , your chest , that big belly of yours and finally the chin . |
| 25 | I mean do n't be frightened to come back and see us about that |
| 26 | ‘ Look , I 'm terribly sorry , ’ continued Blanche , ‘ to have to come back and see you at a time like this , Mr Lancaster — ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I had to go over and get it in person . |
| 28 | She wanted to reach out and hold him to her , to draw him close and comfort him , but it was too late now . |
| 29 | He wanted to reach out and wrap her in his arms , to hold her tight and comfort her , but he had been wrong before . |
| 30 | Yet , though she longed to flee from him , to put huge distances between them , there was something drawing her , some mystery in him that seemed to reach out and take her in its clutches . |