Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ says Freddie , ‘ one 's tempted to just plunge in and put everything to rights . ’ |
| 2 | Then she 'd jump out and scare them to death ! |
| 3 | I was just wondering , having reached my seat , whether I could whip back and tell him to belt it out a bit , when it stopped altogether . |
| 4 | However , there is always the remote possibility that you might run down and injure someone in the water , which could cost you as much as £100,000 ! |
| 5 | If it spins out of control in the first half of the period , the batteries could run down and put it beyond recovery , says Alan Harris , a ROSAT physicist based in Munich . |
| 6 | Even in the law-court , I 'd run over and kill you with my bare hands , ’ said Sikes , showing his teeth in his anger . |
| 7 | They might run off and take it with them . |
| 8 | If we could all step back and watch ourselves in our daily lives , we might all learn a great deal — and with some effort , we could all no doubt be nicer , more attractive people . |
| 9 | Yes and the kids can drop round and see her from time to time . |
| 10 | Extract 1 A : so if there 's a hardware store we could call in and get one on the way back B : do you think there is one A : yes B : OK then * A : that would be nice would n't it ? |
| 11 | I 'm gon na go and see her on she does n't know , but I 'll call in and see her on Thursday . |
| 12 | My view is and it 's a widely held view within the association and , and the informed clubs is that if we let that situation go on and do nothing about it we will have a decreasing er number of people going and number of people going sailing . |
| 13 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 14 | ‘ Most of our customers are second time buyers who know what they want and expect to be able to just walk in and take it off the shelf like a can of beans , ’ he says . |
| 15 | So I asked him what he was up to and he said he was going to and fro in the earth and walking up and down in it , and then he pushed th " trolley in , and I went in after , and the mother began her howling and shrieking , and Will said , " Well , I 'll walk off and leave you to it . " |
| 16 | Moustaine made me stand up and slapped me across the eyes with his leather gloves . |
| 17 | We ca n't stand up and lecture them on self-reliance and personal responsibility and then wade in and take over as soon as they show signs of doing what we want . |
| 18 | How many times shall I stand up and lecture them about Highfield , I do n't know . |
| 19 | But most , you should really stand up and play it with fairly , play together . |
| 20 | But I 'll go up and see him about it , talk to him and explain . |
| 21 | It was extremely difficult to know what to do with a giant who loped along at your side and who could reach out and pluck you from your horse 's back with one hand . |
| 22 | All around the fences , the parked cars and the neat roofs was that weird stuff you get just before dawn in the suburbs — it is n't light or darkness but some other thing entirely — shadowy , ghostly , but so much itself you feel you could reach out and run it through your fingers . |
| 23 | Already Parfois seemed to lie behind them , and Harry had almost lost that tense expectation that at every step someone would reach out and take him by the shoulder to haul him back into captivity . |
| 24 | You could go back and confront him with the photo now . |
| 25 | One day I shall go back and take it from them . ’ |
| 26 | He would have to heave her blood-stained body away from the door and then scramble over it before he could race out and lose himself in the hills . |
| 27 | She wished he would walk out and leave her on her own . |
| 28 | it 's bad enough in your house , they have to physically go out and do it for somebody else . |
| 29 | You can get vitamins by eating a healthy home diet of fruit and vegetables , or you can go out and get them in a bottle . ’ |
| 30 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |