Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now breathe in slowly as you did in Step 1 but gradually raise your arms overhead in time with the inhalation until the backs of your hands touch the floor . |
| 2 | And wheeling them to the ship you know , then after you 'd been there a long time , well my father was a down below and I went to his shop then you see . |
| 3 | Kenny disagrees : ‘ Anthropomorphism comes in only if we attribute to [ animals ] concepts whose possession can not be manifested by recognition and non-verbal reaction ‘ ( 1975 : 51 ) . |
| 4 | A thud of chopping — movement between the tree trunks — a labourer was coming towards him , one of the consignment of convicts he had ordered through a merchant in Bideford , he had his machete in his hand , he was not menacing , he held out his spare hand in a strange appeal , lifting his face , which was crossed by deep scars , wounds across his eyes had puckered them right in so that he moved like a blind sleeper , closer and closer — Sir John woke up sweating , surprised to find himself alone , and then remembered : he had been drinking with his cousin Alexander Menzies of Bolfracks , the last bottle must have sent him under . |
| 5 | ‘ Thompson called in just after you went to lunch . |
| 6 | His young master brought him in repeatedly and I went through the motions , trying at the same time to make it clear that it was all hopeless . |
| 7 | On fine days they would walk the length of the creek , down past where it trickled under Deptford Bridge into the sports field at Saint Johns . |
| 8 | You know I I I 've cancelled down before but you know in this like . |
| 9 | The job analysts are in the position of actually making sure that a job description is filled in correctly before it goes to the jury on which Phil sits . |
| 10 | The last beach along here before you come to the first of the rocky headlands that are so prettily characteristic of Biarritz 's coastline , is called the Chambre d'Amour or Chamber of Love , after an old depression in the sand where two lovers are said to have put themselves well and truly on the map by being surprised in their amours by the Atlantic tide . |
| 11 | In a year or two he should have a decent sized flock — of course he 's not normally down here this early , he only has a bit of a stable down here that he rents for the summer along with his few acres of grass and his bit of land for cultivation . |
| 12 | I says , I have n't got any , and he came down here and I said to him , I 'll give you fucking deaf alright ! |
| 13 | ‘ Explained ? ’ he cut in ruthlessly as he struggled to his feet . |
| 14 | Eventually , we realized that our school work was suffering and a few of us turned him down flat when it came to the sports and he did n't like it . |
| 15 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 16 | The driver looked on sentimentally as she alighted from the car and made her way down the path . |
| 17 | He rolled his hand over so that hers rested in his palm . |
| 18 | For example , Uranus , which is much more massive than the Earth , seems to have been tipped over so that it lies on its side . |
| 19 | Meredith 's brain ticked over rapidly and she came to one undeniable conclusion . |
| 20 | The big blue eyes were brimming over again and he sat beside her and put one arm around her . |
| 21 | I want people to be able to listen to the records over and over again and I think for that to happen you have to create a depth of information that 's rock solid . |
| 22 | Oh yeah , oh there 's hundred 's of jobs want doing round here again , but you do the same ones over and over again and I think to myself what a waste of a day . |
| 23 | A voice that they had heard over and over again as they sat in Keith 's sitting-room . |
| 24 | And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’ |
| 25 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 26 | I got to the changing room first and was already stripping off as the sixteen other boys in the class barged in flinging satchels and blazers everywhere and kicking their shoes off so that they landed underneath the slatted benches that ran along each wall . |
| 27 | ‘ I do wish everyone would stop writing me off just because I happen to be fifty . ’ |
| 28 | Well turn it off now if you wan na watch in fifteen minutes . |
| 29 | Perhaps the most difficult skill for amateur performers to acquire , though , is the art of speaking to microphone at a constant voice level : most tend to start off strongly as they launch into their speeches , but gradually tail off as they reach the end . |
| 30 | Oh yes you blank me off then when you go to sleep . |