Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 so I had to go and put a thread on and put it in , it in another place
2 THE scene outside a Moscow hotel : a man in a suit unfurls an umbrella , turns it upside down and attaches it to a box the size of a fruit crate .
3 He turned the bag upside down and dumped everything onto the floor , and then he did the same for the drawers and for the wardrobe .
4 If it 's not , you can turn the old one upside down and replace it as a temporary measure until you get the right one .
5 Turn the card over and put it at the bottom of the pack
6 Oh you 've got to take your ring off and measure it round the circle .
7 If you go out and switch her light off and leave her in the room .
8 ‘ We can take the old sole off and replace it without changing the shape of the shoe or damaging the structure .
9 Eventually , in exasperation , I looked at him and said ‘ do you want me to take my fuckin' prick out and show it to you ? ’
10 I told him that your man had been annoyin' me with his ‘ is-that-a-he-or-a-she ? ’ questions so I threatened to take my prick out and show it to him .
11 Its unique refill system makes it very economical — when you have finished one bottle simply take the pump-mechanism out and put it in a refill — you can do this up to ten times .
12 They still want to take the park over and run it on a similar operation to Southsea/Rom .
13 Then he put the telephone down and rejoined her in the shop , frowning solemnly .
14 I did n't think it necessary to comment about that in my reply to that , in fact I have , I was speaking with er Mr when I saw this question down and reported it to him that his name was being used in such a way erm .
15 He then knocked a 21-year-old girl over and kicked her in the face , before half choking and battering a 23-year-old .
16 If you have no secretary to fend off telephone calls turn the telephone off or take it off the hook while you are conducting the interview .
17 The fact that you can turn the engine off and use it as a glider must extend the appeal of this unusual creature which hardly fits the general public 's notion of a microlight .
18 He rolled the plan up and returned it to Berger .
19 on in , in , in the laminates alright well when they took the windscreen out and replaced it with this one it 's only since then that repair
20 He took the portrait out and held it in his hands .
21 She pulled her jumper off and handed it to him , then watched as he spread it out and laid the dead animal on it .
22 He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table .
23 Erm that again had been rolled into balls and then he 'd have erm about a dozen sticks which which held these balls and stuck them in then after he 'd he 'd erm er thatched one erm length , one row , he 'd pull the string over and attach it to the the thick s er rope that was er going over the stack .
24 One day soon I will rip its beak off and glue it onto the end of my own fine aquiline conk , and , secure in my new disguise , I 'll be down to the Inland Revenue Enforcement ( B ) in Barrington Road and scrabbling frantically at my tax inspector 's trousers ( I may be wrong , but I picture them as that specially rich shade of brown polyester-and-worsted that only Dunn & Co can achieve ) before you can say , ‘ Well , what 's got into you , dearie ? ’
25 This closes the opponent off and presents you with a good opportunity to continue the block into the opponent 's face .
26 He had installed her in a cottage on East Street and in the last few days before the wedding she had worked all hours to spicken the place up and turn it into a home for him .
27 ‘ Dig Albie 's body up and explain it to him . ’
28 Oh somebody took all our lovely parking ticket display off that was keeping the tas tax disk up and replaced it with black tape .
29 A great anger had heated up , one of Robertson 's new windows had been shattered by a stone , and the womenfolk had made a move to drag the teacher out and throw him in the river .
30 ‘ I am sorry to hear it , ’ said Theda , dragging her attention back and focusing it on the lady .
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