Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 2 | It was uncomfortable enough , knowing she would have to face him , but it was worse not to know when , to wonder if she would turn around suddenly and find him watching her with those cold , cold eyes … |
| 3 | I 'm not , I must admit I do n't think about it now , so if wearing it puts you off . |
| 4 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 5 | Good lord , she 'd all but begged him to take her , yet he 'd walked away . |
| 6 | D S S will actually pay them rather than telling us to pay them . |
| 7 | Rather than decorate I think we 'll just |
| 8 | It 's crazy , it 's crazy , if only people again 'd sit back and look at it and see exactly what 's happening , rather than saying it serves them right , they should n't of done this , they should n't of got themselves into that position they 're in that position |
| 9 | ‘ At least then the drummer feels he 's done something ; it 's using technology to help him , rather than making him feel he 's being replaced . ’ |
| 10 | She had thought long and hard before deciding that it was best for him to hear it from her rather than risk it reaching him through the more sensational tabloids , but she had braced herself for an outburst of shock , anger , even disgust . |
| 11 | I mean one person in particular , who is very good and always does the work , but I feel is probably — ok , she babies people too much , she does everything for them , rather than allow them to do it themselves . |
| 12 | All that rather than allow him to marry me ? |
| 13 | Yeah I think it might be if you could just actually talk through it really rather than asking them to do it . |
| 14 | Rather than let me do it . ’ |
| 15 | Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him . |
| 16 | Now change legs — can you do this effortlessly or do you find you have one leg stronger than the other ? |
| 17 | We said he was stronger than he looked , but the vet turned us away and told us to bring him back when he was bigger . |
| 18 | Maybe I 'd better wing out there right away and have them fix me up with a temporary . |
| 19 | And they say yes we will , our business teach teacher told us about that you see because it 's been happening a lot , cos Marks and Spencers do n't ask for a receipt you see , it actually happened , they used to take things from upstairs , bring them downstairs and said they bought it and got the money for it . |
| 20 | She should be married to Charlie now , and safely pregnant at Lady Mead with Nanny , and if Charlie were to phone her tonight and ask her to marry him tomorrow she would cry , ‘ Darling ! |
| 21 | I mean obviously not not desperately but do you think he does n't think oh she 's a complete |
| 22 | Does your spider feed on the prey at once or does it wrap it in sticky threads and feed on it later ? |
| 23 | Did I think the big flanker was offside and did I think I was half-held . |
| 24 | When I meet people I like , instead of saying more and showing I like them and asking questions , I sort of clam up , as if I do n't expect them to like me , or as if I 'm not interesting enough for them . |
| 25 | We 'll go there later and see what rides they 've got ! ’ |
| 26 | And I 'll touch it later when let them do it ! |
| 27 | Do you want me to make a start now or do you want me |
| 28 | We 're gon na come around the Lord 's table now and celebrate what made it possible for us , and we 're gon na sing that little song , it 's in the front of your erm Songs of Fellowship , it 's number five . |
| 29 | ‘ No , Nina , I was n't in love with David Markham , ’ said Rachel firmly , then , seeing that Nina was still slightly bemused , she added , ‘ In fact , I think you could go so far as to say I detested him . ’ |
| 30 | He even went so far as to say he missed her and Pilade , and would be glad to be home . |