Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christina decided he looked happy enough and left him to enjoy himself . |
| 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 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 're fed up with your partner wearing that shaggy old jumper , why not suggest that you go shopping together and help him to choose something better ? ’ she says . |
| 5 | Quite a number of speakers stressed the importance of events like this to bring people together and to help us recognise our collective strengths . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Jezrael 's fingers crisped into the grit beneath her ; even her face worked with the adrenalin that surged up , so much did she want to shove him away and make him save himself . |
| 8 | ‘ Go away and let me do my work , or we 'll be running on one staff nurse and half an aspirin . ’ |
| 9 | Maybe I 'd better wing out there right away and have them fix me up with a temporary . |
| 10 | I have really bad nightmares of someone pursuing me , or a really big landslide coming down on me , and I race out of my bed and run , run far away and find something to defend myself with , like a candelabra or a bottle . |
| 11 | This time in the hotels I particularly noticed how many people of different tongues were also staying there — all babbling away and making me wonder who they were and where they had come from . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | Habitual behaviour patterns are , therefore , useful because they can be carried out effortlessly and free us to concentrate our energies on other things . |
| 15 | They may refer to it or harbour it secretly and allow it to sour their trust and love . |
| 16 | ‘ I said , was you all right and do you know who lives here ? ’ |
| 17 | Did I think the big flanker was offside and did I think I was half-held . |
| 18 | An aide had apparently taken him aside and told him to do something fast about his image . |
| 19 | You are all I 've got , all I 've got left to build my life on ; my life has been one long frustration , and to stand aside and see you throw yourself away on scum like … ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | You do n't attempt to tackle the employee directly and challenge him to explain his actions . |
| 22 | Rough roads , however , of the sort council repair crews seem so keen to create , ruffle it slightly and cause it to slap its tyres on the road in protest . |
| 23 | We 'll go there later and see what rides they 've got ! ’ |
| 24 | The owner kept the canvases they had left behind and used them to cover his chicken coops and rabbit hutches . |
| 25 | We 're delighted that you have found time out of your busy schedule and timetable to come and spend time with us today and we 're very glad that you are able to do so and I would ask er , John , our moderator if he will receive me now and invite you to address our . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Senses ( b ) and ( c ) however can both be treated in terms of the notion of " passively experiencing " some event , with ( b ) implying on top of that a refusal to stand by passively and let someone do something without intervening . |
| 28 | She stood up : ‘ No , I did n't ! — So he could n't have done it , could he ? — And before you say owt , he could n't have looked her up in the phone book 'cos she 's ex-directory ! — And anyway , he told me to go round there today and get her to put her money in the bank . |
| 29 | DOES ANYONE ELSE YEARN FOR PEACE , love , etc and want somebody to help them understand what is going on ? ? |
| 30 | Well and do you want me to do one for this year ? |