Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [conj] [pron] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’
2 ‘ I did pick up a lot of younger listeners with the early evening shows and it 's harder for them to tune in now , which I regret , but , without wanting to sound melodramatic , I would have done myself a mischief if I 'd carried on and I already feel better . ’
3 When you backshift it 's like the chain 's come off so I just use the rear brake to settle the suspension and stop the rear end from going crazy . ’
4 ‘ There has been much talk that Rangers have the title sewn up but we still have 58 points to play for and that makes it ludicrously premature to suggest that the destination of the title is cut and dried , ’ said Brady .
5 It took her so long to roll the joint , she 'd slowed down before she even put a match to it .
6 I do n't like these things that you do n't seem to get rid off and they just come back when you least want them .
7 If I had my choice , I 'd rather be left to work something out myself ; instead of it all being set up and you just walk in and take measurements , go away and analyse them , you 'd have to go in and set it all up , then you 'd really learn something .
8 Now there 's no need to learn all of the tables erm er what I will do is if you want any more lessons I 'll do you some special tables cut down so you only have to learn about half the normal and then you 'll know them all cos if you know two sixes .
9 but apparently you see the terms are split up and you actually do n't get any thing when you 're not in on
10 Er , as far the these building are concerned I think your point is valid , I mean , I think probably printers , I think that you suggest are left on because you never know when it 'll be to .
11 The danger of approaching whole group work by letting children first improvise in small groups and then presenting them with an issue which you hope will give them a focus is that they remain more interested in what 's going on in their group than in the supposedly unifying issue : " Why should I be interested in the corner shop being knocked down when I never use it , and anyway we 've just been burgled ? ! "
12 Templeton went on to explain how employing women played havoc with this arrangement : When the females get their work to set up , the whole of what we term the " fat " is taken out , that is all the space is taken out and they simply get close matter to set , and they get paid for that .
13 Hill 's slashed Pursuit of Love 's price to 8–1 from 33–1 , while the first offer of 10–1 by Coral 's immediately after the race was quickly snapped up and they now offer 7–1 .
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