Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's the easiest way of getting your firewood — cut the trees at the edge of the forest and send them rolling down to the bottom . |
| 2 | If not , place it facing out into the living space . |
| 3 | But he added : ‘ I do n't believe anything need stop you coming out as a pop star . |
| 4 | " Perhaps I should have let that precious mother of yours catch you sneaking back into the house . " |
| 5 | Whenever you catch yourself speeding up in a car to get through a red light , deliberately penalize yourself by turning right at the next corner . |
| 6 | How stop myself swinging down through the branches to help unload her little car ? |
| 7 | In this case I usually get them running round for a while jumping , hopping , walking backwards and also get them to shout some calls . |
| 8 | ‘ The Fringe Show , our evening classes and our monthly fleamarket are part of our aim to inform the public about the Centre and get them coming in as a starting point for integration . |
| 9 | The thought of the pigeon sitting alone in its Bible-nest inside the big wheel , with black shadows all around and no one to talk to , set me scurrying off like the returning hunter . |
| 10 | Besides , she did n't want to take such a step merely for escape 's sake and perhaps find herself ending up as a prisoner in just another house in just another town . |
| 11 | You just walked back to your position trying to look unconcerned and got your clap from the crowd : I could feel this smile on my face , feel it spreading out to a grin . |
| 12 | Now it 's glossy cream and pale blue and beautiful , but I find myself looking out of the window at the broken slats of the fence between our house and the next , and understanding very well why canals and tulips and windmills and clear blue Dutch skies had been important to the woman who had stood in that kitchen before me . |
| 13 | When I 'm at a crossroads , if I find myself going back to the same place I had a happy encounter , I deliberately go the other way , so I do n't become a slave to habit . |
| 14 | It was excruciatingly embarrassing to read the quotes and find myself coming over as a lonely , crusading ‘ woman who waits ’ . |
| 15 | As a result , you find yourself hanging on to every word and gesture . |
| 16 | You find yourself hanging on to every last minute together . ’ |
| 17 | Further inland , you find yourself climbing on to the moors , which are another haven for wildlife . |
| 18 | I believe this must be the heart of education , not just because every human being will have to cope with the unexpected , with disruption to routine and the loss of what is dear , but because it is singularly appropriate to the current generation of young people who find themselves growing up in a world that is characterized by instability . |
| 19 | keep you ticking over for the moment |
| 20 | I mean it going back to the days I think it was Professor Jode , it depends what you mean by class . |
| 21 | Fancy him turning up in a snivelling little place like Bethlehem . |
| 22 | I take hold of the branch and pull it ripping out of the grass and ferns . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
| 24 | He says we see them going up in the air , they do these tight manoevres . |
| 25 | He says we see them going up in the air , they do these tight manoevres . |
| 26 | I mean you see them walking around particularly people who go for the big dogs , you see them walking around with a big thick necks , the tattoos , the er the boots and the jeans rolled up . |
| 27 | A pick up a penguin right , great , come on then Jeff say something pardon it did n't pick that up he said bollocks , Jeff just said bollocks , that 's good oh if tonight we would , see me driving along in the car and got that on , oh no , it 'll be really funny , we 're gon na be sitting there going come on as if we 'd said that today |
| 28 | What hope can they have , if they see you slumping about like a filleted herring , wallowing in self-pity ? |
| 29 | A high-speed intellectual roller-coaster ride quite likely to toss you out of the car at the turn of the next page — or at best have you clinging on by the fingernails . |
| 30 | Notice something coming out of the undergrowth towards you . |