Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suggest we sit down while I explain them to you briefly . ’ |
| 2 | " Sit down till I unlace your boots . " |
| 3 | I clamber on and he puts his great black dress over my head . |
| 4 | They understand what we say better than we understand them . |
| 5 | ‘ I say merely that I know nothing of your late wife . |
| 6 | Do not lose interest and let the end of a sentence fade away as you scan your notes for the next remark . |
| 7 | Finally she said : ‘ I 'll call you before we fly out if I have anything for you . ’ |
| 8 | Weight Watchers produce very good ice-cream , so hunt around until you find what you need . |
| 9 | Well I have to say that much of the impact of this story depends upon your being able to see and think of Boy as beautiful , admirable and even adorable in the true senses of those difficult and dangerous but nonetheless precious and necessary words ; I suggest therefore that you amend my descriptions of Boy and his lover — but I anticipate myself , that was not to be for several weeks yet ; that ‘ Great Romance of Our Times ’ , as it became known amongst us , had not yet begun , its theme tune had not yet been composed on Gary 's piano , its scenario was not yet subject of our daily gossip and speculation , we were not yet auditioning for a place in the credits — The Friend , The Admirer , Blonde Man in Bar , Second Guest at Dinner Party . |
| 10 | She had a little smile on her face because she had won that round easily and it gave her a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 11 | I mean just cos I want I , just , just cos you want out of here , I 'm not gon na accept any old place |
| 12 | Trying not to let excitement show in my voice I said , ‘ Hold on while I check my diary ’ knowing fine that whatever was committed would have to be re-arranged ! |
| 13 | Wednesday , I 'd got Michael outside in the pushchair , coat on and I think I 'd just come down from the loo and I saw the car pull up I quickly ran and got me coat on oh I , I 'll come with you she said , so she come shopping with me . |
| 14 | What , why have you put down that you have your regional accent and I have an Irish accent ? |
| 15 | I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over . |
| 16 | I am the TCCB 's lackey , and I act only when they order me . ’ |
| 17 | Glanville Williams recently wrote : ‘ Some doctors seem to fail to realise that if an adult patient has positively forbidden particular treatment , they act illegally if they administer it , and could be … prosecuted for assault . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Cock up if you ask me . |
| 19 | The irony is that the others sense this but they too cover up that they sense it , and they too cover up their cover up . |
| 20 | Those Alnico pickups can be really warm and dynamic ; they clean up when you play soft , and they break up when you hit it . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) will tackle that issue later if we reach his subject for debate . |
| 22 | Listen well when he tells us what happened out there to him and respect him for what he has done , and honour him , for at least he has given each of us hope and proof that escape is possible . ’ |
| 23 | These changes themselves reflected the changing role of women and the consumer approach to marriage : ‘ If your partner does not satisfy get another ’ ; ‘ Shop around until you find what you want ’ ; ‘ Children are of course important , but not so important as sexual compatibility and personal fulfilment ’ . |
| 24 | Either what woman having ten pieces of silver , if she lose one piece , doth not light a candle , and sweep the house , and seek diligently till she find it ? |
| 25 | Get a small piece of paper and hold there as you do it . |
| 26 | I hope too that you find it helpful to caretaking staff in that it reduces the time that they safeguard the front entrance by 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at the end of the day . |
| 27 | were , was n't those gloves , they , it , it was their thermolactal that they , they sell always cos they do them in black and grey |
| 28 | I mean yesterday after I had me dinner I dropped off to sleep for a couple of hours cos |
| 29 | yes , well I used to read a lot of story books , travel avidly and I think I forget all about the author and the story , but I remember one portion where they discovered a depression in the middle of a continent where it was in excess of and they 'd grown quite a different specie |
| 30 | ‘ She was floating face down and I thought she was dead . ’ |