Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We succeed in operating them profitably , but the big national breweries regard such pubs as non-viable and tend to close them or sell them off , with inevitable consequences in the form of unemployment . |
| 2 | That would certainly explain why he had n't taken her into the back close , or asked her out . |
| 3 | Thus drugs can be said to act on people and relax them ( 26 ) or bring them around ( 27 ) ; information can put some people in a favourable position with respect to others ( 28 ) ; and pointers can be seen as guiding people ( i.e. as somehow active or operative ) in the proper discharge of their duties . |
| 4 | By 1755 serious friction had developed between England and France over their respective Far Eastern and North American colonies , and it was rapidly learned in London that the French had , though reluctantly , decided that only a major invasion of England itself could force the English to keep ships at home or bring them back from overseas . |
| 5 | You are to search out the traitor Raphael and , when you find him , kill him or bring him back for me . ’ |
| 6 | Do you have to walk miles to turn him out or bring him in ? |
| 7 | I picked it up , then did n't know whether to leave it or bring it up . |
| 8 | Ask if you can take the form away with you and put it in the post the same day , or bring it back later . |
| 9 | We either eat it there or bring it back — or both . |
| 10 | Or bring it in ’ |
| 11 | For example , they transport schoolchildren to events in unmarked buses , or pick them up from locations outside West Belfast . |
| 12 | And so you get these , these somewhat stupefied er or one over the eight wasps rolling around , er and er you know , not , not being terribly active , but that , that is the time at which of course people do tend to tread on them or pick them up and get stung . |
| 13 | And the society investigates them , and if they are deserving , either refers them to some appropriate charity or grants them relief or refers them back to us with a note of recommendation . ’ |
| 14 | If it 's too hot , use gloves or push it over with a spade and lift the other end up so now the holes that were in the bottom are now on top and there is smoke coming out of them . |
| 15 | You can also use a horn or make one up out of cardboard . |
| 16 | 1 How many ghost stories can you think of ? 2 Do you believe in ghosts ? 3 Do you know anybody who has ever seen a ghost ? 4 Think of one ghost story that you can remember — or make one up . |
| 17 | If you make a statement which gives a stated time when something happened , do n't be vague or make it up , give the exact time or say you do n't know . |
| 18 | One of the Edinburgh employers ( perhaps inadvertently ) revealed that " either very experienced girls or experienced men make it up into pages or make it up into sheets " . |
| 19 | Suddenly a part of you you 've taken for granted all your life gives out , or plays you up . |
| 20 | Or broken it off . ’ |
| 21 | Where the eye often used to be bruised by hectic entrances and exits , Page now keeps his dancers on the stage , shifting them around in complex patterns or gathering them up in long architectural phrases . |
| 22 | She loaned them money , saved it for them or doled it out when necessary , all the transactions being written on the souvenir programme of whatever show she was appearing in . |
| 23 | ‘ We think Brian might have seen something or found something out that someone was afraid he would come home and tell us , ’ said Mr McDermott . |
| 24 | Chris Wolley emerged as a great choir leader and guitar player at this period and his strident voice leading the crew seemed to calm the roughest sea or cheer us up at the right moment . |
| 25 | ‘ Or drops her off at the beach house . ’ |
| 26 | This allows competitors to fight under virtually the same rules as their full-contact brothers , but strikes and kicks are judged more on a points system , points being awarded for perfection of technique rather than for pounding a competitor into the ground or knocking him out . |
| 27 | These obligations should be owed only if the firm owes the putative customer fiduciary duties , for example where it sells to a brokerage client back-to-back with its own trade in the market , or advises him ; perhaps also if the firm is a market maker or holds itself out as a dealer ( since that is providing a service ) . |
| 28 | Or fax them on |
| 29 | Their aim is to meet potential master licensees and joint venture partners and two franchises on offer are Fantastic Sam 's International Inc , and Magicuts Inc , For more details call Mrs Mickey Boxer or Stephen Lynch on or fax them on |
| 30 | OR FAX IT IN — 071 928 2852 |