Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed to make two of these sails for us to try and we later purchased a third from association funds . |
| 2 | Anyway , it would do no harm to try and you never can tell , Vincent — she might turn out to be a classic Greek beauty . ’ |
| 3 | Baker is the man he is trying to displace and he already has 306,209 points . |
| 4 | Baker is the man he is trying to displace and he already has 306,209 points . |
| 5 | So it will tend to pull and it almost definitely is either reaching or pulling or holding something or holding on for your life , |
| 6 | I wanted her to come and she never did . |
| 7 | He has often told friends he would like to write and he obviously has the creativity that could be adapted to another form of expression . |
| 8 | My gun jammed and William recognised me and came forward laughing and firing shot after shot at me while I waved and tried to duck and these yellow paint balls went splat , splat , thunking into my hired camouflage trousers and combat jacket and smacking into my visored helmet while I waved at him and tried to get the damn gun to work and he just walked forward slowly shooting me ; bastard had his own paint gun and he 'd probably had it souped up ; knowing William , that was almost inevitable . |
| 9 | His refusal to compromise and his deeply suspicious nature was spoiling the pleasure of actually being part of the group . |
| 10 | In taking this position , the bishops were also following the lead of Pope John Paul II who , on his visit to Ireland in 1979 had argued : ‘ Divorce , for whatever reason it is introduced , inevitably becomes easier and easier to obtain and it gradually comes to be accepted as a normal part of life ’ ( 1979 ) . |
| 11 | Elsewhere the band choose what can only be called a hardcore bubblegum sound and by the time you get to the final furlong , this regularity means the fizz is starting to fade and you dearly want the guitars to twist and shout and sing . |
| 12 | ‘ I have n't a clue why you behave in the way you appear to behave and I honestly do n't give a damn … ’ |
| 13 | I have nothing to remember and I never will have . |
| 14 | So I wanted to progress and I just could n't do it . |
| 15 | The caveman 's body begins to sweat and it thus becomes wet and slippery . |
| 16 | Well it 's , it 's more like more or less just like today , you know , if you , if you 've got nowhere to go and they just put you there , but I mean now you ca n't get in very good can you really , not now , but erm , Pat since she 's been on duty she 's had a terrible trial , terrible she had to get one , help in this morning , get one of the floor next door , then we 've had trouble one down further , but she 's been put into erm Ashlyn now for five weeks , so she 's out the way for a little while we 've had an awful worrying time here though , it 's absolutely been a pantomime cos this has just keeps er throwing herself on the floor , all the time she 's doing it |
| 17 | Her arm was like this only ever such a little hand and if you , she used to go and it just sort of reached your earhole when she was walking past you and if you were talking in class she 'd go . |
| 18 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 19 | Ideally , of course , the best support for any kind of camera is to mount it on a tripod , but tripods are awkward things to carry and they also have a dampening effect on spontaneity . |
| 20 | Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert . |
| 21 | But there was nothing to see and they soon returned to their posts as the bus continued on its way . |
| 22 | There was much to see and we only ‘ scratched the surface ’ . |
| 23 | His parent did not force him to attend and he now feels this might have brought scorn from other members of the community . |
| 24 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 25 | ‘ All the facts seemed to fit and he even looks like Ben . |
| 26 | Phillips straight to Hill and that 's a long ball aimed at Ormanroyd Cooper across to cover and you just saw him grimace a little bit again there as he charged in on Ormanroyd . |
| 27 | So my the , in my mind the best way forward is for this council to promote the right to buy and I fully support this motion and I would urge members of this council to ignore the report that comes back from the housing committee . |
| 28 | Chicken may in the past have been lean , but modern farming does not allow the birds to exercise and it also ‘ fattens ’ them quickly , so their meat may not be quite as lean as current nutritional data indicates . |
| 29 | But the tumour continued to grow and she finally opted for surgery and chemotherapy . |
| 30 | ‘ It was a game no one wanted to play and I now have the added problem of a key defender , Lee Howarth , collecting a bad knee injury . ’ |