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Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1	This sets out the draft proposals and erm will after this meeting go to all members of the Council for them to go through with a toothcomb as well as you .
2	Initially , all that is required of volunteers is for them to go along to a clinic where a small sample of blood is taken .
3	Everyone goes in for a little enhancement , one way or another .
4	He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them .
5	My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek ..
6	It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation .
7	One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind .
8	He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details .
9	COLWYN BAY 'S BJ Welsh Knockout Cup campaign ended in disaster when unfancied Pontblyddyn sent them crashing out with a seven-wicket blasting .
10	You had me pegged down as a full-time thief . ’
11	As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions .
12	In their early twenties they had a group called the Actors and RCA records asked them to come in for a meeting .
13	You could hear them squeaking off from a distance .
14	If the organizer calls ‘ submarines ’ everyone lies down with a leg in the air .
15	I could either meet him near there or he 'd have me picked up as a material witness and see how I enjoyed sharing a cell with Jack Scamp .
16	‘ Michael asked me to come up with a funny line for him to say on leaving the house , ’ recalled scriptwriter Raymond Allen .
17	Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time .
18	They wanted me to stand by as a consultant .
19	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 .
20	‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’
21	I crept off down a little path through curling bracken .
22	At home , I mooched about in a pair of basketball boots mended with a bicycle repair kit , eating ketchup on bread , and staring at a wart on my finger the size and texture of a tiny cauliflower .
23	Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain .
24	Of course , I fought back like a veritable lion but my sword and dagger were in the garret and who in the tavern would listen to my screams ?
25	I need my to go up in a minute .
26	Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean .
27	When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side .
28	Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ?
29	Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ?
30	Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait .