Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My friend , Lord Auden and I cut one up the other day , ’ she says ( of an old mahogany sideboard ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Corsages were kept in a little drop of water , ’ Harry explained , ‘ but you ca n't plunge a bouquet in a drop of water , so I put them over a bowl of water supported by two canes . |
| 3 | That 's why I put you down the end of the table so I would n't have to talk to you . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps I put it on a bit , but that 's a bad house . ’ |
| 5 | So first of all I put it on a little er I 've got a rather nasty little table that looks as though it ought to have a chamber pot underneath it you remember that nasty little wooden bedside table that I hate |
| 6 | Er well I left the stuffing cos I , I did n't think I 'd left it in long enough , I put it in a bit late and I thought we 'd leave the stuffing . |
| 7 | Oh I put it down the other end . |
| 8 | And instead , instead of telling the woman I I pretended to eat it could n't finish it I put it down the lift shaft . |
| 9 | I give him back the open paper . |
| 10 | When next I chase you down the dunny , |
| 11 | I set you up a mini-orgy , a nice little threesome , and the minute it rocks a bit , nothing a mite of persuasion would n't put right , you start giving an address on the Greek verb ‘ to rub ’ . |
| 12 | Halfway along the path , I lift her up a second time . |
| 13 | I also use this method on paper using egg yolk and water mixed with gouache ; I apply it over a painted area with a big brush , then blot it out with newspaper . |
| 14 | I also pay for school trips , I take them out every weekend , I give them pocket money |
| 15 | I said I 'll leave mine out for the bloody bin men before I take it down the tippy . |
| 16 | I follow him down the aisle and throw random packages into the basket . |
| 17 | I have them up the front bedroom window . |
| 18 | But ca , pe , I drink it out the bottle and that 's the best . |
| 19 | But erm I I think some of them let us down a bit . |
| 20 | First , how to persuade other member states not to insist on proposals which take us down the federal route and , second , how to avoid agreeing to wording which would be inconsistent with the wishes of the British parliament and electorate , while at the same time trying to reach an agreement . |
| 21 | If you 're a C D O at Trent and you know you 're gon na go out on patrol as a special that night , there 's no doubt Trevor will let you take a radio home with you , as long as you bring it back the next day . |
| 22 | However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen . |
| 23 | You drag her off a boat in the middle of the river . |
| 24 | You test it out the next morning is n't it interesting you remembered as proof of the pudding . |
| 25 | Who let her out the zoo ? |
| 26 | This , and you put him up every time he comes up . |
| 27 | In fact if you add it up the moon can go round the earth thirteen times in a year . |
| 28 | I know what , I 'll swop that for a pound coin , yeah , and you give me back the pound coin and plus that fifty P , yeah ? |
| 29 | Talk to the children again to distract them , and , with your hands covering the cards , you turn them back the right way up . |
| 30 | Many commonly-prescribed drugs increase the sensitivity of the skin and eyes to ultra-violet light — particularly if you take them over a long period of time . |