Example sentences of "[adv] and [pron] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Either he could wait until the pod splashed down at which point it would start to sink , and if the water was deep enough and he had difficulty in escaping from the safety envelope , or became entangled with the chute , he might drown before he was able to struggle to the surface — or else he could blow the hatch prior to landing , risking being either injured or knocked unconscious during an unprotected impact .
2 Now at the ages of 15 , 16 and 18 we speak to a lot more people , we know the staff a lot better and we take part in things such as karaoke and adult games etc , we do not go to the amusements and swim much now that we are older .
3 There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society .
4 Hydrogen sulphate H two S O four gives you the sulphates the ones that end in and what does hydrogen nitrate , nitric acid what does that one give you ?
5 fancy the paella he said no problem I make paella so , I mean all of half an hour went by , but we went in and we had paella and then all these people started dancing , they moved the chairs back and they started clapping and singing and dancing and I said is this
6 She said very happy really she said , he 's really has settled in and you know sort of and that was nice was n't it ?
7 see in and you get leather dye and dye them black .
8 So , Barry , Christina and David came down and we had coffee in the sunshine , and that was the start of it basically .
9 And you know like we 'll sit down and one take turn from the other .
10 Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side .
11 Then her wish was granted as his head blotted out the sun , and Robbie emitted a little ecstatic noise as the space between them melted away entirely and they lay body pressed to body , mouth to mouth , his hands moulding her to him with a sudden , startling ferocity .
12 I walk along and she keeps pace and distance .
13 They cheated in a spelling test together and they played kiss chase in the playground .
14 When they get together and they need money , the old school tie , the old party tie comes into play and money can be found for things that they think are profitable for them and their consultancies , and their companies , and their interests .
15 It 's a nice thing to know if you ever get tense , er decide that this is it , I 'll throw things Er well I do when I want to throw things at the kitchen and go away and you use aromatherapy .
16 Well they were nine till seven , really six , but mostly seven o'clock before you got away and it involved wiring er coal cutting machines .
17 I turned him over and I got blood on me . ’
18 Fear took over and she went limp .
19 I think what they have done reads beautifully as English is very profound theologically and it uses language that is not gender specific .
20 When he was able to make a full number of appearances , or a large proportion of them , Palace did reasonably well — best was 7th in 1949–50 when Graham missed only four games — but when his back injury prevented him from appearing regularly the side suffered badly and we finished bottom of the League twice in three seasons with Graham making only 26 ( 1948–49 ) and 11 ( 1950–51 ) appearances respectively .
21 As the Saturday evening went on and everyone made use of the food and drinks on site , the Leisure Promotions team set about arranging the well-known Night Event .
22 A radio was turned on and it played music , which I found odd .
23 Oh Daddy I went into the upstairs bathroom and turned on the light , it went on and it went ping and then turned off again .
24 what the valency is to make up this formula you could do the same if it was if someone told you it was an some unknown So if it 's an unknown compound and I drip Let's say it was unknown compound and I dripped hydrochloric acid on and I got carbon dioxide given off yeah
25 The smile turned on and he took hold of her hands .
26 Er whether he did say in a conversation that he , he knows when this nervousness er er and depression is coming on and he takes medication and it 's alright .
27 switched it off , fanned it all back , right and I thought start again , I must be doing something wrong , so I
28 and then it homes in on one of the men right and it goes sort of whee one hour later whee whee bom bom bom and the other one goes one hour later right and the computer just explodes and it just goes boom
29 ‘ They were very skilful technically and we lacked experience against that kind of thing .
30 But this has happened so quickly and I need time . ’
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