Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got home to find Kenneth hunched over his desk engrossed in a pile of newly purchased books on the subject of lymphoma and a medical dictionary to help him understand the terminology . |
| 2 | Annabel Hogan walked around her house : there was always some little thing to be done . |
| 3 | Then , finally , edging nervously round a bluff of rock , I found Owen setting up his camera on a small , gently shelving piece of grass level with the foot of the colony . |
| 4 | He helped Harry take off his anorak and tugged at the boy 's pullover , but Harry resisted and Deuce backed off . |
| 5 | would it become insular to your own needs Kevin do n't you ? |
| 6 | She let Cleo slide over her thigh and down on to the floor . |
| 7 | She frowned with irritation but spoke with her usual friendliness as , walking round the side of the house , she found Constance propping up her bike against the porch . |
| 8 | You say MyMouse do n't you ? |
| 9 | Zbo , who had been out all day trying to sell his paintings , returned to find Modigliani sleeping off his drunken stupor on their sofa . |
| 10 | You 've booked Taff have n't you ? |
| 11 | My solicitor 's secretary had rung Holloway to find out what I was allowed to take , and was told three changes of clothes , flannel , books and basic things . |
| 12 | Her eyes flew open to see Benedict flinging off his greatcoat and throwing it aside . |
| 13 | Such a response seems understandable given that it allows McFaul to explain why he is at odds with the Party while still maintaining that he is loyal to its principles and to its founder , but it can not stand as a general proposition . |
| 14 | He told Sue did n't he ? |
| 15 | I had made Lucy take off her anorak so she looked a bit less like an urban guerrilla , even though the T-shirt she was wearing underneath — ‘ Rats Have Rights ’ — was a bit of a giveaway , or maybe I was just paranoid . |
| 16 | Let Katie find out what she 's like for herself . |
| 17 | she did give Mrs did n't she ? |
| 18 | ‘ She wo n't hurt you , ’ he repeated , but he could feel Willie trembling so he decided not to pursue the matter . |
| 19 | And over in Galatians in chapter four , and in verse four , but when the fullness of time came God sent forth his son ! |
| 20 | Miguez Bonino sums up their views on this point as follows : |
| 21 | Oh no we have to come back to feed Guy have n't we ? |
| 22 | She cheated Phil did n't she ? |
| 23 | The decisive response by the Kennedy administration to a potential missile gap and the Sino-Soviet crisis were the two main factors forcing Moscow to scale down its claims . |
| 24 | Would Tim have persuaded Jan to throw away her book at last and learn there was more to life than work ? |
| 25 | But then when I left library I just got fed up and I went and went down to help Sue did n't I ? |
| 26 | Taylor had persuaded Barratt to take up his present position in 1818 — it was a decision Taylor never regretted . |
| 27 | But Saturday mornings we usually drop Heidi do n't we ? |
| 28 | Part of that service was doubtless to help Simon build up his following of midlands knights , for Peter was well connected locally — in 1260–2 , six Warwickshire/Leicestershire knights acted as his pledges ( Public Record Office , JUST 1/953 , mm.1d,7 ; 954 , m.23d ) . |
| 29 | Then too it would like COSE to indicate exactly what it would like a company such as NCR to say . |
| 30 | Then too , it would like COSE to indicate exactly what it would like a company such as NCR to say . |