Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words about words tend to float off into a mysterious space of their own — though I hope most of those we have used have been firmly pinned down . |
| 2 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 3 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |
| 4 | ( 1986 ) and Borgman ( 1980 ) have found from their studies that older children especially are not willing to move to a new family if contact with their biological families is to be severed , though of course some children may be unable to voice their reluctance and tend to go along with the plans . |
| 5 | I 've had two or three I think , very rarely do we find them and shapers tend to go out on a limb they tend to want to lead they tend to want to control they want people to follow their way they do tend to be the people that dig in and say you know this is the way we do it . |
| 6 | Despite all the things that happen to us , such as religious conversion , dreams , accidents , bereavement , psychological shock — all those things that pull us out of everyday reality — we tend to slip back to a belief that there is a bedrock of common sense and sensibility at the heart of things . |
| 7 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |
| 8 | Muslim ones tend to shrivel up at the thought of their women going out to work . |
| 9 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 10 | Mm well maybe , I mean to come up with a , a clear example . |
| 11 | They want to go up to the aviary but I I ca n't get I ca n't get this buggy up there up that hill . |
| 12 | now if I want to go down to the sea front well I 'll shall get a taxi and , and sha n't be worrying where me next meals coming from because I 've saved it , so , so that 's , that 's no worry , I was saying to Arthur if we went to Butlins well it would take all we had , because it , we could n't go to Butlins under three hundred pounds for two of us , we could n't go anywhere else , if we go to Blackpool , our , our said to , to , to dad , I , I would like to pop to , er I do n't think we will do because , er , the hassle for your dad , but er , I 'd like to go and see aunty Annie , but I do n't want to go to Nelson to do it |
| 13 | ‘ I want to go back to a size 12 again . |
| 14 | I want to go back to a comment made by the hon. Member for Truro ( Mr. Taylor ) , which led the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) to go into a spate of incontinent muttering . |
| 15 | Unless we want to go back to the Stone Age , zero pollution is not practical . ’ |
| 16 | After the elections I want to go back to the Institute of Forecasting . |
| 17 | And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years . |
| 18 | ‘ I think I want to go back to the house for a while , ’ she said at last in a careful tone . |
| 19 | Er if you want to go back to the same people . |
| 20 | I want to go out for a ride in the open air . ’ |
| 21 | Oh well might have perhaps will you have a spare day No I want to go out for a meal No , but I been home but at dinner time just . |
| 22 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 23 | Nearly all children want to go out in the snow and , if they are suitably dressed , they can have many mathematically rewarding experiences as well as lots of fun . |
| 24 | Bullingdon 's governor says there 's no way every aspect of behaviour can be controlled because there 'll always be those who want to hit back at the system . |
| 25 | But community leaders at the Asian Cultural Centre Association have condemned the violence which police say arose out of an argument between two Asian families . |
| 26 | A magnificent bookplate of 1899 with , on the male side ( left in picture ) , twelve quarterings , some of which appear to go back to the 13th century . |
| 27 | Slowly Georg got out of the van , looked around to make sure there was no-one who knew him , then he walked quickly across to the station restaurant , entered , and hid himself quickly in a booth that had a view of the rails . |
| 28 | Well he said that does n't give you long to go out on the razzle . |
| 29 | Next year , I want to carry on with the course , and do my Highers as well . ’ |
| 30 | Androgyny was expect to go along with a broad , flexible and effective repertoire of behaviours , and well-adjusted emotions . |