Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to be in a jug in case Mother Clare comes in and thinks I 'm being treated like someone normal . |
| 2 | Then when he knocked on the door this morning I swallowed a whole lot of saved-up salt and water and pressed my tongue and the timing was perfect , he came in and saw me being sick . |
| 3 | This consisted mainly of shutting them in and leaving them be — go in sometime after midnight perhaps , switch off the TV , unplug the Commodore , pick up the comic books and rearrange the covers , but that was about it . |
| 4 | It would damage morale if someone came in and said everything was wrong . |
| 5 | I was taking off my trousers when the radio operator came in and said someone was having an epileptic fit in one of the seismic camps . |
| 6 | ‘ There is a phone in number for viewers to air their opinions and he called in and said he was furious about what had happened to this poor woman and wanted to give her the money so she could buy presents for the boys . |
| 7 | Presently a man with greying hair and specs came in and said he was the doctor who was going to remove the polyps . |
| 8 | A little fat guy came in and said he was for the card game in Room 42 . |
| 9 | ‘ He was OK until after training , when he came in and said he was feeling his kicking muscle . |
| 10 | At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other . |
| 11 | This is called It Was Good In the afternoon when the sun half close his eyes , ants can be found not working , dogs in their cool places , vandal wall slice through heat , hold and let go of light in rays , in the afternoon when smoke curls like the back of a cat , people lean and braid hair , someone dressed like Christ looked in and said it was good . |
| 12 | Would you like that one again , In the afternoon when the sun half close his eyes , ants can be found not working , dogs in their cool places , vandal wall slice through heat , hold and let go of light in rays , in the afternoon when smoke curls like the back of a cat , people lean and braid hair , someone dressed like Christ looked in and said it was good now we have the dug out how food is presented erm can say so much , at least it does to me and , so that , so that the beginning of this poem became from er the food , piece of food held in the hand of the mayor in this picture . |
| 13 | Why do n't you phone in and pretend it 's yours ? |
| 14 | David Linacre had dozed off on the sofa one evening when his daughter Heidi came in and asked who was in the shower . |
| 15 | And the fucking door and the next thing the wee fella come in and says yous are fucking bastards . |
| 16 | He said he puts more , more he calls in and says it 's awful really cos this rubbish and he said whereas I should be able to do say the whatever ten o'clock post in whatsit . |
| 17 | The guy beside me in the doorway calls in and mentions I 'm there , and I get an immediate order to fade . |
| 18 | So when you go in and say I 'm coming to resell er tell me first of all here 's the old here 's the current erm folder or postal wallet , who are these people are they still in existence . |
| 19 | Yeah and if you go in and think it 's like all the other museums you have charts you have figures statistics along with you you know it 's rather very sad but it 's entertaining |
| 20 | I think she 's , she 's ill , do n't you think you should go in and see what 's happening , I said , no , I , I do n't think so , I think , I think her husband will take care of that . |
| 21 | Yes we were gon na go in and see them were n't we ? |
| 22 | We came down and realised there was water coming through the back door and the walls . |
| 23 | After a year or two of keeping house for Hugh , she put her foot down and said it was ridiculous not to use her money . |
| 24 | Yes , yes , but erm , you know , I have had to say to the chaps , one of them came in and he said he 'd been spoiled down at the cedar and I said oh well , I , I 've been cooking a breakfast for Neil of course by the operation of sods law , Neil suddenly goes off the idea of having breakfast , so I find myself cooking breakfast for this other lump , who is as idol and selfish as anybody ever met in all the born days , and I said to him just recently , I said , I , I ca n't get up and do breakfast 's in the morning any more , well he says he come 's down and does he 's own , you see they can when they feel that they want too . |
| 25 | I looked down and saw there was blood on his forehead . |
| 26 | I feel down and thought they were going to come back again to finish me off . ’ |
| 27 | Put your head down and pretend nothing is happening . |
| 28 | She wanted to put the phone down and pretend it was n't happening but the noises came back and a different voice said , ‘ Sergeant MacDonald is n't here at the moment . |
| 29 | After Terry had gone upstairs we heard the dreadful shriek of tape being torn and so , when Mahmoud came down and asked which was Terry 's pee-bottle , we really could n't believe that this was anything more than another move . |
| 30 | If you are one of those women who feels guilty about the marriage/home/work situation , sit down and decide what is right for you and those closest to you . |