Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] trip " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember how nasty it was the last time you were sick ? ’ or ‘ Do n't leave your doll at the top of the stairs , because someone might trip over it and fall to the bottom . |
| 2 | Never leave toys on stairs where someone could trip and fall . |
| 3 | We will then provide an estimate and advise you how to increase your protection by fitting the latest in high sensitivity circuit breakers which will trip automatically providing you with increased protection against shock and fire . |
| 4 | You may trip over a couple of times on the way but you will be quite capable of picking yourself up and getting on with life until you have achieved your goal . |
| 5 | You want she should trip over and break her neck ? ’ |
| 6 | Her head did not precisely ache , but it felt hollow and somehow precarious ; and she found it hard to make her muscles work so that she felt as though she might trip over her own feet or walk into the furniture . |
| 7 | Try to keep your dog walking in a straight line , so that it does not pull across you to reach another dog , because otherwise you might trip over the leash . |
| 8 | You might trip off and go underneath it . |
| 9 | You must be careful or you 'll trip up . ’ |
| 10 | Come on your potty 's in here darling , come on you 'll trip over if you try and walk too far like that , come on I 've got to no come on . |
| 11 | You can trip on Christmas Tree Lights . ’ |
| 12 | Inside you can trip over saris and those are the ones on sale . |
| 13 | If they are arthritic , their sight is poor , or they are subject to dizzy spells they may trip over the flex . |
| 14 | They would trip off from school at four o'clock on a Friday , bright-eyed and singing Marc Bolan hits , and return glassy-eyed and forlorn on a Monday , having woken up on Sunday morning in a ditch with a bull-necked squaddie from Preston called Steve , with tobacco breath and boils on his neck . |
| 15 | They had too many people out ; there was a good chance that they would trip over each other . |
| 16 | If the hiatus is serious he may have to shut down all or part of the system or it may trip automatically and the operator 's task is to observe/control the shut-down to a quiescent state . |
| 17 | He 'll trip over his own wings one fine day , mark my words , " |
| 18 | No doubt the table saw him , computed his path across the room , and placed itself just where he would trip over it ! |
| 19 | If you fit each piece of electrical gardening equipment with one of the Powerbreaker plugs it will trip as soon as any slight change in current is detected between the live and neutral wires of the cable . |