Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [pron] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Master Cook ! ’ he said , ‘ I do n't know what was in that flame pot of yours but it undoubtedly saved the day and many noble lives .
2 My GP visited me and I still have the drawing he did of the cancer they had found in my kidney .
3 I needed them as much as they needed me and I happily took the rough with the smooth .
4 These secondary resources are so abundant , however , that competition rarely arises for them and they thus constitute a reserve when primary resources are few .
5 His wife , Aunt Ann , was kept heavy with child most of the time , but she lost most of them and they only had the four .
6 Remember that you can not be sure whether you or someone else has the virus just by guessing or by appearances .
7 Nigel was in Japan for a conference , and she and I both needed a bit of company .
8 If a partner never could see the point of going to all those meetings , it may not have stopped you but it certainly took the joy out of attending .
9 Er I do n't know who by as Giles wo n't tell me but he definitely knows the two people that 've laid her .
10 Applause broke out behind them but she hardly heard a thing .
11 We had somebody over for dinner , did n't we and they actually brought a bottle of wine , and we said oh yeah , well , cos we know him quite well , we said oh what shall we have ?
12 Reality Therapy involves confronting the sufferer with the reality of life as perceived by others and helping him or her gradually to change the perception of how life should be so that it comes nearer to how life actually is .
13 determination under a contract between two parties owes a duty of care to both those parties , because both will rely on him and him alone to get the determination right , if for no other reason than that they will be bound by it .
14 He aprroached him and he then produced a handgun .
15 On 20 March 1989 papers were served on him and he then consulted a solicitor for the first time .
16 The smell of chlorine engulfed her and someone suddenly blew a whistle , the sound echoing in the large enclosed area .
17 Her ‘ traditional ’ primary education restricted her and she only became a professional journalist ( Echo February 4 ) .
18 The claim that they and they alone have The Baptism with the Holy Spirit , in contrast to water baptism which marks the rest of Christendom , and the conversion which figures as largely in Evangelical theology as does confirmation in Catholic .
19 " His dad tried to knock it out of him but it never made no difference . "
20 The fact that it managed to do so stands out with a clarity so insistent that each individual ruler — including Mary Queen of Scots — must be assessed by the extent to which he or she successfully fostered the self-perception that the Scots were a people who mattered .
21 The stock editor generally concentrated on stock revision and supervision of withdrawals , but in some authorities he or she also played a large part in the selection of new books .
22 Now then , he argues that since in the state of nature erm the individual has the right to life , liberty and property , he or she also has a right to take such steps are necessary for the protection o o of these rights .
23 Given that the theist believes that defining God involves thinking beyond the limits of thought , can he or she also fulfil the demand that a clear explanation be given of what is meant by the word ‘ God ’ ?
24 If you have an entertainer , this is not likely to happen , unless you explain that you do not mind if he or she just lets the party run on its own for a while .
25 He or she just makes the evaluations and makes the decisions and that 's that .
26 The addition of colour , and specifically the facility to produce separations , is of substantial benefit to the professional graphic artist but , unless he or she already possesses a colour Macintosh II , is likely to be of little real benefit to the average user other than as a ‘ feature ’ to show off .
27 ‘ A person who has symptoms of cardiovascular disease has much more to gain from reducing lipid levels [ because he or she already has a higher risk of dying from the disease ] than does someone with desirable lipid levels , ’ he says .
28 Finally , evidence is accumulating that a person 's emotional environment influences his or her likelihood of suffering an acute psychotic episode if he or she already has a history of schizophrenic disorder .
29 ‘ All we do know , ’ he concluded , ‘ is that the assassin must have been a member of the community at the Tower who knew Sir Ralph had changed his bed chamber , and he or she either committed the murder or hired a professional assassin to do it for them . ’
30 Each panel member should ensure that he or she thoroughly tests the case presented for project approval .
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