Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] or " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 2 | So when you eyeball someone and arrange to eyeball them over the C.B. you do not meet them somewhere like your house because you do n't want anyone who might be listening to turn up at your house so you meet them somewhere like the park or somewhere like that and then take them to your house if you wish . |
| 3 | Get a claim form from your council and return it to them together with the receipt or bill . |
| 4 | One slip , and it would sweep you away without a murmur or a cry . |
| 5 | Compare this with the diagonal , twisting advance that takes you directly into the opponent or , if you prefer , the diagonal withdrawal that times your response to coincide with a lull in the attack . |
| 6 | Nothing to report to you now on the buses or the trains . |
| 7 | You here for an interview or something ? ’ |
| 8 | er I mean it depends I suppose the extent to which there 's any tutorial element but I mean erm whether they have you there for a week or something and teach you some of the practical |
| 9 | They 'll be with you again in a day or two , if you do n't hold us up . |
| 10 | She regarded him thoughtfully for a moment or two . |
| 11 | I went to visit her just for a coffee or something , and she started saying , after a lot of stuttering , that I was having an affair with her husband . |
| 12 | Even when it was me that was in the wrong , you 'd always blame her … punish her … shut her away in the cellar or the attic . |
| 13 | Always out gallivanting , and him home with a sitter or maybe nobody at all , for all I know . ’ |
| 14 | He should have been at boarding school , but his mother , who loved him very much , had brought him home for a month or two , because she thought his health was delicate . |
| 15 | ‘ Fortunately , the nail had only gone into his chest wall and did not enter his lungs , we shall keep him here for a day or two under observation . ’ |
| 16 | He rang her regularly from the café or the post office and urged her to come and stay with us . |
| 17 | If Marcus was sitting on his bed or walking about the room or looking out of the window , Ludens would sit near him either on a chair or else on the floor his knees up , his back against the wall . |
| 18 | Even if the defendant himself can plausibly say that he did not intend to use violence , it is sufficient if he uses the language or behaviour in a situation where the addressee is likely to believe that violence will be used against him either by the speaker or by other persons . |
| 19 | Were they completely off the cuff or did you have some idea of what you were going to do ? |
| 20 | Do not spread it right to the edge or it will ooze out . |
| 21 | Bu bu bu but would you take it just as a suggestion or would you take it as a |
| 22 | So effectively we put in what is a fair price , and we get the job , and we do it normally within the price or within a slight overspend . |
| 23 | Was it generally in the middle or at one end or |
| 24 | They lashed alongside and they lowered the stuff right onto the onto the coble To start with we rowed it ashore with a couple or oars or maybe four oars and took off the cattle and that the same way just . |
| 25 | Unlike reference , substitution , and ellipsis , the use of conjunction does not instruct the reader to supply missing information either by looking for it elsewhere in the text or by filling structural slots . |
| 26 | The principle of the old law was that the rich man who had property to pay his creditors was allowed to spend it comfortably in The Fleet or Marshalsea . |
| 27 | Now I find if you put it aside for an hour or two and do something else you can already come to it fresh . |
| 28 | However the board went and sold Batts : - I do n't know much about Tinkler is he more in the Batts or Strach mould ? |
| 29 | a Tobby and they do this body camping , they have to do it early in the morning or late at night when it 's cool and it produces this liquid which verbella it 's already fermenting and at this |
| 30 | If the sauce requires thickening , boil it quickly in the casserole or a saucepan on the hot-plate until it has reduced sufficiently — it should be thick but moist . |