Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] and [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The child may rationalise the situation by saying that the family is the only family he or she knows and thereby acquire a psychic balance . |
| 2 | Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain . |
| 3 | And I admire and sincerely respect those who take the time and trouble to challenge the interpretation that the powers-that-be put on the fruits of scientific research . |
| 4 | It creaked and I stopped and then heard something : a sort of thin scratching from underneath the stairs . |
| 5 | I looked at them , they looked at me , and I turned and hurriedly made my way downstairs . |
| 6 | So we 're looking to do it with tape recorders on the busiest entrance and you know and just say car D five one four R G M blah blah blah . |
| 7 | Well I was watching one of those Antique Road Shows quite recently and I found a chap got one of those little sort of two inch diameter one inch high chamber pots and he said and where did you get this and she said er at a car boot sale and he said and how much did you pay and she said twenty five P . |
| 8 | It deals with exemption clauses and it replaces and greatly extends certain provisions which were previously in the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 . |
| 9 | There were some heart-stopping moments in the Town goalmouth , but they survived and nearly ran off with a win . |
| 10 | But they did and still do remain the authoritative conscience of the nation . |
| 11 | But he persevered and now has three assistants from the students at the university helping him . |