Example sentences of "and [adj] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
| 2 | The Anchor brewery had been built in 1757 by a couple of brewers from Bethnal Green called Wastfield and Moss , at a time when the district was so quiet and un-built-up you could still see ships passing on the Thames from the brewery windows . |
| 3 | If you can get your book out in reasonable time I can see it being a real winner , and position-wise it wo n't do you any harm , that 's for sure . |
| 4 | In this buyers ' guide we cover and comment on the best ( and some we would n't give tank-space to ) and leave the reader to judge . |
| 5 | Males on average die between five and seven years earlier than er females do and males die from all causes that affect both sexes , and some you would n't think did , er more than females . |
| 6 | And some you can only laugh at — only you must n't let 'em see it , of course . |
| 7 | So this one you 'd mark off one two three and this they would actually use this erm if they were loading lorries they could use this sort of thing . |
| 8 | This would compel West Indians to produce more economically , and this they could only do by moving towards free labour and engaging the labourers ' personal material interests in their work . |
| 9 | What most private investors need is not a summary ( which is generally less intelligible than the document it summarises ) but an explanation ; and this they will not get . |
| 10 | A number of staff pressed me to make a second , and longer visit in the future , and this I would certainly like to do . |
| 11 | There are other outlets , if you want to learn the media game , in terms of speech and view , as it were , hospital radio , I do n't know whether you have any hospitals in your region but increasingly hospital radio offers an opportunity and a challenge , and welcomes people who would like to try their hand at becoming sort of D.J.s , or features editors , or are prepared to talk interestingly about subjects , and this you would only know from a local point of view . |
| 12 | You see the the inlet pipes and the outlets and this you ca n't see a thing of this , you ought to go and have a look at this place sometime . |
| 13 | This is just another way of describing community development and this you will not get without good solid , useful community education . |
| 14 | My mother could n't refute this without venturing further into sentiment , and this she would not do . |
| 15 | To fall , in , towards the nucleus it would have to lose all its energy , and this it can not do as it is continually absorbing energy from the ether which balances with the amount it naturally radiates . |
| 16 | Professor Mathias correctly sees the high demand of the war years for cereals as keeping agricultural wages up with prices , but they started from such a low level that in years of scarcity like 1795 and 1801 they could hardly have sustained life . |
| 17 | I was more tired than ever before , but everything was so new and interesting I would not leave the deck . |
| 18 | However , remember that in working with check lists it is n't crucial , to start with , if you ca n't arrive at an exact technical phonetic description straight off — as long as you can distinguish between same and different you can still make progress . |
| 19 | And er I always remember the lawyer who was acting on behalf of the union er said to these blacklegs , How would it be possible for you to see it though your window who was throwing the bricks seeing that the windows are so black and filthy you ca n't see the curtains that 's hanging up from the outside ? |
| 20 | And these I could n't get up this morning thought about . |
| 21 | Much of the way things would happen depends on the sort of girls there were ; if some were more robust and tom-boyish they would probably have explored the island , but would be unlikely to cause damage unnecessarily while exploring , as the boys did . |
| 22 | You know she 's got ta find someone else to go an and live with because by and large you ca n't survive on your own in the Australian outback certainly not if you 're a woman , hardly if you 're a man . |
| 23 | GIPSY : [ examining PAMELA 's hand ] O , I can not tell , your hand is so white and fine I can not see the lines . |
| 24 | Some are so widely separated that their motion relative to each other is too small to be measured at all , and all we can really say is that they are travelling through space together , at the same rate and in the same direction . |
| 25 | See the heat and all it would just knock you out |
| 26 | Yes you do and , and also , another thing , and it 's , in a way it was a bit annoying because we 'd go on these like crash diets , you know , we 'd get really nasty and s well not nasty and skinny we 'd just get really skinny before we went cos you know we would n't eat anything except like fruit for a we , we 'd eat , we 'd go on a diet and then we would n't eat fruit for , would n't eat anything but fruit for the week before and so we 'd , you know we 'd like have flat stomachs and you feel , if you have n't eaten you feel thinner even if you 're not , it 's all , it 's a bit , it 's psychological is n't it ? |
| 27 | You have a wide choice of denominations — and if you feel particularly quarrelsome and contentious you can always set up your very own sect . |
| 28 | So empty and undisturbed you could n't imagine the bustle of the lunch party only an hour before . |
| 29 | Oh we Oh I suppose we were told about the war but being young and heedless we would not take it all in . |
| 30 | Between four and five you will definitely find me indoors , and I will be at home . |