Example sentences of "and [subord] [pos pn] [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pet shop where his grandad had bought him his hamster called Hammer and his goldfish called Sickle and where his nan used to take them for resurrection when they died . |
| 2 | In the first place the number of States that work diligently on their accident investigation responsibilities is regrettably rather small , and although their delegates may approach a divisional meeting with the same view of the agenda items their ideas can be , and all too frequently are , frustrated by States which make little or no contribution in this field of activity . |
| 3 | Are we meant to take it seriously ? premature babies are routinely taken from their mothers on the maternity ward into intensive care , or sterile areas , often for long periods and although their mothers might miss them , it would be thought sentimental to claim the opposite . |
| 4 | When she concluded by asking if Madame Vassoir still had the letter from Beatrix and if its contents could have provoked Samantha 's abduction , her hostess poured them both a glass of sherry before replying . |
| 5 | More appropriate terms are warm , friendly , modern or stylish , and if our attention should focus upon the pattern or texture of the wallpaper or upholstery , this should always be in order to comment on the taste of the selector . |
| 6 | My conclusion is that if your teenager has the temperament and enthusiasm for an expedition type of holiday , and if your purse will stretch to it , you should go for it — but choose the organisation carefully . |
| 7 | He 's a man who erm is qualified in the field of computer sciences and if your Lordship will hear has worked throughout his life in the fields of computers , banking and er in March of nineteen eighty five he left employment with a company known as Data Logic Limited where he had been employed as a banking consultant and decided at that stage er on a change of career erm and he was looking principally to acquire a wine bar , restaurant , country house hotel , something of that nature and er you will hear that after some early disappointments in the earlier part of nineteen eighty five when deals that er were on the horizon for premises in Oxfordshire and then in Chichester erm in early September the plaintiffs er saw and liked the wine bar in and offered the price of , the asking price of seventy five thousand pounds with stock er which was accepted . |
| 8 | And if your brother should happen to make it , bring him , too , of course . ’ |
| 9 | He behaved sometimes as if heterosexual love were an improper or even immoral exercise and if his presence could disrupt it , so much the better . |
| 10 | Bede 's account of Eadwine 's successive ‘ conditional promises ’ ( as they have been called ) to accept Christianity — if he should find it acceptable after marrying Aethelburh ( HE 11 , 9 ) , if he should be victorious in the campaign against Cwichelm ( HE 11 , 9 ) , and if his counsellors should advise it after consultation ( HE 11 , 10 ) — carries with it an air of literary artificiality . |
| 11 | If Saxe-Weimar could reach the crossroads first , and if his men would fight , the French would fail , but it would be a very close race . |
| 12 | She was an outsider and feared by the wives of the other officers of Camp 3 because her husband was KGB and because his reports could break and crush the career of any man , however senior . |
| 13 | However , since the reappearence rate was much higher ( 96% ) in patients with evidence of active viral replication ( serum HBV DNA positive ) , and since our data would suggest that the severity of injury in the infected allograft is also dependent on the HBV status of the native liver , the efficacy of repeated administration of HBIG deserves to be tested within a randomised controlled trial . |
| 14 | And while his mother may have forgotten Dublin and his father , who had given his life to make it a better place for his children to live in , Patrick had not . |
| 15 | While he clearly believed what he was saying , and while his image might have faded from the general consciousness , Vitor d'Arcos was too commanding , too vital , too much the male sexual animal to ever be considered ordinary . |
| 16 | MY work has been written in sand and after my death will disappear in a decade or so , ’ wrote August Bournonville ( 1805–79 ) , the Danish choreographer whose ballets are still in the repertory , and whom the Danes have been celebrating with yet another Bournonville festival in Copenhagen . |
| 17 | In determining the application , the planning committee must consider the contribution made by the building to the character of the area and whether its demolition would alter this . |
| 18 | We 've taken a much more active role in the European Federation that we belong to , the Building and Woodworkers ' Federation and as our conference will know , or some colleagues in congress will know we 've actually had |
| 19 | Syd is proud of his past and as his audience will find tonight , adamant it was right . |
| 20 | Syd is proud of his past and as his audience will find tonight , adamant it was right . |