Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is that when a parent is feeling depressed or overwrought it is difficult for them to think of alternative strategies . |
| 2 | ARE Soaps just right or do you think we need more fun ? |
| 3 | The employers acknowledged that management should accept responsibility for doing everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce them . |
| 4 | Let us go , says the second proposition , and find somebody else , some wise man who will be able to answer the unanswerable , who can tell us which are the sheep who can properly raise their prices , and which the goats who ought to keep their prices stable or lower them ; and then , when he tells us , we will all go and scream blue murder at the goats and make them thoroughly ashamed and sorry for themselves . |
| 5 | First then the proposition that management should accept a responsibility for doing everything possible to keep prices stable or to reduce them . |
| 6 | Do you think that 's , do you think that 's what what you 've experienced there , do you think that 's untypical or do you think that 's a fairly good example of of of life in that part of Westerhailes ? |
| 7 | Neither of these reasons for creating assemblies at the district and provincial levels implied a desire to make them broadly representative or to give them much clout , but as the draft legislation passed through the upper reaches of the government keen reformers got their hands on it . |
| 8 | Highlighting Labour 's key theme of the NHS , he said voters faced a stark choice : to build up the health service under Labour or to break it up under the Conservatives . |
| 9 | The local people caught them in vast numbers for food , eating them fresh or drying them in the sun , and until recently they made up 80 per cent or more of the total catch . |
| 10 | Do the Labour Party want it banned to reduce smoking or to increase it ? |
| 11 | Whether your hair is naturally curly or permed it needs extra special care to keep it in tip-top condition . |
| 12 | Respect for their seniors was near the top of the list … however high or humble they might be . |
| 13 | So be it when I shall grow old or let me die . |
| 14 | Oh yeah I mean if you wanted to also link that with multicultural situation or or cross cultural or comparing it with other ones I mean that 's no problem . |
| 15 | A major recession makes innovation risky and discourages it , but in such a period the more adventurous entrepreneurs see the opportunity to profit by investing in new innovations . |
| 16 | Mike dragged me clear and carried me into the house . |
| 17 | Your skin is like creamy blossom and your eyes are so clear and grey they can see into the soul . |
| 18 | ‘ It was only intended as a short-term measure , ’ Schaffer objected , ‘ to keep the valley clear and give us the best possible chance for a manhunt . ’ |
| 19 | She recalled singing in both operas at Boosback as a 16-year-old and says she was amazed to be given the female lead in The Beggars ' and only three weeks in which to learn the words and music ! |
| 20 | People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’ |
| 21 | She lifted off a heavy daily and brought it to me . |
| 22 | In the legal context , we need to feel that the prohibitions of laws , in the way they are defined and in the way they are applied , are justifiable and influence us all equally ( or , again , if they do not , that they discriminate on acceptable grounds ) . |
| 23 | If you forget , the helicopter will resume flying crabwise and give you a fairly gentle reminder . |
| 24 | Failing that , make Punch a monthly instead of a weekly and charge us more . |
| 25 | I have no idea how I was , although Jack and my relieved director assured me that the audience had just been coolly first-nightish and we , the cast , had stayed calm and thawed them into real pleasure and ultimate Rejoycing . |
| 26 | At this moment it was difficult to recall how quiet , calm and determined she had been . |
| 27 | She was quite calm and told me to get a watch and try and time how far apart the pains were . |
| 28 | She gives her half-laugh and tells me she does n't know how old people generally are when they get married . |
| 29 | The tabloid press will publish stories of dole scroungers laying in bed all day , living the life of Riley on the dole , blaming the unemployed and making them feel guilty for a desperate plight . |
| 30 | Kambiz Atabai , a slim , good-looking and asked him if he would share his secret and Dr Shakhar said by all means . |