Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] [vb -s] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plectra , I discover , is a make of washing-machine , which thunders and shakes and tramps across the office floor , and Sontax is a sleeping-pill called Spantax , which is a Spanish taxi firm called Taximax … |
| 2 | I am not referring to the victims , of course , who do n't know me and who , for all practical purposes , are n't human but come in sections of interest , so that even their smiles and yawns and frowns come in sections . |
| 3 | ‘ We think that the true rule of law is , that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes , must keep it in at his peril , and , if he does not do so , is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape . ’ |
| 4 | The rule as originally formulated refers to a person who for his own purposes brings on to his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes . |
| 5 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher applies only to things which the occupier brings onto his land and collects and keeps there . |
| 6 | It is very much a ‘ real ’ novel ie Dickens writes about society at his time and reflects and comments on it . |