Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ask your Social Secretary office for form AG 5 ( and form AG 1 if you want to claim on low-income grounds and you do not hold a current AG 2 or AG 3 certificate ) , fill them both in and send them where the form tells you . |
| 2 | Clause 25 allows employees to challenge the terms and conditions of a collective agreement the employer applies to them where the agreement appears to contravene the principles of equal treatment . |
| 3 | Then erm names , babies I if a baby 's christened Timothy er it gets called Timmy or Nicholas gets called Nicky , which sort of ties in with the biscuits being called bickie and horsie and doggie and all this sort of ee things that you say to babies . |
| 4 | So I would think that would probably be the only way we would protect ourselves if the threat did come … . |
| 5 | All these people want to do is hit someone before the lights go out . |
| 6 | Should we not ask ourselves whether the adulteress had a bad family upbringing , lacking in love , that she reacts in this way ? |
| 7 | Nor do I for a moment suppose that anyone there recognized him , nor was he the sort of author who basked in that kind of admiration . |
| 8 | A driftwood fire blazed in the grate and we sat warming ourselves as the flames leapt . |
| 9 | Not that I care , but it 's handy to be near him , 'cos he 's always got something you can knock off and it 's useful to be able to pinch something of his when the teacher finds you have n't got a pen for the third day running . |
| 10 | The latter is the usual pattern and I only know it to be his as the items came from the family . |
| 11 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 12 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 13 | More er and more in a month some of them than the others did in a year . |
| 14 | After breakfast , the first washing-up of the day and then Mum and the girls would start to prepare dinner , for everyone except the elite had ‘ dinner ’ in the middle of the day . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the local radio station in the capital of Spain , Unión Radio , gave out news of the insurrection in Spanish Morocco , confirming what everyone except the government had deemed imminent for months . |
| 16 | Corbett walked and argued with himself until the bells tolling for Compline brought him into the Abbey church with its lofty roof , pointed arches and round drum-like columns . |
| 17 | He was able to keep control of himself until the hypnotist mentioned a code-word . |
| 18 | The developer asked for a set of QA listings to assess for himself if the person assigned to QA would approve the package . |
| 19 | As Michael stepped towards him , Grierson stepped backwards , his hands coming up to defend himself if the visitor lashed out . |
| 20 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 21 | Or consider rhetorical questions like ( 36 ) : ( 36 ) Was Mussolini going to be moderate ? which if the participants believe that whatever Mussolini was , he was not moderate , is likely to convey ( 37 ) : ( 37 ) Mussolini was definitely not going to be moderate Here , by overtly violating the sincerity of a question , once again an implicature is generated by a flouting of the maxim of Quality . |
| 22 | The day which since the rain had gradually become hot was now heavy and still and sultry . |
| 23 | The plan , therefore , had been made by John and Astorre , Pesaro and himself while the Mamelukes kept to their camp , and the King and his other officers prepared to hold Christmas at Nicosia . |
| 24 | Brereton was court-martialled for his performance in the riots and shot himself before the case had ended … |
| 25 | He politely declined to pose for pictures with Nesta and added : ‘ I have nothing else to say today … but I will say plenty when the time comes . ’ |
| 26 | The director , Thomas de Mallet Burgess , delicately underlines the personal in April de Angelis 's allusive script though he ca n't assert himself when the play slithers into magical realism . |
| 27 | On top of that , Wright has his England future to worry about because much as he may look forward to an avalanche of goals against San Marino in February , first he must ensure his presence in the team , then be in control of himself when the chances come . |
| 28 | Have our little bit of fun then throw daddy out to fend for himself when the kiddiewinks come along . |
| 29 | The Prime Minister was singing softly to himself when the Collector came in and continued to do so all the time he was there . |
| 30 | He was whistling to keep up his spirits , that was all , Robert said to himself as the boys clattered after him . |