Example sentences of "[noun] and [indef pn] [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 There are also some wooden huts and everything is fenced in to keep out the wolves and curious locals .
2 From Lugano it was fine because the winter is always six months and everything is closed in any case , but here the galleries are open the whole year and the museum is easier to get to .
3 They , or something like them , are admirable and important and we must strive to make them political realities , but they are not in themselves law and nothing is gained by pretending that they are law .
4 We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government .
5 One 's for listening and one 's talking into .
6 ‘ I 've been in touch with the museum and someone is coming over next week and in the meantime they said do n't touch anything . ’
7 He said he 's at the home and everything 's going alright and he 's saying he 's already sent us the , the , the invitation , but I have no invitation
8 We have set up the institutions and everybody is joining them .
9 pink hair and one 's wearing a mac with little wellies and the , the other one 's a ballerina , and it 's wearing
10 It 's in a way like a bereavement in as far its the middle of the afternoon and everything is going well , then suddenly everything 's changed and they 're pretty devastated and do n't know how they ought to react .
11 When you 're away from your base and somebody is fielding your calls for you , give them this pad , and ask them to record the calls in this pad , then you can just tick that box on the right-hand side that says calls to answer , erm , and insert the pages as you need to into the daytimer .
12 Keith reckons it cuts through better , especially in the tail end of a song , ‘ when all hell 's breaking loose and there 's infills and everybody is winding up .
13 Thus a field can influence another field and nothing is transferred into or out through the cell membrane .
14 Indeed , but the impression remains stronger than the denial and one is left wondering why they chose 1950 as the cut-off point , if not to put a comfortable distance between ‘ then ’ and ‘ now ’ : the dark ages of the past and present enlightenment , which they rightly insist is illusory .
15 However , as a result of my 23 years in teaching , I know that people like that remain in post and nothing is done about it .
16 Clockwatching has no place and everyone is expected to work as long as is necessary to do the job — and to do so without complaint .
17 They 're due to go to press this evening and someone 's –ailed to meet the deadline .
18 However , if you are with a group and everyone is laughing , it might put a damper on things if you remained tight-lipped and poker-faced .
19 ‘ One reason is that linen is an ecologically sound product and nothing is wasted from the plant .
20 They pushed through the padded door , back towards the dining room , and Miranda confided , ‘ When I 'm really on the breadline and someone 's taking me out , I sometimes tell them I have n't any change for Madame Pipi — they give me something .
21 Specifically , men must wear a collar and tie and no-one is allowed to wear denims or trainers at work .
22 So to find out how much you pay for , how much actual energy has been used up , you think it , again going back to the water , if we have a big tank full of water and we 're using it up , this time in terms of power , erm if we have something that 's using up water at the rate of say six gallons a minute and someone 's going to charge you for your water .
23 The pilot 's bum is little more than a foot off the ground and one is towered over by a Cessna 172 !
24 When were watching television and nobody 's talking much there 's not much point is that ?
25 There has been no announcement regarding Europe and none is expected . ’
26 But you 'll have to get one thing into your head — I 'm going to live my own life and nobody 's going to stop me .
27 ‘ People do get work that way but it 's horrible to sit and watch at those parties where there 's so much competition and everyone 's running around in tight frocks getting drunk ’ , she says .
28 Fill the world with nothing but good clean pure air and someone 's going to get up into it and fall out of it .
29 I suppose we say it 's a nightmare — it gets a little bit electrifying to me because Chelsea is the accolade of the world and everyone 's expecting their best at Chelsea and which we attempt to do every year .
30 1 You work in an estate agency and someone is looking for a property for £30,000 .
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