Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [conj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This kind of mutual formulation of the right amount of information for communication to take place is very common in conversation , particularly where times or places or objects need to be specified . |
| 2 | To leave it is to lose a family , an adopted family if you like , and many feel empty afterwards , which is one reason so many become umpires or coaches or managers or whatever . |
| 3 | Of course it was possible the van was parked there only because the man was inside destroying coypu or moles or rats or woodworm , but somehow Adam did n't think so . |
| 4 | The sadness seemed to extinguish her as if she had no real eyes or fingers or genitals or teeth or frown-lines or kidneys but these were just slight irregularities in the sponge that was her sadness . |
| 5 | where birds and bats and butterflies and bees |
| 6 | The sadness seemed to extinguish her as if she had no real eyes or fingers or genitals or teeth or frown-lines or kidneys but these were just slight irregularities in the sponge that was her sadness . |
| 7 | In illustrating Voice through a recording of Beerbohm Tree 's lament over the body of Julius Caesar , or Walks and Exits as passed down to him by Esme Church , Petherbridge conjures up a strong , if erratic , sense of theatrical tradition . |
| 8 | Technologists apply such scientific predictions to the construction of cars , or bricks or walls and will tell you how they interact . |
| 9 | Furthermore , as Henry VIII had relied on the authority of scripture to justify his annulment , it was difficult for him to resist pressure for the translation of the Bible into English , or demands that doctrine and liturgy should conform to the word of God as revealed in the scriptures . |
| 10 | ’ And the boy in Toulouse or Poitiers or Bordeaux or Rouen , still secretly anxious about the long journey to the capital , feels his head filling up with snobbery and lust . |
| 11 | They 're hippies or gypsies or squatters or whatever , and they 've already started camping out there as best they can . |
| 12 | The sadness seemed to extinguish her as if she had no real eyes or fingers or genitals or teeth or frown-lines or kidneys but these were just slight irregularities in the sponge that was her sadness . |
| 13 | It is n't as though I was killing cats or fieldmice or goldfish or anything . |
| 14 | To back up the launch , an impressive advertising campaign will be featured in trade and national magazines , such as Good Housekeeping , Ideal Home , Homes & Gardens and House and Garden , from May until the end of the year . |
| 15 | We weigh foods in ounces or grams but vitamins and minerals are measured in milligrams ( one thousandth of a gram ) or micrograms ( one thousandth of a milligram ) . |
| 16 | In London , he supported the formation of the Adelaide Gallery at the Strand , where lectures and demonstrations and an exhibition of machines and models were intended to educate and amuse the public . |
| 17 | There had long been some specialists , like vine-dressers or fishermen or cowherds or shepherds , who were producing food , but depended on others for their staple diet . |
| 18 | There is , of course , a major difference between people who hold most of their wealth in land , or stocks and shares and government bonds , or even gold , compared with those whose ‘ wealth ’ is predominantly bound up in their right to an occupational or state pension . |
| 19 | ‘ You sit there and tell me that you can see men or ghosts or apparitions that no one else can see ; you deny all evidence that the man or ghost or apparition is actually elsewhere and therefore can not be here ; and I am prejudiced ? |
| 20 | If I am lucky , and the weather is compatible with fish-spotting , I should see signs of the carp when they push through weedbeds and hump through the surface , or mudclouds and bubbles when they root in the bottom . |
| 21 | Arrange them in lines or rectangles and fit them with spots or floods or downlights or a mixture , depending on your needs . |
| 22 | To think that a French woman should be so foolish she said , though I did n't like spiders or earwigs or moths or even snakes . |
| 23 | They were all very good , but perhaps it was because all the Packs excepting the 3rd Shortfields had chosen characters from well-known books or plays or nursery-rhymes that when the 3rd Shortfields appeared in the quaint uniforms of Brownies of earlier days they won the loudest and longest applause of all . |
| 24 | And there were prizes galore for everything from swimming — there are an incredible FOUR pools — to mini-golf or skittles or boules or … |
| 25 | " I mean are they mainstream novels and stories or thrillers or sci-fi or something like that ? " |
| 26 | They were twisted and butchered and maimed and it was difficult to see if they had been Oaks or Beeches or Elms or what . |
| 27 | Consider the different ways we can use a key : to open doors or containers or gates that have long been locked : " Are you sure you want to do this ? |
| 28 | His speeches were hardened a little , but he was n't much good at abuse or jokes or stridency or sneering . |
| 29 | And they 'd start in with their bodhrans or spoons or bozouki or bones and their very heavy-handed accompaniment . |
| 30 | Mrs Brandley 's house overlooks Richmond Green , and is ‘ a staid old house , where hoops and powder and patches , embroidered coats , rolled stockings , ruffles and swords , had had their court days many a time . |