Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [indef pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen opened the back of the jeep and everyone was given something to carry . |
| 2 | With regard to the possibility that large changes in body weight ( equal to or >10% of initial weight ) might represent a risk factor , only one case of gall stone recurrence was detected in those who lost >10% of starting weight and none was seen in those who gained weight . |
| 3 | On 27 April 1962 four together were found in fields just north of Pagham Harbour and one was seen there on the 29th . |
| 4 | One was called Geoffroy à la Grande Dent and one was called Horrible . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | er I went in the office and he said er I 'd been stood there about twenty minutes at the window and everybody was flitting around like a bee from flower to flower and they just left me stood there , so I never said anything , go on the back |
| 8 | One 's for listening and one 's talking into . |
| 9 | Eig the three K G line when the machine and everything was running properly , you 'd be getting six eighty . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Another civilian was trying to set up a camera and tripod to photograph the scene and everybody was trying to sidestep the vomit on the carpet . |
| 12 | It felt as if it had been split in two by a cold chisel and someone was grinding the two halves together . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | pink hair and one 's wearing a mac with little wellies and the , the other one 's a ballerina , and it 's wearing |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Emergency services managed to clear all the disco goers from the building and no-one was injured . |
| 17 | Emergency services managed to clear all the disco goers from the building and no-one was injured . |
| 18 | Carefully cut and polished plates of onyx were mounted in gold to form flat components of the necklace and one was engraved with the name of the priestess Abbabashti of Shesin . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I just happened to pick , I picked the favourite and everyone was going . |
| 21 | Thus a field can influence another field and nothing is transferred into or out through the cell membrane . |
| 22 | The report shows that , of over 3,600 SSIs , six suffered long-term damage during the year , 52 suffered short-term damage and one was denotified due to agricultural damage . |
| 23 | Minor bombing incidents in Buenos Aires and Santiago caused little structural damage and nobody was reported to have been injured . |
| 24 | I felt at peace with the world , even though by the summer of 1939 Europe seemed to be drifting closer to war and everyone was glued to the BBC short-wave Overseas Service bulletins , or even devouring month-old copies of The Times which had been airmailed to Australia and sent on by ship , together with the Illustrated London News , Tatler , and particular titles ordered by the expatriates . |
| 25 | I was past caring about feeling guilt and shame and everything was collapsing anyway , so I just looked straight back at her , resigned , and after a while I shook my head . |
| 26 | A receptionist said : ‘ There was a big bang and everyone was screaming . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The milk ration for children was increased specifically to compensate for the nutritional shortfall in school meals that would otherwise have occurred ; civil servants realised there would be a public outcry if the meat reduction took place and nothing was done to make up for it . |
| 30 | 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 . |