Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 I was so pleased , ’ she looked at me shyly or was it a little slyly , ‘ I could understand from knowing my Classics what the old peasants were saying .
2 A later article will argue that this lowering of costs does not eliminate them altogether but rather transfers them .
3 In the second group , 69 per cent thought that other factors were more important than qualifications , and in the third , 75 per cent ignored them altogether or considered them meaningless .
4 How might such processes be affected in female readers ' responses to stories about males , which concern traditionally male interests and which frequently exclude them altogether or restrict them to a passive role ?
5 And then there were the the dose was reduced and then I had to come off them altogether and after twenty nine years of dieting unsuccessfully I gave up dieting and I have n't put on any weight since I gave up dieting !
6 And she went on a party of three , no , no , she went with a party of four friends I think , there were five of them altogether and er she stayed for well er , three nights , four days , or four days , three nights I ca n't remember no , it must have been four days , four nights , three days .
7 Either we use them properly or we get rid of them .
8 ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you .
9 The children were taken into care in mid-1987 because of their parents ' inability to look after them properly and following suspicions of sexual abuse against the girl .
10 but er otherwise I 'll , I 'll would n't , I never want to go back to Nazeing not after now and , and now the , this new town we were taken shopping the other Tuesday , it was really lovely and we see all the shops , first time I 've really seen them properly and er I thoroughly enjoyed it and we were all given erm in a , is it Blockers one of the shops ?
11 Declaring variables as local , creates them locally and initialises them to zero/null .
12 Auguste regarded them grimly and with foreboding .
13 But yeah , we 're still taking them on but not in so many numbers .
14 Yet it is as though some unseen power is switching them on and off .
15 I untied my boots which were laced together round one of the bed-posts , put them on and jumped down .
16 At home , people want to dim lights or to switch them on and off during long holidays .
17 One of my preferred methods of listening to CDs is to put them on and then lie back with closed eyes to concentrate on the music .
18 Avoid slip-ons , as the toes need to grip hard to keep them on and so are put under strain .
19 Next time the Snows are on the programme : ‘ It would be nice if you and I could take them on and split them up , ’ Mr Wilson said .
20 He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks .
21 But Norwich took them on and revealed a tactical superiority and strength of character to go alongside the flair that has always been their most endearing feature .
22 As long as we feel we can sell them on and make a profit for the NECCR then we will be happy .
23 It is quite amazing how warm these little covers are and you do n't have to keep pulling them on and off , so they wo n't get lost !
24 Jazzbeaux had been wearing them on and off for two days .
25 She had been talking about the rumble with the Daughters of the American Revolution , playing with Seth 's glasses , putting them on and taking them off .
26 Men can practise putting them on and feeling comfortable with them on their own so that they feel less awkward with someone else .
27 There will be at least two of them , but even if they know each other they wo n't know anybody else except the one man who took them on and will eventually pay them .
28 After choosing the fittings you want , you have several decisions to make : where to site them ; how to provide a power supply ; how to switch them on and off ; and how to conceal the wiring .
29 He had been dealing with them on and off all his life .
30 Get them on and I 'll take you out with me tonight . ’
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