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

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1 Why could n't he be my age , or me his ?
2 or me she said .
3 I left the stores man wondering if it was him or me who was mad .
4 Or I him .
5 Thus day will follow day , and in the meantime the King or my donkey will die , or I myself .
6 Or I I 'll start to read it .
7 I see alright well or I I invite members of the jury , the council wants to address me on some point of law which need n't concern you , so if you take a short break please .
8 But sir , I am not fully convinced whether it must be I that forgive you or you me .
9 Erm what thin would you like to do more fractions , more counting or you you think whatever it is that you 'd like to do more of or is there anything you think we do too much of and we do n't you do n't want to do as much .
10 What is more important -that they achieve their goals or you yours ?
11 There is no legal reason why your next-door neighbour should n't take out your appendix , or you his , should either of you feel so inclined , though the premiums for third-party insurance might be prohibitively high .
12 Or you I just thought I 'd tell you .
13 Her mother 's hands were very important — a distant importance for they scarcely ever touched her ( old Nan still did up her buttons ) , or she them ; but she felt a longing to kiss their faintly pink thumbs bite them perhaps , not to hurt , of course .
14 I do n't think he actually d or she whichever it is the form teacher actually did that did they ?
15 Among these borderline cases will come the short-story version of the inverted detective story we have already looked at , the story where the murderer is known to the reader from the outset and the pleasure lies in seeing how , inadvertently , he betrays himself , or she herself .
16 In Act v , Scene v , of Jonson 's Volpone Mosca enters dressed as a gentleman ; it is a moment which might be seen to mark the arrival of the urban impostor , he or she who knows that mimicry and impersonation possess the potential not just to deceive and usurp , but also to subvert social differentiation and identity itself :
17 Or she who earns by toil her daily fare :
18 It is he or she who will be incurring additional expenses as a result of the accident and whose earning power may have been impaired .
19 These western companies us — or we them . ’
20 Douglas Hurd , the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , acknowledged in the UK House of Commons on Feb. 16 that the draft was " not ideal " , and that the rate of progress towards democracy in Hong kong would not be " as rapid as people in Hong Kong , or we ourselves , would have liked to see " .
21 And if a journalist able to do you any kind of legitimate favour he or she will certainly feel that you owe him or her one in return ; this debt may be called in when you are least able to be informative .
22 By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available .
23 It may not be very much but for him or her it 's a remarkable achievement .
24 Play him or her you can explain the results which you want from the session and the engineer can advise you on any extra equipment which you may need to hire .
25 She looked , however , as if she was fairly determined to give her views on the matter , but before she could start on the Why do they come over here if they do n't like it ? speech or her I believe in respecting people 's religious feelings but would die to defend their right to disagree with me speech , Maisie came round the door .
26 If you 're keeping your spouse because you have the assets and he or she does n't , there 's no good leaving nothing to the spouse , unless that spouse is rich in his or her own right Rich in comparative terms , then there may be good reasons not to live him or her anything because you 'd rather leave it to the children .
27 Or him who said he heard the horn , moaning
28 Should the local authority refuse to initiate formal proceedings for some reason , perhaps because they are of the opinion that the odour does not amount to a statutory nuisance or they themselves are causing the offending odour , then an individual complainant may himself take summary action under s.99 of the Public Health Act 1936 , ( see Chapter 3 ) but may not bring proceedings in the High Court .
29 The cars would pass and re-pass each other in a game of motorway weaving , the sons manoeuvring their powerful Mercedes around each other until the women eventually objected or they themselves tired of the sport .
30 no need for them to go to Norwood Gardens or or they they specifically did n't go to Norwood Gardens they just went through did n't they ?
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