Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next came a stomach-churning visit to the Snake Temple , where I actually held a snake very briefly , but drew the line at having it photographed around my neck ! |
| 2 | Liz has been appointed customer services manager with Skipton Building Society , where she previously held a management post in the commercial lending department . |
| 3 | The addition of colour , and specifically the facility to produce separations , is of substantial benefit to the professional graphic artist but , unless he or she already possesses a colour Macintosh II , is likely to be of little real benefit to the average user other than as a ‘ feature ’ to show off . |
| 4 | Finally , evidence is accumulating that a person 's emotional environment influences his or her likelihood of suffering an acute psychotic episode if he or she already has a history of schizophrenic disorder . |
| 5 | Now then , he argues that since in the state of nature erm the individual has the right to life , liberty and property , he or she also has a right to take such steps are necessary for the protection o o of these rights . |
| 6 | Then on to the next house where they slyly accept a poster and bin it as soon as your back is turned ; and then to the next where support is promised if only your party in exchange guarantees to persecute , imprison and preferably execute certain categories of non-white-skinned people . |
| 7 | This is where they do such good , where they really make a visit worth while and where they learn what ordinary people think , need and feel . |
| 8 | If there is no wool available to them , cats with an urge to re-create the pleasures of sucking at the maternal nipple have been known to suck their own fur , sometimes their feet and sometimes the tips of their tails ; or they occasionally develop a fixation on their owner 's hair and make repeated attempts to suck on that , if they are given half a chance . |
| 9 | Therefore it is no more satisfactory for Muslims or anyone else to have a syllabus which does not mention Allah anywhere than it is for Jesus , God and the Bible to be omitted . |
| 10 | Subsequently he built a house in the country for a wealthy barrister ( Hurtwood in Sussex ) and another in the Usk Valley ( Colomendy ) , where he also displayed a talent for garden design ( 1912–14 ) . |
| 11 | He scraped through the Eton of Dr Edmond Warre [ q.v. ] , under the particular care of Arthur Benson [ q.v. ] , his housemaster , without distinction , but in 1902 gained a first class in modern history at Balliol College , Oxford , where he also made a reputation for himself as a roof-climber , despite his blindness . |
| 12 | A good all rounder Chris is a member of the Cockermouth Round Table where he recently organised a trip for 90 old age pensioners to the lakes . |
| 13 | Singer went to the Jews ' College School , London , where he subsequently became a teacher . |
| 14 | When David led the little group out onto the street , where he quickly hailed a Hansom cab , Cissie had linked arms with Beth , and was walking tall and proud like a ‘ young lady ’ should . |
| 15 | It will maintain a sales and support network in the 150 countries where it now has a presence , but there may be cuts in both Wang employee numbers and the type of facilities it will operate . |
| 16 | With an oath the Weasel hurled the time-teller far out into the heather , where it possibly hit a stone . |
| 17 | It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning . |
| 18 | And although I infinitely preferred a walk across the corner of the field to the privy by the duck pond , to the four flights of stairs I had to descend at Reine , with a com-munal Turkish crouch at the end of it , I wondered how Otto would adjust to outside facilities . |
| 19 | In may respects , my shop is just the opposite , although I certainly have a health foods section , as do many delicatessens . |
| 20 | Even the fact that I finally found a trickle of scummy water , which let me rinse some of the filth from my boots , did nothing to lift my spirits . |
| 21 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |
| 22 | His ring record alone demanded the attention of the BBBC and he believed that : ‘ It was through public opinion that I eventually got a title . |
| 23 | I made a record with Sonny Terry , called ‘ Whoopin' , that I also like a lot . |
| 24 | There is something so immovable , so enduring — yet I am perfectly aware that one day he will fall down — so mysterious about my old mate that although I ca n't say that I actually feel a surge of energy , I do feel some sort of ‘ reward ’ . |
| 25 | Under the circumstances then , perhaps it was wisely ordered that I never found a man to form that special relationship . |
| 26 | He said last night : ‘ I think I 've proved that I still have a lot to offer at senior level . |
| 27 | I admit that I once cared a hell of a lot about my appearance , but I 've changed . ’ |
| 28 | I explained to her that I only had a couple of quid to my name , but I 'd be willing to pay off the rest before six months were up . |
| 29 | It seems odd , but I was enjoying myself so much that I hardly gave a thought to the fact that we were alone , miles away from anyone , and that the average man in such a situation … |
| 30 | It is with great pleasure that I now enclose a copy of the video film made of the first semi-final round . |