Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and we 'd go off to Felixstowe or somewhere but you see we still went away because he had four first class passes a year |
| 2 | You can not conceive of the feelings that consumed me when I understood — or rather when I thought I understood — why you had come tonight , when you said you wanted to share your happiness with me , wanted to give me something . |
| 3 | But I I just Pat was doing it for Bishop 's Stortford on or thereabouts because he sent me all the details about the whale walk . |
| 4 | Yeah in the the number on the bottom is bigger but that just means you 've got to share it out between more people so do you get more or less if you share it between more people ? |
| 5 | The courts approach this problem broadly , following the guidance given by Lord Goddard in Gourley 's case [ 1956 ] AC 185 at p209 in his model direction to the jury : " No one can foresee whether tax will go up or down and I advise you not to speculate but to deal with matters as at present . " |
| 6 | We were at Speke only three days or so before we got our orders for embarkation . |
| 7 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 8 | ‘ Nothing , ’ she denied , ‘ or only that he missed her when she returned to Ireland . |
| 9 | But wake me at eleven , or sooner if you need me . |
| 10 | I did n't know whether you were coming or not cos you said you did n't know . |
| 11 | Your jewels Eachuinn Odhar gave to me , to return to you or not as I judged you innocent or guilty . |
| 12 | The problem is assessing whether they are going to change or not and I suppose I get criticised for being too tolerant at times . |
| 13 | ‘ I had to come sooner or later and I thought it 'd be easier with someone else here . ’ |
| 14 | And to an old person , ‘ setting the record straight ’ , or straight as they saw it , could be very important . |
| 15 | I had learnt during my journey in 1930 that the Danakil , or Afar as they called themselves , were divided into the Asaimara or Red Men , who comprised the tribes of noble descent , and the Adoimara or White Men . |
| 16 | Put it back to N before returning the carriage to the rail , or immediately after you return it , to the rail . |
| 17 | Parents , on the other hand , however much they have suffered at school , or even if they left it with a sense of failure , usually attribute the shortcomings to themselves rather than to the system , and thus find it difficult to envisage school in any form other than the one that they themselves experienced . |
| 18 | If you are just starting with video , or even if you think you 're very familiar with it , try running through some of these familiarisation routines : |
| 19 | Grunte , who had no idea what the Government 's policy was , or even if it had one , charmingly admitted to his ignorance and invited another question . |
| 20 | The rule devised was that if a man 's goods could be valued at £1 , but less than £2 , or alternatively if he owned nothing but received wages of £1 a year , he should pay 4d . |
| 21 | Fishing for predatory bream with imitation or real fish should be regarded as an opportunist method to be employed when you happen to see bream chasing fry , or when you have tried all conventional methods and failed ; or simply when you fancy your chances with a fish bait . |
| 22 | Either because those in power simply underestimated the potential for resistance or simply because they believed they could in the end over-ride such resistance , industrial companies in conjunction with waste disposal firms ( and often in collusion with state health regulatory agencies ) dumped indiscriminately and with disregard for human health and life . ’ |
| 23 | We must approach observations of linguistic behaviour with the same careful attitude as we approach other kinds of behaviour or indeed as we approach our electrophysiological observations . |
| 24 | Or maybe because she hated him . |
| 25 | The centre has already placed 50 or 60 people here or abroad but it has its own problems to overcome : there are few , if any overseas versions of NISW as most of the work tends to be located in the ministries of health or welfare . |
| 26 | Come back in a week for a check-up and to have the majority of the sutures out , or earlier if they give you any trouble or get infected . |
| 27 | She said he asked her once or twice but she turned him down and he soon got the message . ’ |
| 28 | I mean once or twice when we unload it the beer barrel break and when they , be surprised you 'd never get it back together again . |
| 29 | It is very important that teenagers should never feel rejected by their parents , either because the parents really have given up on them or else because they treat them with coldness and apparent disapproval or dislike . |
| 30 | Huh , er just , please help us , you know we get on much better , of course you can give an explanation , all Mr wants , you requested is said whether you did raise it , of course you could say , we did n't , I did n't because erm of so and so , because there was n't an opportunity or whatever , but do tell us whether yes or no whether you raised it surely that 's possible Mr is n't it ? , is n't it ? , am I trying to assist you , during my people are just not answering the questions , put it again in blunt form Mr would you please |