Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [coord] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broadly , of course , it meant pro-Russian or pro-Communist but it could also mean an opponent of big business or of big unionism or a proponent of birth control or atheism . |
| 2 | We should be able to see whether our plan is optimistic or pessimistic and it should then get us back to , it 'll ring bells . |
| 3 | She went on excitedly to explain how her canoe would be arriving in a week or two and she would then telephone the harbour master at Sharpness to find out when the next big bore was due . |
| 4 | If you are away for several weeks your phone bill should be much lower than normal and you will automatically receive a Low User Rental Rebate . |
| 5 | There are many more than ten but I would certainly say they include my grandmother Sarah Howells , and Rosa Parks , the black American woman whose protest sparked off the civil rights movement in the United States during the Sixties when she refused to move from a whites-only seat on a bus . |
| 6 | It sounds to me as though your problem is medical rather than cosmetic and I would strongly recommend that you seek the advice of your G.P. There may be a simple remedy such as a special diet and vitamin supplements or perhaps he 'll refer you to a hair specialist . |
| 7 | Borssele might be smaller than most but she can certainly wet herself just as well as her bigger sisters . |
| 8 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |
| 9 | Only the girl came back , and she was soaked and muddy and she could hardly speak . |
| 10 | We have heard on the television that there will be another and there are lots of people who are in , in absolute despair , because of what happened to their houses and their properties and their furniture and everything else and I think it is only right and proper and I can only say that West Sussex County Council has by so many people that it has |
| 11 | My middle daughter was like that , tall and slim and you could hardly tell . |
| 12 | There are some folk who will talk about the the baptism of the spirit , and the gifts of the spirit , and say , oh well , well they 're all very well and good but I would rather have the fruit of the spirit . |
| 13 | ‘ My parents seem fascinated by our relationship , they 're very nosy and curious but I would never talk to them about sex . |
| 14 | He was tall and strong and beautiful but he could never think like a man or a king . |
| 15 | Bally down Henry , come along , Henry , bally down , good boy , there , there , that good and soggy and she 'll really enjoy that . |
| 16 | His preaching was scholarly and evangelical and he would probably have been elected Vice-President of the Conference but for the onset of ill-health . |
| 17 | They can be happy and cheerful but they can also get fed-up , frustrated , angry , disappointed and hurt inside — just like real people . |
| 18 | She could be described as prejudiced but she can no more be called a racist than a rape victim who hates men can be called sexist . |
| 19 | Tomorrow she would go home as early as possible and she would never see him again . |