Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but you got ta do two hundred words or less that you wan na be when you 're older . |
| 2 | For a few anxious moments Franco thought he was dead but he came round within a minute or so although he remained in a semi-conscious state . |
| 3 | For a week or so after we moved to Cornwall , I was free to have a great time exploring my new habitat . |
| 4 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 5 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 6 | Are they there for some special purpose or just because there happened to be a nail on the wall for them to hang on ? |
| 7 | It is hard to relinquish status and income , both of which are like to fall if you take a step down or sideways or you stop on the career ladder . |
| 8 | We welcome people from every party , it does n't really matter which party , or even if they belong to no party , who are just committed to seeing a representative representation , seeing more women in there , because women in this country , just as a matter of fact , have a rather different experience from most men , and if you 're making a decision then you want there the people who have had a wide range of experience , who can bring that experience to bear on making the decision . |
| 9 | You can apply whether you are a tenant of a local authority , a new town development corporation , a private landlord or a housing association , or even if you live in a hostel . |
| 10 | The real issue with the voters was de Gaulle himself , and the General reinforced that perception by warning that he would resign if the proposed change was rejected or even if it passed by a slim majority . |
| 11 | Once or twice as they waited for the ceremonial to begin he saw the eyes of the Annamese sovereign shift anxiously in their direction and he dabbed occasionally at his pale perspiring face with a silken handkerchief that he held concealed in one of his voluminous sleeves . |
| 12 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 13 | is that a person who acts as a representative of another is in a conflict of interest situation if , either at the time when he accepts appointment or subsequently while he acts as a representative , there is a material interest of his own or of a third person for whom he also acts , and the pursuit or protection of that interest would create a substantial risk that he may not act in the best way to pursue or protect the interest of the person he represents . |
| 14 | Now if parents , through playing games with their children that are based on words , could alert the child to the fact that print is a convention and that we can translate print into reality , obviously not as abstract as that , but just get the child used to knowing what print is , knowing what reading is , so that perhaps when they go to school they may well know this is a skill that they do n't have , like they do n't know , perhaps , how to ride a bike , they may not know how to swim , they certainly do n't know how to drive a car , but they do know what sort of a thing driving a car is . |
| 15 | Now if parents , through playing games with their children that are based on words , could alert the child to the fact that print is a convention and that we can translate print into reality , obviously not as abstract as that , but just get the child used to knowing what print is , knowing what reading is , so that perhaps when they go to school they may well know this is a skill that they do n't have , like they do n't know , perhaps , how to ride a bike , they may not know how to swim , they certainly do n't know how to drive a car , but they do know what sort of a thing driving a car is . |
| 16 | class as his/her own work , of direct relevance to his/her own life , rather than merely as something imposed from an external authority . |
| 17 | Probably the clue to the most plausible explanation — and the one put forward by the man most likely to know , his jockey Dick Francis — lies in the fact that just before he slid to the ground Devon Loch pricked his ears , in the way that a horse might do just before jumping a fence — or on suddenly hearing an unfamiliar noise . |
| 18 | His sang-froid comes so naturally that , when death seems imminent , he remarks : ‘ It seems too bad that just when we get to where there 's a fortune in diamonds , the mountain should decide to sit down on it . ’ |
| 19 | People imagine that just because you write about fishing , you are also an expert angler . |
| 20 | ‘ I am absolutely fed up with people thinking that just because you work in a chip shop you are thick , which is what this Mr Hick seems to be doing , ’ she added . |
| 21 | But probably the key one here is the belief that somehow if we go on holiday , we 're gon na come back totally refreshed . |
| 22 | ‘ It has helped me see more than ever that I compete for my country and always will . ’ |
| 23 | Long moments later he lifted his head from hers , his eyes darker than ever as they gazed at her . |
| 24 | The lines of bitterness seemed more pronounced than ever as she rose from her chair and crossed to the door . |
| 25 | I missed my dad more than ever as I went into the house , ahead of the others , and climbed the drab stairs to lie on my bed , looking out at the bright blue sky above the street . |
| 26 | Indeed , he had hardly referred to her except once as we passed through a small hamlet and had seen children baiting a poor , crazed woman by the crossroads . |
| 27 | She was able to organize her day so that even though she seemed to be less harassed than Maggie the meals were always delicious and on time . |
| 28 | Elizabeth and I used with amusement to look at each other 's horoscope in the newspapers , but without credulity : I explained to her that even if one believed in astrology they must be regarded as nonsense , being entirely unscientific and paying no attention to the hour of birth and therefore to the ‘ rising sign ’ . |
| 29 | well I think erm , the short answer is that I ca n't erm , erm provide the parties with any time on Friday , er , the case , this case has already some what over run it 's estimate , which has put pressure on the commercial judge as it is , there 's gon na be even more pressure on Friday , erm , I 'm afraid to say the , that the complexities of this case as such that I can not erm begin to think that even if we started at ten we would erm , necessarily finish within the hour , I have difficulties starting at ten o'clock anyway , I think we 'll simply have to erm , put the matter off , off until Monday morning I , Mr ca n't attend I really do n't think that I can erm put it off er any longer than that |
| 30 | More , that even if it chances to be true , the further claim to have discovered the programme is incredibly courageous , the courage that of enormous intellectual conceit . |