Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that once a design is either drawn on screen or recalled from the disk into the working memory , it will remain in the working memory as long as the controller remains switched on , or until you erase it from the screen with the ERASE DRAWING option from within the FUNCTION menu in the menu bar at the top of the design screen . |
| 2 | Or if we tell them about anything dangerous so they can get it before it gets their precious settlements . |
| 3 | It 's perhaps perhaps easier to see it as the as the N As and the O Hs though okay or if we did it with sulphuric acid we 'd have hydrogen sulphate plus sodium hydroxide what 's that going to give us ? |
| 4 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
| 5 | Or if you spread it on the ground you could study it like tea-leaves and read the future there . |
| 6 | If you do n't , or if you tell anyone about me , I 'll cut your heart out . ’ |
| 7 | If you saw someone you knew and you shouted out to them , you were in dead trouble , even if you shouted hello , or if you asked someone at the next table for a cigarette . |
| 8 | See which one you like the best or if you like them at all . |
| 9 | Or if you leave it with a neighbour then we 've got a calling card to say thought you might like it early |
| 10 | Jasper wondered if the man in uniform had actually seen Chris on the roof of the car , had had a phone call from Kensington High Street that someone was on the roof of a car , or if he knew nothing except what that woman was telling him . |
| 11 | At a general level the answer is easy ; it is because their families are unable to look after them , control them or because they cause them to be ‘ at risk ’ . |
| 12 | Members of the political élite may give a president their support out of friendship or because they find him to be a likeable person . |
| 13 | They do n't want to risk a break-up — perhaps for the sake of the children , or because it suits them to be married for other reasons . |
| 14 | Whether we inherit our temperament from one or other of our parents or whether we absorb it from prolonged contact is not certain . |
| 15 | Can your B-I-L at least divulge whether todays players do actually save loads of dosh , or whether they squander it like most people do ? |
| 16 | I look at how physics is constructed by staff and students ; whether they view these disciplines in terms of the old paradigm of science as certain , objective and value-free , or whether they view them in terms of the new paradigm of uncertainty , breadth and interconnectedness . |
| 17 | Or whether you saw it at all . |
| 18 | Or whether you scared him after to death ! |
| 19 | Or as they put it in the locker-room , once you 're in , you 're in . |
| 20 | ‘ I ’ , ‘ me ’ or ‘ mine ’ are words that are frequently heard in the classroom , as a child proudly announces that he has ‘ built a big tower ’ or ‘ got one like that ’ , or as he asserts himself by virtue of possession , ‘ That 's mine ’ . |
| 21 | And does he love you as you are , or as he wants you to be ? |
| 22 | Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not . |
| 23 | We talk later in this chapter about the use of other people 's words , making the point that one problem with other people 's words is that they usually make more sense where they come from than where you put them in your essay . |
| 24 | John Nutting , prosecuting , said that although he said nothing to detectives after his arrest , with a lock knife in his hand , they later found a chilling message daubed on his police cell wall . |
| 25 | But I 'm sure that once she joins you in the pool she will find it easy enough to slip into the flow of things . |
| 26 | ‘ I wo n't know that until I meet her at lunchtime . |
| 27 | The dealer then approaches the arms manufacturers telling them that if they appoint him as their agent , he will get them a contract in return for a percentage of the value of the transaction , which could be as low as 3 per cent , or as high as 15 depending on how specialized is the equipment required . |
| 28 | Before they started , he had warned his people on this , pointing out that if they allowed themselves to be delayed , they themselves would be in grave danger of being ridden down by their own fellows on the return charge . |
| 29 | ‘ Clients have to be — and are — aware that I 've got a young family and that if they ring me after 5pm there are likely to be children screaming for their tea in the background . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't you also think that if one meets someone in such a way — I mean , so weak and defenceless — something makes one surrender completely , so that one can not imagine ever being able to desert such a person ? ’ |