Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Either the seeds blew in — or someone planted them as a joke , ’ said a senior officer . |
| 2 | ‘ I speak with Michael Odell inside ten minutes , or I raise him on the open line , ’ said Quinn carefully . |
| 3 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 4 | After breakfast at the palace all the inmates are thrown out , whatever the weather , and the only place he can take his child is outside : " Usually I take my little boy at weekends to the fair at Whitley Bay , or I take him on the metro and we sit at the front — he loves trains . |
| 5 | Whenever that happens , rather than going back to the track I play something else that will fit , or I leave it as an improvisational section , so to speak . |
| 6 | Who were extremely keen to locate in this county , everything was right for them , Mr Allenby 's borough had the site , my clients had the site should I say , and erm but we lost it to Humberside because it was not possible for either Harrogate or ourselves to look them in the eye and say yes we can guarantee planning consent . |
| 7 | Most of us are labouring under beliefs which limit our potential , or create personal trauma and suffering , or which deprive us of the magic and joy of being alive . |
| 8 | Either you tip the dustmen to take it away or you take it to the tip yourself . |
| 9 | If something unexpected happens during an inner journey — perhaps one of your guides will appear when you were expecting your inner child , or you find yourself in a cave rather than on a riverbank — go with your own experience . |
| 10 | Like when we go to the laundrette , or she takes me to the swimming baths to have a hot shower . |
| 11 | Or she zips herself into a black evening gown and she 's a sophisticated 30 year old . |
| 12 | The careful and precise manner in which these financial arrangements were laid down suggests that many who served saw the war as essentially a business enterprise holding out the promise of substantial rewards for those who were fortunate or who distinguished themselves in the field . |
| 13 | But yesterday Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ It was n't Darlington Council who imposed the poll tax on the town or who kept it for a year longer than necessary . |
| 14 | ‘ Either we terrorise them into submission , or we abandon them to the vacuum of a permissive existence . |
| 15 | If the horse is thumped by the farrier , or we belt it with a cane , the horse is likely to become so upset that the chances are we will never be able to shoe the horse ! |
| 16 | Either one of two things : either the period of primitive accumulation is taken just as ‘ pre-history ’ ; in which case it has a strict time-limit … or we see it as a process of ousting ‘ third persons ’ in general — in which case the concept itself has to be abolished , since in that case it does not express anything special , specific , etc . |
| 17 | Or they put them under the wrong door . |
| 18 | Or they place it in a busy part of the house , near the back door , where people are always walking past . |
| 19 | Or he grabs him by the hair , drags back the head , makes the first deep cut . |
| 20 | Because my one fear is saying , yes we need four per cent thinking that are gon na go for eight , ten or whatever to put us on a par |
| 21 | Send an emissary , or yourself approach him under a flag of truce . |
| 22 | or what have you in the chapel , they 'd go |
| 23 | After a long time , the music started to play again and Cousin Jane and Mike walked back down the aisle and out of the church and everyone followed them into the sunny afternoon . |
| 24 | How about your Christmas card this year ? why not knit one and them photograph it for a really professional look ? |
| 25 | ‘ Come in , Hari , sure Cleg will be that glad to see you , he 's been wearing his brother 's boots to work in and them pinching him like the devil . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And me buying it from a stall in the flea market only last week . ’ |
| 27 | This way , Dad and I get you for a little longer . |
| 28 | Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country . |
| 29 | Both my husband and I accepted it as a part of our way of life . |
| 30 | Henri and I sheltered them for a while , but of course it was very risky with the Germans billeted everywhere except the smallest cottages . |