Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that you can not be sure whether you or someone else has the virus just by guessing or by appearances . |
| 2 | So if we make a list of what we 've got when you have a video night , if you or , or somebody else has the video list , you can say , well if you bring them back |
| 3 | Be very careful if offered fish as a ‘ pair ’ unless you have actually seen them breed and raise young , or you personally know the seller . |
| 4 | The fact that it managed to do so stands out with a clarity so insistent that each individual ruler — including Mary Queen of Scots — must be assessed by the extent to which he or she successfully fostered the self-perception that the Scots were a people who mattered . |
| 5 | ‘ All we do know , ’ he concluded , ‘ is that the assassin must have been a member of the community at the Tower who knew Sir Ralph had changed his bed chamber , and he or she either committed the murder or hired a professional assassin to do it for them . ’ |
| 6 | Each panel member should ensure that he or she thoroughly tests the case presented for project approval . |
| 7 | Given that the theist believes that defining God involves thinking beyond the limits of thought , can he or she also fulfil the demand that a clear explanation be given of what is meant by the word ‘ God ’ ? |
| 8 | If you have an entertainer , this is not likely to happen , unless you explain that you do not mind if he or she just lets the party run on its own for a while . |
| 9 | If your child is under 16 , he or she still has the right to consent to or refuse an HIV test if the doctor feels he or she has sufficient maturity and understanding . |
| 10 | By far the most effective arrangements presently available are those which : ( 1 ) provide for the continuing partners to have the option to acquire the share in the firm of an outgoing partner ( which overcomes the tax problems noted in Chapter 10 and offers some desirable freedom of manoeuvre to the continuing partners without ordinarily causing any disadvantage to the outgoing partner ) ; ( 2 ) finance the purchase of the share of a partner who dies before retirement by way of insurance effected on the lives of each of the partners the proceeds of which are declared to be held on trust for the partners for the time being ; ( 3 ) finance by endowment insurance the purchase of the shares of partners whose retirement can be predicted ; ( 4 ) ensure that in any case which is not or can not be sufficiently covered by available insurance ( eg payments to a partner who is expelled or who otherwise leaves the firm before normal retirement date ) payment of any capital sum is spread over a period so to reduce the burden on the continuing partners without imposing any great hardship on the outgoing partner or his estate ; and ( 5 ) impose on each partner an obligation ( Clause 14.02 ) to take out adequate ( as discussed with all the partners from time to time ) retirement provision for the benefit of himself and his familyso as not to impose any burden in that respect on the firm , which in former times would have accepted responsibility . |
| 11 | In particular , he could say that it is not for the Conservative Party or anybody else to determine the budget options of Parliament . |
| 12 | The situation was more complicated , due to the fact that certain city officials with vested interests in the tannery operation had given the tannery written permission to send their chemical waste to the city sewage treatment plant , and were openly hostile to attempts by the YCCC or anybody else to raise the subject as a local government issue . |
| 13 | Reality Therapy involves confronting the sufferer with the reality of life as perceived by others and helping him or her gradually to change the perception of how life should be so that it comes nearer to how life actually is . |
| 14 | " Or they maybe knocked the horn buds on the sides of the bucket . |
| 15 | ‘ His idea of taking a leading role now is to hide behind the Danes or anyone else to hide the split in his own party , ’ Mr Major said . |
| 16 | He now had to think of a decisive way of finishing what he had tentatively started or he too ran the risk of losing face . |
| 17 | Or he quite liked the idea of being an Afro-Caribbean Woman Advice Worker . |
| 18 | However with a little advice from my colleagues we pulled it off and everyone really enjoyed the meal . ’ |
| 19 | Crawling on our stomachs , making use of every scrap of cover or depression , however slight , and remaining motionless whenever he looked in our direction , Abdullahi and I eventually reached the shelter of a low ridge . |
| 20 | And I hastily changed the subject . |
| 21 | I had just come out of one of my planning meetings and I metaphorically banged the table and said ‘ I know exactly what you should do . ’ |
| 22 | My right hon. and learned Friend and I regularly meet the chairman of British Rail to discuss all current issues . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm very concerned and I just wish the Rugby Union were as concerned as I am , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |
| 25 | We was eating breakfast and I just filled the teapot for second cups . |
| 26 | Then Prentice took the seat next to me in the corridor and I just knew the day would n't get any better whatever the weather forecast . |
| 27 | ‘ As I passed the boy I saw in the mirror the car had pulled out sharply to overtake and I just heard the bang . |
| 28 | ‘ I was a bomb aimer with the RAF during the war and I just got the urge to start writing , ’ he says . |
| 29 | Mm but this was last year and I just cleared the ball and everybody ran out ran out and I suddenly collapsed in agony on the floor cos my knee just completely gave way and it was really painful and a minute later I stood up and it was fine , it did n't give me any more hassle for the rest of the day . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd always watched it on television and I just loved the game , so I asked my mother and father if I could play . ’ |