Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The addition of colour , and specifically the facility to produce separations , is of substantial benefit to the professional graphic artist but , unless he or she already possesses a colour Macintosh II , is likely to be of little real benefit to the average user other than as a ‘ feature ’ to show off .
2 Finally , evidence is accumulating that a person 's emotional environment influences his or her likelihood of suffering an acute psychotic episode if he or she already has a history of schizophrenic disorder .
3 Now then , he argues that since in the state of nature erm the individual has the right to life , liberty and property , he or she also has a right to take such steps are necessary for the protection o o of these rights .
4 If there is no wool available to them , cats with an urge to re-create the pleasures of sucking at the maternal nipple have been known to suck their own fur , sometimes their feet and sometimes the tips of their tails ; or they occasionally develop a fixation on their owner 's hair and make repeated attempts to suck on that , if they are given half a chance .
5 Therefore it is no more satisfactory for Muslims or anyone else to have a syllabus which does not mention Allah anywhere than it is for Jesus , God and the Bible to be omitted .
6 She had said , on her first morning with him , ‘ Mrs Kendrick and me always had a cup of coffee together before I got started , nice and friendly like . ’
7 ‘ They probably killed a lot of people , and I probably have a lot of blood on my hands , ’ the investigating journalist was told by Robert Martens , who had spent two years compiling the lists in the US Embassy in Jakarta .
8 You need to understand that I have , as we watch the RAF a beautiful aeroplane , er Colonel and I just exchanged a thought on it .
9 They 're about that wide and they 're about that deep and I just put a circle of greaseproof in the bottom
10 It is not really because I was just Noel and I just had a chat this morning .
11 I must have been mad on the strength of one fish , going all out boilies but it was a double and I just had a feeling this was how the better fish might fall .
12 And I just have a couple of other things I want to say to you and then we can all go home .
13 And I also made a couple of erm copper ashtrays and and and beat them .
14 Before leaving London I saw the sights , from the Tower to Trafalgar Square and I also had a wander through Soho which I remember not so much for its more dubious side but for all the stalls of fruit and vegetables , every type , colour and description .
15 Another help at this critical time was that Halton won a county title at cross country when I was a junior , and I also won a boxing medal .
16 Referring to Adams 's advice , Llewellyn said : ‘ I listened closely and I also learned a lot schooling the horse over nine fences and while watching videos of Andrew riding him .
17 During week-ends I have two part-time helpers and I also have a couple of part-time helpers from time to time .
18 And I also have a brother that 's on the crew .
19 And I also have a bunch of instruments that I might try out in a song ; you get to know what each one will do , but you still have to try two or three to see which has the best voice for the tune . ’
20 She looked sad and worried , and I even saw a tear or two on her face .
21 My parents and I generally got a lift home in a cart , leaving some of the other guests still in deep discussion and the small children asleep on their mothers ' laps .
22 On race day Graham and I both missed a gate on the steep Troeglhand .
23 Nigel was in Japan for a conference , and she and I both needed a bit of company .
24 I 'm 23 and I desperately want a baby .
25 We wanted to go away together and I desperately needed a rest .
26 They also had an overhead railway which gave me unlimited pleasure and I well remember a wall covered with hundreds of tiny wooden drawers filled with different sizes of screws and nails .
27 Women of all ages were shouting and I clearly saw a handbag swung overarm .
28 By this time , the southern part of the north Atlantic was presumably wide open , and I strongly suspect a crack going up as far as east Greenland .
29 Using the Amiga Five Hundred okay , er stripped it down , I sampled it and I actually made a song , a complete song , and it 's finished okay ?
30 And I only had a bit though , with rice and some bread and some
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