Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The previous method was to leave the pieces slightly large , and then to ease them by plane or chisel until they fitted into the mortises , etc . ) |
| 2 | Some were imprisoned or banished when they refused to be silenced . |
| 3 | The old rules have to be revised or discarded because they applied to the circumstances that existed when they were formulated , a hundred years ago . |
| 4 | Duress that invalidates consent consists either of a credible threat to take substantial action against the agent or against a person or a cause that he values if he does not consent or in the taking of such actions against him or against persons or causes that he values with an offer to restore the situation if he does consent . |
| 5 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 6 | Even making allowances for these factors , a person might be insulted if the actor makes it plain by his words or conduct that he holds in contempt those ( including the victim ) who do not share his point of view . |
| 7 | ‘ Or wait till I get to Iquitos … ’ |
| 8 | a dob of , drop of hot whisky and lemon , or wait till you get to bed ? |
| 9 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 10 | The crux of the matter today is that those children were not listened to or believed when they complained to the very people in whose care we had put them for protection . |
| 11 | At the simplest level this means deciding that someone wearing , say , a skirt in our society is female and acting on the basis of this decision , or deciding that someone shouting at the top of his or her voice is excited or angry and acting accordingly . |
| 12 | The qualities that are disapproved of are ones they do n't think they have , or consider that they keep under control . |
| 13 | Client agrees with KPMG ( for itself and on trust and as agent for the others mentioned below ) fully to indemnify and to hold harmless KPMG , its partners , employees , its lawyers , [ Stephenson Harwood ] , any Approved Broker and ( subject to Client 's prior consent to their engagement ) any other advisers , agents and consultants retained by KPMG in connection with the Offer ( any and all of which or whom is referred to as an ‘ Indemnified Person ’ ) from and against any and all losses , claims , costs , damages , actions , proceedings , demands , liabilities and expenses whatsoever , joint or several , ( collectively ‘ claims ’ ) which any such Indemnified Person may suffer or incur and which relate to or arise from , directly or indirectly , KPMG 's engagement hereunder and/or the provision by KPMG of its services in connection with the Offer . |
| 14 | Eric and I had to restrain him at times when he wanted to do something like throw little Paul into the water to see if he 'd float , or like when he wanted to fell a tree over the railway line that goes through Porteneil , but as a rule we got on surprisingly well , even though it rankled to see Eric , who was the same age as Blyth , obviously in fear of him . |
| 15 | I can decide to call myself Mary or Kate or Abigail if I feel like it , I said to myself as I sauntered along ( and up , and down , and round and round ) the sunny streets of Bristol . |
| 16 | They never kill except for protection of their young , they do n't eat or drink unless they need to : that 's living in harmony . |
| 17 | There is absolutely nothing you can not eat or drink if you want to . |
| 18 | Events seen on the television the might before , or read about in the day 's newspaper , or relayed as they happen to police stations throughout the province over the MSX machine , naturally facilitate talk on sensitive topics or cam be used as contextually related props to achieve the same end . |
| 19 | A gold ring , now in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford , shows a priestess dancing and another woman apparently worshipping or dreaming as she reclines in a trance against some boulders . |
| 20 | How many of us can say that someone changed when they took on a certain job or changed when something happened at work . |
| 21 | The judge gave Vernage five life sentences and recommended that he serve at least 25 years . |
| 22 | And she 's asked us to go and stay and I said to John I Would n't stay in that bed again |
| 23 | The executives agreed and asked that I act as the facilitator . |
| 24 | Early in 1159 Henry II travelled south through Poitou and Saintonge until he came to Blaye on the Gironde . |
| 25 | The kangaroo court decided the punishment must fit the crime and ruled that he stay in his cell during the jailhouse comedy . |
| 26 | Little Billy recognised Don Mini riding on a fine jay and he was waving and cheering as he flew alongside them . |
| 27 | Validation of the suffering individual , treating him or her with kindness , professional respect and dignity , being open and honest , separating the awareness of the disease from the understanding of the suffering human being , following the distorted reasoning and disturbed actions and accepting that they appeared to the sufferer to be most appropriate at the time they were committed . |
| 28 | He started by going to unofficial advisers and seeing whether they agreed with his official adviser . |
| 29 | All she got was a glimpse of the empty Pyrenees , and the tiny concentrated ball of the rising sun , alternately revealed and hidden as they crossed from one face to another with first one peak throwing its dark bulk between them and then another . |
| 30 | And there was scarcely a shirt to be found that did not have the high necks and ruffles that she favoured in the early days . |