Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outdoor lighting should not cause any glare and even low-power lights should be fitted with diffusers or placed so they bounce their light off trees , shrubs or walls . |
| 2 | The ego , as says , is open to the outside world and furthermore to stimulations from inside , from inside the body , that reach it through subjective sensations like hunger when you need food , or fear when something threatens you , and cognitive er awareness like er okay you realize that before you have your lunch you 're gon na have to go to the bank to get some money to pay for it . |
| 3 | He may deflate one of your tyres and attack as you crouch over it , or wait until you leave your car , and then pounce as you feel around for your house keys . |
| 4 | You , I mean , if she if she likes the girl , which she obviously does , why not just rap her door or wait till she sees her and say you know |
| 5 | As I do not suggest or recommend that we reduce our intake to such a very low level , we need not concern ourselves that we will eat insufficient quantities to endanger our health . |
| 6 | In contrast , Stephen Timewell , mayor of Taunton in 1682 – 3 , a man who prided himself as having " tamed these stubborn Fanatics " during his term in office , nevertheless found that he too had to " leave off my shop trade , for ever since I have done these things not one of a hundred comes near me to buy or sell and they make it their business to persuade people not to come near me " . |
| 7 | Not everyone who reads the book will be able to sympathise with Justin and Ursula , or to believe that they understand them . |
| 8 | And used to happen twice a year and erm sometimes somebody 'd remember my birthday or find that I had my birthday or and at Christmas time we used to get some money . |
| 9 | Only later had it occurred to him to wonder whether he should feel alarmed by Charlotte 's anxious tone or flattered that she felt she could turn to him for advice . |
| 10 | They might sell single eyeshadow colours , or compacts that you fill yourself . |
| 11 | He 's not Robinson Crusoe , there are other old newspaper owners so he will say okay the government in Australia is doing what I like , therefore my newspapers or usually most of my newspapers , in fact one or two of them wo n't , will support that government and that government can be totally different one in the United States where in the Washington Post or you know in the New York Post or whatever will go and attack or support because he thinks it 's in the less interest that his commercial interest and the U S because he sees us doing the same thing there . |
| 12 | The fact was , he had not felt in the book the impress of Walter Machin 's personality , as he had come to know it — or to think that he knew it . |
| 13 | Now , what 's a typical , who can tell me what the typical body language is that you would prese present or portray if you said I do n't know ? |
| 14 | Temporary mains-voltage lights are mainly festoon lights — strings of coloured light bulbs in robust holders — which you arrange around patios , eating areas or barbecues when you need them . |
| 15 | Calling all pensioners … with a message from welfare officer Sheila Redmond : ‘ If any retired employees are in need of advice or help that they think I could offer , they only have to ‘ phone me on . ’ |
| 16 | It is much easier to talk about something or explain if you have it in front of you and even though the listener can not actually see it you will be able to paint a mental picture for him . |
| 17 | Hold up this measured piece of work to the machine , neither stretching nor easing and you find you appear to need about 120 stitches . |
| 18 | I do not romanticise agony as a virtue , nor imagine that it makes me superior . |
| 19 | He neither went towards her nor withdrew and she saw it could not go on like that . |
| 20 | ‘ While you shower and change before I take you out for a meal . ’ |
| 21 | 1993 will continue to be a year of challenge and change as we consolidate our position as market leader aiming to generate the best financial performance in the industry . |
| 22 | Here lies the greatest pleasure of greenhouse gardening , since there is little to equal the satisfaction of raising most of your own plants from seeds and cuttings , watching them grow and develop until they fulfil their potential planted out in the garden . |
| 23 | Our lawyers and judges will never turn off this mad process which , for them , is a fountain of dollars and a source of power : it is up to the Press to publicise civilised European libel procedures and insist that we get them too . |
| 24 | If you 've ended up with 2 secs. stop down and repeat until you get something more useful . |
| 25 | If you 've ended up with 2 secs. stop down and repeat until you get something more useful . |
| 26 | They went into the boutique , Alyssia barely glancing at the racks of exquisitely made clothes , nodding distractedly in agreement when Nicole picked out an exotic pink strapless dress and asked whether she thought it would suit her . |
| 27 | I phoned me friend up you know and erm on Friday and asked and she said you do n't sound very well , I said I 've got a headache I said I 've had a headache every , cos I 've been on a diet and she turned round and said , she said you know she says it 's funny she says erm , you know what 's with us , what 's it with ? |
| 28 | Mandeville still sulked in the hall whilst the old beldames in Southgate 's chamber cackled with laughter and asked if I wanted them to wash me ? |
| 29 | Louis Gerstner received a lesson on Friday on just how tough it will be to lead IBM Corp in the midst of its economic woes , as he was showered with difficult questions about his qualifications to lead a computer company , Dow Jones & Co reports : Gerstner was also asked to explain why he left RJR to lead IBM — ‘ I thought this was an extraordinary opportunity , ’ he said , and asked if he felt he had completed his job at RJR , Gerstner responded ‘ I do n't think the job is ever finished as chief of a large company . ’ |
| 30 | Jack , by then very famous , called him for a chat and asked if he needed anything . |