Example sentences of "[subord] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We talk later in this chapter about the use of other people 's words , making the point that one problem with other people 's words is that they usually make more sense where they come from than where you put them in your essay . |
| 2 | Going through Joe 's mind as he mounted the stairs were thoughts which were very similar , except that he expressed his in a slightly different way . |
| 3 | The numbers attending are still disappointing but I believe that it is fully justified if for no other reason than that it provides us with the best — and most cost effective — corporate publicity we are likely to obtain . |
| 4 | They would even dry quicker than if you put them over the clothes horse cos that 's what those slats are for . |
| 5 | If we can start into the budget then , I think members will be fully aware of the wider context that the County Council finds itself in , and we 're not proposing to rehearse that at any great length for you other than if you wish us to er , run through that again . |
| 6 | You will have realized , for example , that if you crunch your car into your neighbour 's gatepost at 20 miles an hour you will do much more damage than if you nudge it at 10 . |
| 7 | So we 're more than looking forward to reviewing this one , although before we examine it in detail perhaps we should take a quick look at Lowden 's model-numbering system , since with so many different options available , like cutaways , special inlays , different bindings and decoration , it 's sometimes hard to spot which model is which . |
| 8 | After all , he refuses to mix with boys of his own age , and rarely leaves this house except when I take him on my rounds . ’ |
| 9 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 10 | Dr Mahmoud al-Sharief , Jordan 's Information Minister , said the best antidote to radical Islam was to give fundamentalists some power rather than jail sentences , to make them ‘ deal with the world as it is rather than as they imagine it to be ’ . |
| 11 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 12 | She said that the increased charges to her , and she is totally immobile , except as I understand it from being able to move her head , the increased charges to her would be thirty seven per cent of her total weekly income of eighty pounds . |
| 13 | so Sure Start rang him up and said how 's your car er Mr , he said it 's no better now than when I fetched it to you , three oil changes since and two months since and they said well what you gon na do about it ? |
| 14 | It 's one of these things that sound much more complicated than when I explain it to you . |
| 15 | let them , let , do you think , let them , let , cos if we leave it to International Secretaire they may still not do it . |
| 16 | Cos if she saw you with it on |
| 17 | Do n't you have to do you no cos if you trim them at the top to bush out |
| 18 | But does that stop the problem if if we report someone for depositing litter I E a settee , I mean they do n't want to really deposit it there , is it quality of life that 's forced them to do it . |
| 19 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 20 | Erm I do n't know what this is serious point actually if if you fancy yourself as one of these so called mums and I think it is a little patronizing the er title of a mums ' army of teachers , if you think that maybe you could do that and you 'd be interested in doing that and you think it 's quite a good idea I 'd be interested in hearing from you , all right ? |
| 21 | I think on balance I mi I my advice is that we do nothing , just wait and see if whether he contacts you at all . |
| 22 | said down the corridor he walked in his full uniform , the first morning say and that memory son will always stick ya , cos when I give her over that picture of the twins at Christmas , she , she looked up , she sort of looked up at me , she said I 've got tears in my eyes have n't I , and I looked and like I was choked as well and I , she sort of , I said yeah you are and she said , every time I look at them it brings back those memories the first memories of this little boy |
| 23 | And then the thing in small print so we we because if we do it on the company 's headed notepaper , all we 'll manage ah per photocopy is one sheet . |
| 24 | I soon learned to hide it because if you left it in the dining room or by your place somebody else would take it . |
| 25 | Because if you substitute something into the God , it does n't really work or smiled upon fortune smiled upon him . |
| 26 | you know I rather did it before because if you do it after that 's when the job situation becomes a bit of problem , look at John , look what 's happening there |
| 27 | because if you force them at all , it does n't work . |
| 28 | I think it might need burning off because if you leave it on it 's gon na be a bit oddish ! |
| 29 | Because if you leave anything to chance they 'll blow you out when you get face to face . |
| 30 | But if I met , but then that 's slightly different because if I met someone in a nightclub or something like that then I would be quite wary . |