Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone who has received an object in exchange is like a buyer ; and so is someone who has received it in payment or retained it after settlement of a law suit or obtained it on the basis of a promise otherwise than as a gift . |
| 2 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 3 | But I w I was wondering myself did the watchmen make up the story or did it come ? |
| 4 | Whether the coffin-maker produced a bespoke outer case or took one from existing stock is not known , though logic argues in favour of the latter . |
| 5 | Did you start doing a passenger service when you got the mail contract or did you to the mail just on its own first or did you |
| 6 | Did you get the sack or did you just pack it in ? |
| 7 | At that point were both of you behind the shield or had he stepped out from behind ? |
| 8 | In his first address to the UN since taking office , United States President George Bush on Sept. 25 made proposals for cuts in chemical weapons , saying that the United States would begin elimination of 60 per cent or 98 per cent of its chemical weapons respectively , provided the Soviet Union cut its own stockpile to an equal level or eliminated it completely ; and that the USA would destroy all its chemical weapons within 10 years if the countries capable of producing such weapons signed a total ban treaty . |
| 9 | By writ dated 6 August 1991 the plaintiffs in the first action , Barclays Bank Plc. claimed £389,431 from the defendants , Glasgow City Council , being moneys had and received to the plaintiffs ' use as having been paid under void contracts ; or contracts for which the consideration had totally failed ; which were traceable by the plaintiffs into the hands of the defendants , the retention of which would be unconscionable ; which would cause the defendants to be unjustly enriched ; or which the defendants held upon an implied or resulting or constructive trust in favour of the plaintiffs ; or to which the plaintiffs were entitled on the grounds that the defendants had spent the money on their lawful activities or applied them towards the discharge of their liabilities . |
| 10 | Moreover , Corbett realised that if de Craon knew he was asking questions it was only a matter of time before the Council of Guardians intervened and either put a stop to his activities or expelled him from the country . |
| 11 | Did you ask him if he 'd te , told his mum or did he just volunteer it ? |
| 12 | In and around Brighton & Hove you 'll find there simply are n't enough hours in the day . |
| 13 | Did he really have all that in the kitchen or had she sent out for it ? |
| 14 | They led the dogs to a place where the river meandered and the shingle bank was broad and deserted , and they beat them with sticks or stoned them . |
| 15 | We have decided to hand them over ( Gen Keightley is in touch and on good terms with the Russian general on his right ) , but I suggested that the Russians should at the same time give us any British prisoners or wounded who may be in his area . |
| 16 | There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago . |
| 17 | If the money so raised in a modern equivalent of this lottery is to be wasted on similar luxuries , it would be better if we saved our money or spent it on necessities . |
| 18 | Were you given the money or did you have to pay for that yourself ? |
| 19 | Please do not rely on the fact that you have previously received information about ESPRIT CIME or entered your details on a previous database . |
| 20 | Nothing could have quicker distanced him from the Pommie chairman or won him their attention so soon . |
| 21 | Did you obtain any of that information from the collators card or did you know it yourself ? |
| 22 | Her eyes never left his , the woman 's , and she did not a damn thing to cross her legs or put her hands across her breasts . |
| 23 | Professional development teachers rarely seemed to have been offered an induction programme or had their work regularly reviewed . |
| 24 | Balcha now had no alternative but to surrender to Ras Tafari who , with characteristic magnanimity , spared his life ; as to whether he ordered Balcha to enter a monastery or banished him to his estates in the Gurage country , accounts differ . |
| 25 | Did you was it you who chose to go and work in Llaneilian or did they send you to work there from ? |
| 26 | Peter did not read the newspapers , nor listen to the radio or watch television much ; he read books or played his games . |
| 27 | He talked with them in his study or took them for walks in the park . |
| 28 | Was that just talk or did you have something real in mind ? ’ |
| 29 | Suppose one or more of those who visited Burford three weeks later had witnessed the murder or knew what Everett had discovered . |
| 30 | After the first turn it 's down to luck , the Fanatic could go anywhere , but the chances are you 'll either block the enemy or hit him hard for at least one more turn . |