Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't know whether he 's gone on or something because it 's . |
2 | a blue suit on or something and |
3 | At times the question may arise as to the precise capacity in which a solicitor is in practice overseas , more especially where he or she has qualifications in two or more jurisdictions . |
4 | just calm him down or something but |
5 | Fifteen hundred pound if he was prepared to put a deposit down or something that would have been fifteen hundred quid . |
6 | That 's where I got them in Bewise they 're closing down or something or |
7 | So you know , I say things like oh I 'm going down to see Zoey now before dinner and like she 'll follow me down or something and I 'll say oh are you going into the saloon or like to try and get her to not come with me , then I feel so guilty I think well poor Marina , you know , she 's here in a foreign country , she has n't got any friends and she 's all by herself and I would n't like it if I was in her position |
8 | You know , maybe we pick someone from groups who 've been doing a lot of good work lately , perhaps or something or you know some something like that , just er so they 're not left out the frame |
9 | Well perhaps about er ten o'clock or something because what er me father used to do . |
10 | he s it was only about eight o'clock or something and he said will they be there yet , will they be there if I go and have a pint with them ? |
11 | One end is and the other one ai n't , and it was a yacht and a yacht , they got little rooms in or something cos in n it ? |
12 | They 're bringing it in or something or thinking of bringing actions forward into the or whatever . |
13 | Erm now the periodic table , we 've looked at that before and it 's the if you knew the periodic table and where everyone fitted in , every all the elements fitted in or you if you had a copy , you could very intelligent guesses . |
14 | He wished suddenly that he and Cora-Beth could be alone together . |
15 | Despite ingenious if strenuous attempts ( Grice , 1975 ; Ayer , 1972 ) to present " if " statements in general as being material conditionals at bottom , it is evident enough that our If F then s is not true solely in virtue of the antecedent and consequent being both true or both false , or false and true respectively . |
16 | Typical of immigrants , her parents were anxious that she should do better than they and persuaded her to take up teaching as a profession . |
17 | John began the season better than me but I have fought to catch up . |
18 | Not because I thought I should have been picked there were at least 15 guys playing better than me but because I had n't performed as I felt I should have done . |
19 | Filippo would know better than me if either of them have been here . ’ |
20 | Williams was one of those players who never learned to properly channel his aggression , never believed anybody knew better than him and always asked ‘ Why me ? ’ of critics rather than himself . |
21 | O'Brien uses the phrase ‘ perverse incentives ’ to explain how a garage that performs poorly is likely to do better than one that performs well . |
22 | The fact that the donor is better off , because the recipient demands more of the good , makes a grant that changes prices better than one that simply changes income for the donee . |
23 | Merson , against my previous judgement , played better than I though he could ! |
24 | And they 're that bit better than you because they 're able to organise themselves and they do more in day and do it longer and so and so forth . |
25 | Other people probably understand it better than you and if you 're struggling to understand it , go and ask them . |
26 | Thomas discussed the relationship between love and poetry much later in Feminine Influence on the Poet : ‘ The love-poem is not for the beloved , for it is not worthy , as it is the least thing that is given to her , and none knows this better than she unless it be the lover … . |
27 | Leeds , though , had good spells and 37-year-old Day , their goalkeeping coach brought in to replace the injured John Lukic , said : ‘ City were n't four goals better than us but the players need a rest . |
28 | ‘ He is wealthy and he does n't eat better than us and his father works in his garden ’ was a comment tinged with admiration , but dominated nonetheless by the thought that a man so obsessed did not lead the full life . |
29 | I actually felt they hustled better than us though we managed to catch them on the break quite a bit , ’ said Blaney . |
30 | They know better than anyone that all the badmouthing of men they could manage would not begin to balance the inequality they experience when it comes to the job market — fewer opportunities , low wages , nonexistent child-care facilities and a hopelessly uneven battle to survive if , for example , the father of their children jumps ship and fails to pay any maintenance . |