Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very important that teenagers should never feel rejected by their parents , either because the parents really have given up on them or else because they treat them with coldness and apparent disapproval or dislike . |
| 2 | Well as long as you know about yours and then when she does direct the question at you about that particular |
| 3 | This project was halted in 1821 , partly because the Bank 's engraver was able to produce banknotes similar to theirs and partly because in that year the restriction on cash payments was lifted , reducing the need for banknotes . |
| 4 | I 'd allowed the door to swing to behind me and just as it clicked shut , someone knocked . |
| 5 | We 're going down this road and John was in front of me and just as John went past this wagon it pulled out and there was a car coming the other way . |
| 6 | Andy has a party that night , partly for me and partly because his pal Howie is leaving for a job on the rigs the following day . |
| 7 | That was the way we became his followers , the way we got saved , it 's the way we continue , it 's the way and it 's the only re the only method by which we will ever stand before him and he will usher us into his presence to stand eternity with him , through his grace and as we see others , not in a sense of condemnation , not in a sense of self righteousness or pointing the finger , as we see others we can say with that man of old who , as he watched the , the man being dragged , to the , to the gallows , there but for the grace of God , goes I , goes me and there but for God 's grace , think of that most , that worse condition that you know , think of that person who has messed their life up more than any body else and er , who has made a total wreck of it , there but for the grace of God is you and there 's me , oh thank God for his grace . |
| 8 | He damn near bankrupts me and all but gets me arrested . |
| 9 | No no no no no there 's about five , five blokes and me and then if Laura and Giles can go |
| 10 | I do n't know but then frankly thinking but then I got them in the end you know I just did n't sell them because nobody paid that much and then ah in the outset and I paid quite a big price for for two for Patrick and me and then when they were they they dropped the price and then I got some more . |
| 11 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 12 | From these , it is clear that a buyer can be owner of the goods even though he has not paid for them and even though they remain in the seller 's possession . |
| 13 | But police said children had ignored them and even as rescue workers left the scene they had to warn two more boys who were about to go out on to the ice . |
| 14 | I propose to devote a whole chapter to so-called ‘ association copies ’ , partly for the selfish reason that I am myself devoted to them and partly because , looking at them as objectively as I can , they seem to me to offer one of the most satisfying branches of book-collecting , especially to anyone with the slightest sense of history . |
| 15 | I do n't like any of them and then when you 've seen them all day long it puts you off a bit do n't like none of the |
| 16 | she said she wanted her jeans ironed and I er pressed them and then when I she came downstairs in her black trousers and |
| 17 | Okay , so erm do them and then if they 're lost on practical things like they do n't know where the toilet is will you help them . |
| 18 | Was it the sort of chemist that erm was it the sort of chemist that you 'd go in if you 'd got something the matter with you and rather than go to the doctor , they would sort of dole out something for you ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Here , Will , sit down and I 'll warm the soup for you and then after you 've eaten perhaps you 'll deliver some repairs for me . ’ |
| 21 | That 's entirely up to him what we do but I shall be up for dinner you know and sort of see you and then if Geoff wants to leave early , we will . |
| 22 | Never called greatest cat , really is , I mean , come towards ya , grab you and bite you and then if I throw him away about five minutes later he 'll come up and bite you again you know , really fucking , do n't just like , just keeps on doing it . |
| 23 | But I , does but when you say that now though , cos I , he slagged Kirsty off to me , he just said oh she 's just really pretentious and she 'll , she 'll talk to you and then as soon as someone cooler comes in the room she 'll turn round and she 'll completely ignore you and you 're left and she 'll do that like at a dinner party or something and you 're left standing there feeling a real id you know , you know that feeling do n't you when you 're talking to someone and suddenly they desert you and you 're all on your own in a room ? |
| 24 | I do n't know whether , whether it sort of erm rang any bells with you but normally if you 're in a house people do n't offer you dri they usually say would you like a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and I just wondered , perhaps it 's my suspicious nature , whether this guy 's got a drink problem |
| 25 | For myself , middle-aged and of a generally conservative disposition , I regret these changes , in particular the depreciation of the Anglo-Welsh occasions : not only because there are fewer of them but also because the clubs now tend to field their second XVs . |
| 26 | It is experienced by the narrator as a place where he , the cultivated , Portuguese-speaking , well-read foreigner , must tread with care ; an old man , who is paid to sing typical local songs for the tourists , recognizes the narrator as something different from them but also as different from himself : |
| 27 | Then there was plenty of work for them but then when the erm , the one man buses really got going and they introduced the night safe on the buses , the ticket office was cut drastically , they did n't need to have all this information . |
| 28 | Well to me it 's still not real , sometimes I think oh I 'm just here and I 'll go home and I 'll see him and then when you get there it 's just four walls that 's when it hits you |
| 29 | poor Derek , I mean I do n't know whether Derek 's away , did n't bother to come up on , if if he did n't bother to come Friday well he 's still laying on the bench , but if it 's Jack you see , the other day she well give did you ask him , I said no I do n't mention it till Friday to him and then when I get the next one I 'll say well is it this week 's or last week 's ? |
| 30 | Flustered , Rory turned her back on him and all but ran for the kitchen . |