Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As children , Diana and Charles were afraid of the dark and they insisted that the landing light was left on or a candle lit in their rooms . |
| 2 | He has n't finished yet with his are they on or a finger ? |
| 3 | And he could also apply to go to and take a course of , of instruction on or a trade to learn a trade . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) In sections 173 , 174 and 176 above , the expression ‘ approved duty ’ , in relation to a member of a body , means any of the following duties , that is to say — ( a ) attendance at a meeting of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; ( b ) the doing of any other thing approved by the body , or anything of a class so approved , for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; , ( c ) where , in pursuance of a duty imposed on or a power granted to the body by any enactment or instrument ( including a Royal Charter ) , he has been appointed by or on the nomination of the body to be a member of some other body prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph ( whether or not that other body falls within any of paragraphs ( ab ) to ( f ) of subsection ( 1 ) above ) , the doing of anything as a member of that other body for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of that other body . |
| 5 | Every wanton scar defacing the walls , every time the lift breaks down or a pain of glass is broken , there 's a ready-made culprit : " It 's the kids again . " |
| 6 | But when you are watching it and these bones are parting , you 'll hear all the trees and all the noises that you can imagine , even as if buildings were falling down or a traction engine is running over you . |
| 7 | Neither Maxwell nor Murdoch , so prominent in the last twenty years of the period , fits the simple pattern of a non-media organization moving in or a media one moving out . |
| 8 | In droves they come in or a bunch and then another bunch comes and about er quarter to five and it 's every night . |
| 9 | And waits for this one from Tufnell , pushes forward , and it 's hit on his pad outside the off stump possibly , loud appeals from everybody , there 's a rather high-pitched vocals , I think we 've got some young people in or a lot of ladies today . |
| 10 | And we started , they gave you a helmet , we had to buy a canteen to put your water in and a metal box to put your sandwiches in and then they took us down . |
| 11 | On 1 November Sukarno was called in and a ceasefire arranged . |
| 12 | Next door but one , new neighbours had recently moved in and a man was at work in the garden , slowly digging a flower bed , while a small boy pottered about trying to help him . |
| 13 | Crown Bar , where all the stained glass windows were blown in and a ceiling collapsed . |
| 14 | A glass of milk and an apple when you got in and a smack if you were late . |
| 15 | thing to put a table mat in and a drawer at the top . |
| 16 | There is a welcoming bar , a spacious lounge for guests to relax in and a TV area which opens out onto a wide , covered terrace . |
| 17 | If I 'm going to live , give me a future to live in and a present to build from . |
| 18 | Gloria had gone in and a person at a window had waved once but Dot had n't known if it was him . |
| 19 | the other one , but even though it opens outwards , a bit comes in and a bit comes out and so he had to chip away at the |
| 20 | In some of the other houses the stable was now a double garage , but in this one it had been blocked in and a window installed . |
| 21 | His monument erected in the Parish Church of East Grinstead was removed to Sevenoaks in 1710 , when the Church roof fell in and a window to his memory was placed in the Parish Church of Sevenoaks in 1954 . |
| 22 | sort of nice sort of boots on and a sweatshirt tucked in and a belt on she looked like a teenager really . |
| 23 | The horses were reined in and a man-at-arms plunged into the stream , presently triumphantly holding up the dripping book , which was returned to the anxious Queen . |
| 24 | There was a travel agency in the foyer as you came in and a girl called Dinxie and I ran this travel agency that was open during licensing hours . |
| 25 | After a few seconds silence a jingle cut in and a record was played before replacement DJ Brian Moore took over . |
| 26 | The improved surroundings include a room for children to play in and a baby changing area . |
| 27 | Feynman , 1967 , p. 147 ; Anscombe , 1971 ; Sorabji , 1980 , Ch. 2 ; Mellor , 1986 ) A coin is put in and a chocolate bar comes out . |
| 28 | A POLICEMAN was stabbed , an armed raider gunned down and a pensioner blasted in a village shoot-out yesterday . |
| 29 | The car slowed down and a chill swept over as she caught a glimpse of the driver . |
| 30 | Mr McGregor , a father of three , from Linthorpe , Middlesbrough , has reduced function in his arms , numbness from the neck down and a ten-inch scar down his head as a result of the attack . |