Example sentences of "[indef pn] and [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He er forgot my comb or summat and something like that , he said I 've forgotten my comb and we might be going out . |
| 2 | Nothing and nobody in this programme questioned the medic 's oath with which it began : ‘ I will keep silence as to anything I have seen or heard in the practice of my profession which it would be improper to divulge . ’ |
| 3 | Westwards from Schiehallion , at the very heart of Scotland , lies Rannoch Moor , a desolate wilderness , 1,000 feet above sea level ; and across the moor , from west to east , like a silver scar , are a series of lochs and rivers offering excellent game fishing ; plenty of space for everyone and plenty of fine wild brown trout . |
| 4 | Everyone and everything about the Medau Society gives me a special and warm feeling . |
| 5 | On the morning of his departure Mr Slipper wandered about the school shaking hands with everyone and everything in sight . |
| 6 | The honours system developed in medieval Britain as a means of maintaining the strict hierarchy necessary for monarchical rule : a place for everyone and everyone in their place . |
| 7 | Wengen 's skiing is extensive , but for piste skiers is mostly easy ; Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn ; Zermatt has something for everyone and lots for experts , but to reach its full potential needs better snow than it often receives ; Saas Fee has an excellent glacier , but again needs abundant snow to provide much more than that — in particular , to satisfy better skiers . |
| 8 | The urge to order the natural world appears to be an innate characteristic of human beings : ‘ a place for everything and everything in its place ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ A place for everything and everything in its place ’ is my motto |
| 10 | Her woollen hat was lying on a chair : she was a tidy woman , over-tidy ; there was a place for everything and everything in its place , was her motto . |
| 11 | Cleanliness may be the basic aim , with untidiness tolerated ; or there may be an attitude of ‘ a place for everything and everything in its place ’ while the dust under the beds and the dirt hidden in crevices pass relatively unnoticed . |
| 12 | In an ideal world , and the NMS , there 's a place for everything and everything in its place . |
| 13 | The one who always seemed to have everything and everyone under control ? |
| 14 | Whilst this was of some concern to Anne , who relied greatly on Joan , it was of no concern to Joan herself : enthralled by everything she saw , by fairytale glimpses of the capital , the palace and the royal family , she viewed everything and everyone with avid interest . |
| 15 | The Substitute had refused the chair offered to him , choosing instead to wander about the room , taking brief puffs on his cigar and regarding everything and everyone with an amused detachment that gave the impression of his being mildly surprised but pleased at having to perform the office of Public Prosecutor . |
| 16 | ‘ I get so excited I 'm oblivious to everything and everyone around me . |
| 17 | Your understanding of the earth 's plight is greening everything and everyone around you . |
| 18 | I admire people who can throw aside everything and everyone in the pursuit of what they want . |
| 19 | I know , I mean er I mean yeah I 've got used to her sort of like criticizing everything and everyone in sight cos I mean that 's all she ever does is to criticize and complain . |
| 20 | He 's just so odd that boy , he just flirts with everything and everyone in sight , do n't you reckon ? |
| 21 | Everything and everybody in the city is depressing and vulgar . |
| 22 | Because there 's everything and nothing to be said , |
| 23 | The Patois index therefore tells us everything and nothing about an individual speaker : it tells us whether that person uses many or few Patois features overall in their talk , but nothing about how he or she uses Patois and English as part of a communicative strategy . |
| 24 | They seemed to know everything and anything about the area : the names of butterflies and Arctic flowers flooded out from their memory banks . |
| 25 | Love everything and anything about the monsters in trash Japanese TV fodder like Godzilla , The Smog Monster , Gamera , Rodan and Ultraman . |
| 26 | Once you are on the course , be positive and give your horse the best chance at each obstacle , by giving him a good approach to each one and plenty of encouragement with the legs ( and voice and whip if need be ) . |
| 27 | And when , five minutes later , they made their way cautiously over the humpy grass into the heart of the ruins there was no one and nothing to be seen . |
| 28 | I have no one and nothing in the world . ’ |
| 29 | Theatre invites you to give your full attention to what is happening on stage — the theatrical experience is a very concentrated one and you as a member of the audience are vitally connected to what is going on . |
| 30 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |