Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or rather Edward 's weakness was for married women . |
| 2 | It was art — or rather Michael 's habit of putting the family and its idiosyncrasies straight into his plays — that finally came between them . |
| 3 | Or perhaps Molly 's departure had in fact sown the seed of restlessness in her and the prospect of others — especially her zeide — emigrating to Palestine was beginning to nourish that seed and make it grow . |
| 4 | He failed to obtain a Card at Montpelier last year finishing 66th , but his outstanding amateur record has earned him a dozen or so sponsor 's invites . |
| 5 | I soon discovered that the customers in that particular part of North London were very different to any of the other dozen or so Sainsbury 's shops I had worked in . |
| 6 | The associated requirement , to complete a mandatory period of auditing during the five or so years ' training that spans admission to membership of the Institute , led to two more changes . |
| 7 | The emphasis on God 's revelation and on the faith that apprehends it raised the further question of what theology itself can speak about directly — the revelation , or merely faith 's apprehension of it ? |
| 8 | She saw Angelina remove it modestly , with a maidenly flush on her cheeks , or thus Gwendolen 's jealous eye perceived it . |
| 9 | So it may well be that indirectly , whether consciously or unconsciously Trivers ' own thinking was influenced by Freudian findings erm , I do n't know , I 'm pursuing that possibility . |
| 10 | While the coach waits for a satisfactory fitness test , Steadman , already out of tomorrow 's game with Wakefield , said : ‘ I hope to be ready for a reserve game on Saturday or possibly Monday 's game at Hull but I am confident I will be fit before Wembley . |
| 11 | But the long-term trend in those areas in which the public interest in regulation ( or possibly politicians ' exposure to public criticism ) is perceived to be greatest , seems to be for both the volume of regulation and the role of government in it to increase . |
| 12 | I did n't know his name , or even Garry 's surname . |
| 13 | Maybe that mystery phone call last night had been Nicola Schreider , or even Nicola 's father , Guy 's business partner ? |
| 14 | The dairy was Joe 's , Pete 's or even Bonington 's , and with Bonington himself out of contact in the Himalayas the speculation continued . |
| 15 | In others , it could be the universities or even manufacturers ' associations . |
| 16 | Whilst we can take suitable precautions within the Library to protect books , we are unable to protect publications on loan to staff , or indeed staff 's own copies of leather-bound books within the Herbarium . |
| 17 | Having been primed by Draper back in the hotel room on who played or produced what , Branson would present himself with a box of tapes and play just one track by each artist ; enough to whet the appetite , but not so much as to test his customer 's patience — or indeed Branson 's own musical knowledge . |
| 18 | Not dear Julia 's pretty little girl , or David 's daughter who keeps hanging round the theatre , nor even Brian 's big sister who 'd lend the gang a quid for a video if they were skint . |
| 19 | Business came before pleasure in her life now and instinctively Ruth 's eyes flicked from the stranger to her partner Steve Cannock across the crowded room . |
| 20 | Now almost thirty years old , and arguably BR 's best-ever buys , the Mark 1 based Class 309 ‘ Clacton ’ units , continued their relentless treks across the Essex countryside , now with new seating , a new livery , and with the extension of wires to Ipswich and Norwich , the chance to break out of their traditional operational straitjacket . |
| 21 | Her godmother 's astringent words had their effect and suddenly Sophie 's nervousness disappeared . |
| 22 | Oh , lord ! ’ he groaned again , and suddenly Belinda 's spirit stirred into life . |
| 23 | She wriggled closer , and suddenly Penry 's arms crushed her cruelly tight against him . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't be shy — call me Naylor ! ’ he thundered , and suddenly Leith 's sense of humour got the better of her , and she burst out laughing . |
| 25 | The cat miaowed piteously again , and suddenly Virginia 's kind heart broke through the spell of fear and doubt that kept her feet glued to the path . |
| 26 | This was not quite ready when Mozart set off for Munich and so Mozart 's letters to his father , who acted as intermediary between him and the librettist , reveal a great deal of the process of writing . |
| 27 | The neutron seemed to be the easiest of these to detect as proof that fusion had occurred and so Jones ' colleagues Bart Czirr and Gary Jensen set about building a neutron detector , working on the project throughout the summer of 1986 . |
| 28 | Fleischmann and Pons , who did not realise that they had measured their neutron signal incorrectly , thought that their cell was producing 10 000 neutrons per cm 3 of palladium each second ( in fact the totality of neutrons from cosmic rays , from the concrete in the laboratory , from radon and other gases seeping through the air vents may have been responsible for almost all of these and the fusion neutrons , if there were any , were far fewer ) , and so Jones ' data did n't appear very impressive . |
| 29 | He announced his departure just before the kick-off and so Scotland 's ramshackle team of liquorice allsorts went out to face the world champions Uruguay stripped of all confidence and tactical direction . |
| 30 | If , as Hugh Kenner believes , Pound never ceased to love Dorothy even while he loved Olga , this is surely part of what he loved in her , an aspect of what she meant to him ; and so Pound 's feelings for and about England were , right to the end , not much less tormented than any English reader 's can be . |