Example sentences of "[det] [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but in the meantime those are the first essays I can er erm are you erm , working on that or thinking about that ? |
| 2 | all that material and stuff did they bought that or send for it or |
| 3 | Well it 's either that or start from scratch , and we 're talking fifteen thousand pounds |
| 4 | oh , what you going to try some of this or wait for your whisky and lemon ? |
| 5 | Is there a talk about this or comment on it ? |
| 6 | You hope were selling some or play like Arsenal ; - ) ) ) |
| 7 | Earthquakes , especially the big ones , are caused when two tectonic plates — segments of the earth 's crust that float freely on the molten magma beneath — come into contact with one another and one plate bangs into another or rubs alongside it or dives under it . |
| 8 | Under this system prisoners could work together and use the same dormitories , but they were forbidden to speak to one another or communicate in any other way ; they were , therefore , under constant close surveillance day and night . |
| 9 | And there they 'd be chatting across to one another or come to each others ' doors and h you know pass time of day having a little chat about one thing and another . |
| 10 | Some policemen are both reflective and compassionate enough to realize this and admit to it . |
| 11 | I thought about this and came to the conclusion that it seemed a very good philosophy . |
| 12 | Preston thought about this and came to no satisfactory conclusion . |
| 13 | If we press this and insist on doubting what the humanist holds as indubitable , we uncover a hornet 's nest of assumptions and presuppositions which are far from being rationally indubitable . |
| 14 | The Anisminic decision goes much further than this and says in effect that A 's decision can be set aside by the courts if they disagree with his interpretation of the rules which he is required to apply . |
| 15 | That 's all it comes by is human learning , and you 're neglecting that , you say , that is you are n't developing a learning society and you 're going to pay for this and pay for this and pay for this , you see , and your children will pay for it , your grandchildren will pay for it , you see , just what you 're doing to the educational system , what you 're doing to the universities and you 're so far behind from what erm most other modern countries are . |
| 16 | An adult owl normally knows this and stays in shelter , but inexperienced hunters may not have the sense to come in out of the rain . |
| 17 | To ignore this and focus on the false antithesis of punctuation versus gradualism , with no mechanism to explain either , is to engage in a scholastic war of words largely devoid of scientific content . |
| 18 | Walk along this and stay on it till it disappears at the top ridge . |
| 19 | Turn left on this and follow for 1/2 mile to junction with main drive of Witley Court . |
| 20 | The final hymn had eight verses , not to speak of a chorus of Hallelujahs at the end of each one ; Mr Frizzell enjoyed this and sang in a pleasant tenor voice . |
| 21 | I told him I was writing a book about Sudan , and managed to make some tenuous link between this and benefit to his airline . |
| 22 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 23 | I knew exactly how I would do this and explained in some detail , finding Alec Reid equally fascinated . |
| 24 | Long afterwards , when it was over , when he could finally bear to think of it all , he understood that , deep down , Laura had not expected to live beyond thirty and that , without realizing it , he had picked up on this and joined in the relentless , exhausting determination to sample life to the fullest . |
| 25 | The opposition 's task is simple — to prevent this and attempt to ‘ score ’ their own ‘ goals ’ . |
| 26 | Rocktron have noted this and vaulted to the rescue by producing the rather obscurely titled Bass mAxe . |
| 27 | and sort of went like this and landed on it and went bang down . |
| 28 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 29 | She felt that the children did not like her because of this and seemed to be taking less and less notice of her . |
| 30 | Paddick had had enough of this and insisted on moving on . |