Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They brought their families , some of them intermarried with time-expired soldiers who chose to settle here , too , and it grew into a real , life-and-death town , where everyone had a stake sunk so deep that when the legions started to leave , the locals still could n't get out . |
| 2 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 3 | In order to reassure the House and the public , perhaps the Minister can explain what is the procedure when a police officer uses the powers given in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to stop someone in the street or someone driving a car . |
| 4 | Like an overgrown Bisto kid I sniffed and aaahed my way to the source of the oaky-smokey smell , where I met a man whom I am very pleased to know . |
| 5 | This prompted me to look through my own collection , where I discovered a copy dated August 1931 , priced 2/ |
| 6 | I crept out of the sitting-room and into the small room next door , where I chose a book full of pictures from the bookcase . |
| 7 | I would follow the police officers escorting the prisoner or prisoners up a flight of stairs into the small but impressive court-room , where I took a chair reserved for reporters at counsel 's table . |
| 8 | I came out of the army and returned to the Bideford Gazette where I had a year of my newspaper apprenticeship still to go . |
| 9 | ‘ Eventually we got to Lagrimone , a little place between Langhirano and Monchio on the way to the passo di Lagastrello , where I know a family . |
| 10 | For me the most dangerous aspect of the job has been not so much the very real dangers in the field as the psychological vertigo of alternating for months at a time between the utter extremes of the planet ; from the film markets of California 's Hollywood Hills , where I rented an A-frame , to the remotest jungles of the East . |
| 11 | I was lucky to halve the match with her , and this flattering result was mostly due to a fortuitous birdie on the last hole , where I holed a pitch and run shot from short of the green . |
| 12 | I had reached the dizzy heights of compère at the Fiesta , one of the North 's most prestigious night clubs , where I did an hour spot and introduced acts like Ella Fitzgerald and Nancy Wilson , as well as all the top British acts . |
| 13 | Or I got a garden , I could occupy myself in the garden . |
| 14 | When my brother or I had a fever , my mother or my grandfather used to come here to find leaves or roots to cure it . |
| 15 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 16 | For instance , I bought it from John and John sold it to me , or I received/got a letter from John and John sent me a letter are equally ‘ natural ’ as far as the phraseology of English is concerned ; their ‘ acceptability ’ is , of course , determined by the context in which they occur . |
| 17 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 18 | ‘ You had better make sure , lady , or I send a message direct to Tracy . ’ |
| 19 | 2.00–2.30pm She takes her lunch break : ‘ Usually a banana sandwich , or I nibble a bit of fruit ’ , she says . |
| 20 | You see , I think housework is a waste of time , I do n't do it , or I do a minimum . |
| 21 | This may happen where someone makes a recording for anything other than private and domestic use without consent . |
| 22 | This could occur where someone has a lien over the goods , i.e. a right to retain possession of them until a debt is paid . |
| 23 | Yeah , well I think that we ought to get them or somebody to put a retraction , I mean we dare n't do it ourselves , but I think in next month 's |
| 24 | Apparently Sid or somebody put a fiver in . |
| 25 | An example is rule 2.10 : " Advertisements should not include copy or illustrations which are sexually titillating or which imply a link between smoking and sexual success . " |
| 26 | Any horse which works hard , particularly in the summer months , or which sweats a lot at any time in the year , may be suffering from electrolyte loss . |
| 27 | It was inevitable that when confronted with the initial chaos the Trust 's staff concentrated on dealing with trees which blocked roads and drives or which posed a threat to the safety of people or buildings . |
| 28 | Next , because while they apply primarily to those who work on their own account , they may equally be used by employees who work for companies which do not have a pension scheme or which have a scheme for which they , as individuals , are not eligible . |
| 29 | An hour later , Lalage came tip-toeing into her room where she heard a dog whining gently . |
| 30 | She walked at a leisurely pace to the back of the hold , where she unlocked a control panel and pressed several buttons . |