Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then they started recruiting or or or promoting them from the ranks you know . |
| 2 | This is seen as a shade different from the enforcement of a sentence as such ; and there can be a practical difference where , as is often the case , the enforcing State keeps the confiscated property rather than than transmitting it to the State in which the order was made . |
| 3 | He believed that it was a piece that people would want to go on seeing for years , and that turning it into a film would shorten its life . |
| 4 | Later redefinition of the goal as ‘ providing transportation ’ removed the blinkers that had prevented them from realizing that cars were made largely in Detroit but had to be received in good condition in every State , and that driving them to their destination was expensive . |
| 5 | Have chips no more than twice a week and if preparing them at home have them cut very thick . |
| 6 | And and so we 've got the other two thirds this between , getting to bed and and spending it with the , the , the family . |
| 7 | Every erm pitchfork must come out one You ca n't start fighting and and pulling it against the grain otherwise you you would be in trouble . |
| 8 | I am restoring it and considering upgrading it to 110 spec . |
| 9 | Turn round ! girl , ’ and swung her round by the shoulders , and while holding her with one hand she ripped the pieces of tape from the end of each plait , before she tore at the hair until it hung in uneven strands ; then she almost lifted Millie from the floor as , using both hands now , she drew the strands together and began forming them into a tight rope-like plait . |
| 10 | I have you and all at your magazine to thank for your support , but listening to the troubles of fishkeepers on the telephone and when meeting them over the last twelve months I am left in no doubt that there is a vast array of undetectable contaminants in our tapwater , apart from just chlorine , which consistently depress fish condition and render them less able to resist stress and infection . |
| 11 | She started off as a journalist , and when reading her on the nauseating cult of Elizabeth David , you know you are in the hands of a mistress of rhetoric . |
| 12 | The county 's elder statesmen were collectively in good nick , both off the court and when hitting it on it . |
| 13 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 14 | Angus Cameron stood up on the oak stump which Donald used as a chopping-block , held out his hand to each part of the crowd as though drawing them into the circuit of the ceremony , and said , at first quietly , then gaining volume as he felt the truth of his words : ‘ Alexander McLaggan , Mary Stewart — you love each other , and must wed each other , and that is right and good . |
| 15 | They take him aside as though inviting him into their conspiracy . |
| 16 | She stared at him in disbelief , as though suspecting him of flattery . |
| 17 | She did glance at him then , rather warily , as though suspecting him of trying to ridicule her . |
| 18 | Lucasta Redburn rubbed her hands together as though washing them in invisible soap and water , a sign of displeasure . |
| 19 | The butcher chases them off the rock with kicks and abusive shouts , as though punishing them for bad behaviour . |
| 20 | But the shopman had already bowed as though keeping it for her was all any human being could ask . |