Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just taking aye , just songs that I liked and I just er take them off tapes and , and records , and I just write them down , |
| 2 | The ant repays the tree by sweeping it leaves free of fungi , by assaulting any leaf-eating animals that it encounters and by attacking any competing plant that dares come within chewing distance . |
| 3 | But the important point to remember is that we do not observe these sociolinguistic patterns directly : it is the speech of individuals in conversational settings that we observe and describe , and it is by analysing a large quantity of spoken language from many speakers that we can then demonstrate the patterns that emerge from our data . |
| 4 | It 's about lifestyles that I 've lived and lifestyles that I respect and that I can speak for because I 've been there . |
| 5 | Designed to make the most of your hair 's natural movement , it can be sprayed on wet or dry hair and will encourage any natural curls or waves that you have and add body and shine . |
| 6 | Although a library committee of some sort existed before the project invitation , the head reports that : It was no more than three of four people who were simply monitoring the use of the library and keeping an eye on the books that we needed and the way children used the library . |
| 7 | We then moved on and expanded we expanded we brought with with a minimum of two words to do with each of those twelve words that we generated and we did this in a much faster way a much more creative way a right brain activity . |
| 8 | Some of us also may have pictures that we like but can not use because of lack of space , changing decor or whatever . |
| 9 | You identify with other black kids 'cause you know and feel what they do by just looking around you . |
| 10 | In other words , sticking to those sectors that we know and understand and which we chose for the nineties because we believe they had good growth prospects . |
| 11 | Things begin to crack ; sometimes the cracks become gaps and then we can open them up to make spaces full of creative possibility , but sometimes the cracks become fissures and everything collapses and we have to scratch around in the rubble looking for bits of junk that we can cobble together into something ripe with meaning . |
| 12 | She brought her knee up between his legs and he gasped and doubled over , pushing her away from him . |
| 13 | And it came home to me that you know we all had to come to terms in some way with erm with what it was all about and the kids and you know and it became something of a I mean i it was the experience that we went through you know it was i it was you know something that we 'll always remember I think because it 'll always make Christmas different I think for us in a way you know but it And when they came up from South Wales with car loads and van loads and I mean we all just sobbed you know I mean there was nothing to do really you know it was just and I think anyway that was Christmas , but I mean er . |
| 14 | Then I think the erm the chairs , Malcolm phoned erm was it the homeless , was it Shelter , one of those organizations and they came and picked them up . |
| 15 | of fruit , vegetables and animals and you know and er |
| 16 | She jabbed two fingers into his eyes and he screamed and rolled off her , trying to rise to his feet , blinded by her attack . |
| 17 | France and Italy have had respectively about two centuries and one to erect and modify their national systems . |
| 18 | Janet posted a letter for me last week to a friend who I worked with at Ipswich , she was one of the girls behind the counter and at the moment they , her and her husband , he , he , he , he was on the , he finished up but he started as a lad in the kitchen but he finished up as a chef on the dining cars and they married and er and they 've got er two children erm they 're married to and , and we kept , we 've kept in touch with each other for sixty years |
| 19 | I was up , and I went to the shops and I came and there 's a wee boy which used to live in the flats , and he says hello Nelly . |
| 20 | I 'd been in there four months and they came and told me they 'd gone to America . |
| 21 | Now that you see so it might be an idea If you have your table within the marquis , that does whatever you want it to do , that can talk to kids if they want and so forth , you see they they 're sort of juniors upwards . |
| 22 | I would suggest that we can deal with these parties if they arise but that we should not hold up the negotiations with the top four . |
| 23 | You can get some books if you want but Gwyneth 's given you some money for books as well . |
| 24 | Tom stopped and put his finger to his lips and they stood and watched it hopping in and out among the changing leaves . |
| 25 | I first knew it unmistakably when Herr Sussmeyer replied to my first letter , saying he had this quest for pubic hairs because he loved and respected women so much . |
| 26 | But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip . |
| 27 | He reached across and unfastened her seatbelt , then pulled her to him , smiling tauntingly into her startled eyes before he bent and took her mouth in a kiss that sent a shaft of white-hot flame licking along her veins . |
| 28 | He looked tired and drawn , and for a moment , she told herself there was a look of pleasure in his eyes before it vanished and he reached out to prevent the door closing . |
| 29 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
| 30 | The man stumbled forward onto the bridge , then got up and trudged on again , wiping his dirtied hands against his thighs as he went and glancing up briefly , fearfully , as the big house loomed over him . |