Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [conj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er er and and that that these have er substantial advantages for them and and do n't know but but there 's got to be an element of doubt . |
| 2 | Careful experiments have made it clear that they take note of the geographical features below them and when leaving their home loft they circle above it as if refreshing their memory with one last look before departing . |
| 3 | It is undeniable that animals intend to do things in the sense that it is often true of them that unless interfered with they will go on voluntarily to perform various actions . |
| 4 | Dream cities , she thought of them as and wondered at them . |
| 5 | Er anyway as I say er I realized when I 'd started talking er that I was digging a bigger and bigger hole for myself so I er I climbed out of it and and made an exit . |
| 6 | But I think I 'd actually like to support that idea , I think we ought to er er write back to them and say it 's a splendid idea , erm let's have more of it and and thank you to the local government commission for s er seeing to this after a hundred years . |
| 7 | So you 've got to get a system where you can something that 'll help you so you can make sense of it and and learn . |
| 8 | But all Frank had to do was speak against them and that made an end . |
| 9 | ‘ Obviously it 's hard work , ’ she adds , ‘ but it really struck a chord with me and that made it seem easy . |
| 10 | AB : I agree with you that when listening to , say , Haydn 's Symphonies Nos. 101 and 103 as conducted , for example , by Frans Brüggen , I feel grateful to hear finally what the music wanted to express , not just because of the orchestra , but also because of Mr. Brüggen , who seems to combine a profound knowledge of old instruments with the gift of characterisation , of modifying a tempo , of making transitions — let's say a whiff of Furtwängler 's virtues . |
| 11 | Staying was the point ; they stayed there with her and that enabled her to stay there with them . |
| 12 | So he fought with him and and took his stick from him and gave him a whack on the head and he dropped , and the story goes he says we 'll go home now lads . |
| 13 | But er it was quite a simple job and er I liked it , then now and again I used to walk down to the station master 's or the station inspector 's office you know , have a chat with him and and get the gen on what was for the weekend working you see . |
| 14 | Her shoulders were hunched up high and her lips were pressed together tight and she sat there gripping her mug of tea in both hands and staring down into it as though searching for a way to answer these not-quite-so-innocent questions . |
| 15 | ‘ Barry Horne worked very hard alongside him and that allowed Ian to do the ball work . |
| 16 | When the band stopped they were both on a tide of pleasure ; yet , she stepped away from him as though evading her share in the pleasure . |
| 17 | Tweed , the Liberal election agent , ‘ knew … that it was not illness or the tedium of a long convalescence which kept him out , but that his heart was not in it and that confronted with the serried ranks of vested interests which compose this new Government , his sympathies were as always with the bottom dogs … ' |
| 18 | Gripping the bannister , she looked down into the hall and saw him standing with his back to the door , looking about him as though wondering if he would find her there . |
| 19 | Most ( although not all ! ) horses do become less worried about strange objects as they get older , but some old horses are just plain silly about some things , but it is mostly a bit of a game to them and if ignored , they soon settle down ! |
| 20 | It was a great disappointment to me that when having set it up with an invitation couple or three years ago , about three members turned up , and I think that was very regrettable . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd rear up on players if they said anything and footballers are n't the bravest people in the world , so they used to think twice before they said anything to me and that helped me . ’ |
| 22 | Rolling over into his arms , she grazed her mouth over his chin , which felt slightly rough , and her body clung to his as though magnetised . |
| 23 | The best thing to do because having said that then I might say Mike what 's your opinion what was important to you and and pass it on ? |
| 24 | Iain Logan had been listening to him as though fascinated by the stress of experience which had lengthened Cameron 's face and closed his black brows over his eyes . |
| 25 | And it let an old house alongside with nothing in it and hardly a door on it and that stood right alongside of that one and it must have been like a comb it just must have gone in strips the gale for that house was now twelve foot away from the other one . |
| 26 | He did n't really mind which one , the Hallé would do for a start , but he had n't the faintest idea how to go about it and nor had anyone else . |
| 27 | My wife Tracey went to evening classes to learn about it and that proved very helpful . |
| 28 | And well I remember hearing about it and and saw it probably as I grew up myself . |
| 29 | He looked at me as though defying argument , wiped his nose , then smacked Ralph Pike gently on the back as a signal to go . |
| 30 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |