Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where an unauthorised act outside the normal scope of his authority is committed by a partner or someone holding himself out to be a partner , liability will not attach to the firm . |
| 2 | Or someone makes them up , of course . |
| 3 | PS JOANNE … could you send me your fax number again if you still need the telegraph thing , the number you gave before is wrong — or I copied it down wrong . |
| 4 | Or I get it off our old lady . |
| 5 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
| 6 | Before you even read this article I am told by the organisers that bookings have already been made in advance of advertising , so if you are a food wine and train lover and you 'd like to recapture the mystery and elegance of the world of Agatha Christie or you 've something very special to celebrate — make sure you 're on board this august for a journey of a lifetime . |
| 7 | You let them in to have a laugh at them or you let them in because you want to listen to what they 're saying . |
| 8 | If you want me to trust in you , you 'll have to do more than protest your innocence , or you go it alone . ’ |
| 9 | Or you raise it outside . ’ |
| 10 | Either you accept them as they are , or you reject them completely . ’ |
| 11 | Overreacting with shock and dismay when the child first comes out with a four-letter word is the best way to ensure he or she uses it again and again . |
| 12 | If necessary , he or she will advise on the detailed layout of the cash books , and suggest that he or she reviews them occasionally to ensure their adequacy . |
| 13 | She either involuntarily submits in this role ( as does the woman on the pages of Penthouse ) or she does it voluntarily , like de Sade 's Justine or ‘ O ’ in the pornographic novel by Pauline Reage , The Story of O . |
| 14 | No , my guess is that he or she hid it somewhere in the undergrowth . |
| 15 | Not all people who use enforced vomiting as a method of avoiding the consequences of overeating ( or who use it simply as a method of slimming in order to follow the dictates of fashion ) are necessarily suffering from bulimia . |
| 16 | We can use some pliers or something to bend it back . |
| 17 | Have you got some brandy or something to brace you up ? ’ |
| 18 | And keeping it straight , you 'd have to have a jig or something to keep it in |
| 19 | If only I had a stole or something to cover it up . ’ |
| 20 | But as you say , switch off first and then still use a stick or something to get them away because it maybe the switch does n't work and maybe that 's why they 've been electrocuted in the first place . |
| 21 | ‘ Confess your sins , Muslim dogs , ’ said the Bosnian refugee , in slightly cautious tones , ‘ and become Christians , or we slash you up ! ’ |
| 22 | — or we block it out : |
| 23 | Give us £23m or we blow you up |
| 24 | Or we rush one over to her specially , make a special journey . |
| 25 | And granddad does n't li want people to see him sort of you know when he has to get up and walk about and go to the loo with the door open and I mean it 's not so bad for us because we 're all related but it 's awful for You know I mean I ca n't imagine Jody or Jessica or Alison or anybody liking it very much . |
| 26 | And for at least one parent , there was an awareness that sometimes children 's sense of justice can be hurt by parents not taking some of the blame : ‘ If a kid arrives late for school , or is not properly dressed , then that 's not the kid 's fault , it 's the mother 's fault , or whoever got them out in the morning . |
| 27 | It is possible to allow the child to move the existing words about the screen by means of a light pen , cursor control or joystick , but requiring him or her to type them in encourages correct spelling and concentration . |
| 28 | In this case it may be by asking the child to pick up a toy , being ignored , then compelling him or her to pick it up by physical guidance then putting the child out of the room and leaving him when the inevitable tantrum occurs . |
| 29 | ‘ Either they hands you a boxful of bits and says ‘ These seem to be left over ’ or they swear they never touched the car , when you can see all the leads are on back-to-front . ’ |
| 30 | The backroom analysts provide ‘ the story — ’ or they refute someone else 's story — on which the jobbers make a market . |