Example sentences of "[n mass] [coord] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say that if you , if it was n't for the shooting we would n't have any grouse or pheasants cos they would n't be preserved . |
| 2 | Er minding motors outside the Arms and the Bridge Hotel every night , maybe only get sixpence or sevenpence cos there was n't that many cars about at the time . |
| 3 | They say repairs could cost between £20,000 and £60,000 if it had to be rebuilt . |
| 4 | Some companies give such a high priority to the rapid and secure transmission of voice , data and documents that they have built private telecommunications networks in preference to using public systems . |
| 5 | All too often , students engage in study that only results in shallow or superficial learning of the first type — for example , the rote learning of names , dates , superficial factual data and characteristics that you hold in your short-term memory just long enough to pass an examination and that are then rapidly forgotten , because they have not been internalized — perhaps because our psyches know they are not of much use in the long run . |
| 6 | Occasionally , she 's given me £5 or £10 if I go down to see her and says ‘ Treat yourself and do n't tell Paul . |
| 7 | In ISIS 2 a lot of people received heparin , although not randomised , in addition to aspirin and thrombolysis and they appeared to have a lower mortality than those who did not get heparin . |
| 8 | Pence and pounds than it was to deal with the old pounds , shillings and pence . |
| 9 | We were working with the council at ten pence and hour so we thought we were going to improve on that a wee bit . |
| 10 | The morning fire should be re-kindled from the back-log of the previous day : a smart blow with the poker to break off its embers , small kindling on top of these , a puff with the bellows or breath and she is away . |
| 11 | This is unnecessary as in my experience most of these species will quickly adept to dead fish or meat if you allow them . |
| 12 | fish and chips while his . |
| 13 | We could say simply — John ate fish and chips but there are many other ways of saying the same thing : |
| 14 | ‘ Can we have some fish and chips before we go home ? |
| 15 | so erm , we decided that we 'd have this fish and chips before we got going , cos it we did n't eat , you know , an awful lot yesterday |
| 16 | And we went to Frinton of all places and you could go to the chippie and get fish and chips and everything . |
| 17 | So I went out to get some fish and chips and they called me NIGGGGGAH ! ’ |
| 18 | Maybe his fish and chips and his welding background are not what they were looking for , though in Middlesbrough they would seem to be born for each other . |
| 19 | I know I 'm so they they eat you see they 've eaten fish and chips and it goes through the air conditioning and it comes into the studio you all you can smell is fish and chips . |
| 20 | I wish I was back at home with Marie , and it was warm and we had summat nice to eat like fish and chips or summat nice like that . |
| 21 | One of each of the 23 pairs has gone to one of the resulting sperm or ova and one to the other . |
| 22 | It was called the Eel and Boot and it had a large sign outside with a welly covered in slime and an even slimier serpentine creature peering irritably out of the top of it like Ridley Scott 's alien in one of its earlier manifestations . |
| 23 | They come here to make a success of their lives , which suggests to me that , despite all the gloomy statistics and stories that we hear from the Opposition , this is still a country of enterprise and opportunity , if one really wants to find that opportunity . |
| 24 | ‘ But they will have stockpiled all the food and wine , the grain and livestock and powder that they could ? |
| 25 | The principal of the college was Jimmie Seaton , a plump , cheerful , outgoing little man known as Friar Tuck , who bubbled with amusement and good sense of vitality and who liked people and gardening while he hated committees and pomposity . |
| 26 | Will my right hon. Friend assure the House , however , that , before large amounts of financial aid are made available , he will make it clear to the Russian people and Government that it is not Governments but people who create wealth ? |
| 27 | All day long I felt calm and joy , and it was the same when I went to the town and talked to the serving people and friends that I met , for I looked at people from the universal viewpoint of the Eternal . |
| 28 | Be aware , too , that behaving this assertively may get agreement from people and acquiescence but it may not get dedication and loyalty . |
| 29 | Tantrums at this time are common when she is thwarted and she hits out at people and objects when they do not bend to her will . |
| 30 | We need to retain the choice to present ourselves to the world as ‘ not-beautiful ’ , to prevent suffocation and keep up a satisfactory interaction with people and tasks that we encounter . |