Example sentences of "[indef pn] [conj] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And once you 're a tower , nobody but nobody at Mars-U wants to know you . |
| 2 | Westwards from Schiehallion , at the very heart of Scotland , lies Rannoch Moor , a desolate wilderness , 1,000 feet above sea level ; and across the moor , from west to east , like a silver scar , are a series of lochs and rivers offering excellent game fishing ; plenty of space for everyone and plenty of fine wild brown trout . |
| 3 | From time to time , national spin doctors — or ‘ medecins du spin ’ , as we say around here — would emerge to say something or nothing at inordinate and chauvinistic length . |
| 4 | Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) . |
| 5 | No , the sole reason for changing one 's mind was that the newspapers and television told one that lots of other people had done so . |
| 6 | At an adjoining table , Sharon Dudley and David Wilson described themselves as consultant marketists — they sell discount cards on the basis that ‘ it gives people the stuff they want for three-quarters of the normal price and the shops would rather get 75 per cent of something than nothing in recessionary times ’ . |
| 7 | Whilst this was of some concern to Anne , who relied greatly on Joan , it was of no concern to Joan herself : enthralled by everything she saw , by fairytale glimpses of the capital , the palace and the royal family , she viewed everything and everyone with avid interest . |
| 8 | And there wo n't be a complete developing embryo unless there is a whole program of chemical and cellular events , under the influence of lots and lots of other genes , and lots and lots of other , non-genetic , causal influences . |
| 9 | And there wo n't be a complete developing embryo unless there is a whole program of chemical and cellular events , under the influence of lots and lots of other genes , and lots and lots of other , non-genetic , causal influences . |
| 10 | There are lots and lots of other features that are worth mentioning — a simple animation facility , linking objects to numbers , automatic dimensioning , a good range of gradient fills , linked text boxes for almost DTP quality text control , and so on and so on … |
| 11 | There are lots and lots of other things the D S S can take into account . |
| 12 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 13 | Lots and lots of long , distinguished , incomprehensible books on econometrics . ’ |
| 14 | Now quite frankly Mr Deputy Speaker , if we want these new constituencies , including South Essex , it seems we 're going to have to say to the French they can have lots and lots of money to build lots and lots of new buildings for this rather ridiculous parliament and quite honestly Mr Deputy Speaker , members tonight in voting on the new boundaries will really have to decide what we want to do . |
| 15 | as many as you like , keep putting lots and lots and lots of extra wires on . |
| 16 | Now what tends to happen is , as you know , there is lots and lots of different guests on his chat show and if he feels threatened by them in any way shape or form , what he does he relaxes her , comes in over the top , turns them over , takes them by the shoulder and pushes them into the chair and what he is saying , he is saying , this is my chat show , do n't you submit . |
| 17 | There were lots and lots of little legs . |
| 18 | I 'm just thinking if you did lots and lots of little bits , I think you 'll find it quite difficult to make the rest of it coherent . |
| 19 | ‘ Dangerous ’ comedian BILL HICKS is among us again , playing lots and lots of outrageous concerts up and down the country . |
| 20 | Lots and lots of binding wires , long and short . |