Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 The desktop computer grew in power and user friendliness until it was increasingly hard to tell apart from the workstation .
2 My next girl friend was a friendly and kind girl and we liked the same things .
3 Cos we all just sit there and watch telly and we do n't talk !
4 The people in the company who will have to run the system , the manager or director in whose department the system will be installed ought to be involved in the selection process , but such people are unlikely to have much knowledge of computers and computer software although they may be familiar with word processing and spreadsheet systems running on microcomputers .
5 Likely contributing factors are that people fail to recognise , and to compensate for insidious deterioration of vision , hearing and decision speed as they age .
6 The new NVQ training and assessment programme that we mentioned earlier also holds great promise for expanding the career advancement opportunities for paraprofessionals in Britain .
7 However , in a key passage intended to highlight the Alliance 's " transatlantic " character , the communiqué also stipulated the " necessary transparency and complementarity between the European security and defence identity as it emerges in the Twelve and the WEU , and the Alliance " .
8 The Britons were given mouth to mouth and heart massage but it was too late .
9 She tried to give him to kiss of life and heart massage but he was already dead .
10 I understand , however , from the Comptroller and Auditor General that he would be happy to let any Member have an advance copy of a report if the Member indicates his interest .
11 It was originally a large , stout , hardy draught animal at a time when beef came mainly from plough oxen once they were no longer in prime working condition ( typical of meat production in many countries even now ) and was then developed as a triple-purpose draught , meat and milk type but it soon evolved into essentially a beef animal and in that role its influence worldwide has been immense and far-reaching .
12 I come to the two-metre-high brick wall which surrounds the estate and feel my way along it , stumbling over piles of earth and building debris until I get to the corner .
13 Stock cubes should always be checked for their salt and calcium content before they are used with brown rice , and sweetcorn should always be cooked without salt .
14 ‘ In Nigeria I only knew of Guinness as the stout and Harp lager so I have been surprised by the diversity of the company , ’ reflects .
15 Some firms that make TV sets like the idea of the tree and branch system because it means that profitable electronics must be built into the receivers which they sell .
16 Well , yes and no really , it 's all related to D N A and cell division and they 're really getting into different sorts now of how cancer is occurring .
17 The new scheme will include a fastfood restaurant , farm shop , picnic area , toilets and car park if it gets the go ahead from councillors .
18 POLICE have received hundreds of inquiries from victims of burglaries and car crime after they appealed for owners to identify £10,000 of stolen property .
19 Suspension noise is well contained , too , and while there 's a little more tyre and wind noise than we would have expected , the Safrane still shines in this category and makes a particularly quiet and refined motorway cruiser .
20 An obstructive episode was treated with bypass enteroenteric anastomosis and maintenance prenisolone and he remained in remission for five years .
21 And salad cream cos you 've got sausage rolls have n't you ?
22 Next , the next person receives a picture of a boy on a bike because the accident was a hit and run accident and they hit someone on a bike .
23 The RAF said : ‘ These days we have a different attitude to signs of stress and battle fatigue than they did , perhaps , in the two world wars . ’
24 I want some hot buttered toast and strawberry jam like they have on farmhouse holidays in Enid Blyton . ’
25 The problem with value measurements is that they necessarily have a price and quantity component and it is not always easy to separate the two .
26 Adults were allocated to one of these two groups by a pair of tests which determined both GPC familiarity and spelling ability before they were asked to pronounce lists of regular or irregular words .
27 I always remember your joke at the North and South Club when you told the Jamaican guy those things that he got mad at you that you did n't have a black belt but you had a yellow streak at Origami !
28 I think I 'd talk to them first and if they 're agreeable then I 'd give you their name and telephone number but I 'd have to speak to them first but I would n't just give out the name and telephone number on an ad hoc basis .
29 Shallow or superficial learning — like learning a name , address and telephone number that you promptly forget unless you write them down or consciously commit them to memory or use them habitually .
30 It is the same address and telephone number if you want to speak in complete confidence to someone about your fears or problems .
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