Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you have n't got any cash or nothing small banging in something . |
| 2 | Some manufacturers now charge little or nothing extra for diesel . |
| 3 | When Ronald Gregory , the ex-chief constable of West Yorkshire , said little or nothing new about the ‘ Yorkshire Ripper case ’ in a series of newspaper articles , he was castigated in Police Review ( 1 July 1983 ) and they republished a 1979 photograph of him when ‘ his loyalty was unquestioned ’ . |
| 4 | Federman 's first novel Double Or Nothing 1971 ) is a narrative about preparing to narrate , where the different persons named in the text personify different compositional procedures . |
| 5 | The outer northern rel relief road does nothing to reduce those flows or nothing significant to reduce those flows on Wetherby Road . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a decent relationship where nothing illegal happened . |
| 7 | From inside , he could keep an eye on his own house where nothing much seemed to be happening . |
| 8 | The metaphor does not in itself debase the theatre , and although Shakespeare is using plays and actors to present insincerity or hypocrisy that does not make him or them corrupt : the medium is not the same as the message . |
| 9 | Oh I 've not got a prawn and cocktail or them little tiny fish nanny had . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'd better 'oppit now or me young man might get to 'ear I 've been dilly-dallying with you . ’ |
| 11 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 12 | On that matter I stand where my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) stood on 24 May 1971 . |
| 13 | There are exceptional circumstances , such as my total castration or my taking vows as a monk , where my only residual fitness is that which accrues to me through my assistances to relatives . |
| 14 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 15 | Where my nearest brush with show business was when my father , a tailor , made Ronnie Hilton 's jacket for Buttons in Cinderella at the Hull New Theatre . |
| 16 | ‘ Where my future lies , whether it may be with Williams , Ferrari , or elsewhere , I really do n't know . |
| 17 | Ameliaranne Stiggins , they suggest , has not been forced to take in washing to support the several children of her unfortunate failed early marriage — she did a New Horizons for Women course at her local community centre , passed her CQSW , and now works as a social worker in Tower Hamlets , where My Little Sister is her team leader . |
| 18 | The sleeping-car attendant sighed deeply at so much opulent femininity and philosophically returned to his roomette , and I went on up the train into the next car , where my own bed lay . |
| 19 | I 'm aware that we are in very subjective territory here and I have already confessed where my own preferences lie , but I 'm not alone in my opinion that the 80R 's channel two falls short of the mark , because every one of us here has come away with the same opinion . |
| 20 | Across the landing which interrupted the downward curve of the stairs was a front bedroom where my youngest aunt slept until my grandmother took to her bed — and afterwards when left alone . |
| 21 | This move had three objects : to complete the education of our two younger children , Fiona at Fettes ( where my old Highfield playmate Inky Chenevix-Trench was now headmaster ) and Alastair at the Edinburgh Academy ; to have Moira 's mother who was living alone in an Edinburgh flat and becoming increasingly tottery to live with us ; and to own property once again and so benefit from its ever-increasing rise in value . |
| 22 | We talked about the Dublin Review , where my Basic English article had been published , and referred to a characteristically splenetic article by Montgomery Belgion which had also appeared in that journal . |
| 23 | I other day I tried to work out where my favourite resorts would come in the German magazine 's top fifty . |
| 24 | Former champion hurdler Beech Road is an interesting contender , as he reverts to fences after a disappointing season over the smaller obstacles , where his one success came in the ‘ Fighting Fifth ’ at Newcastle . |
| 25 | On the contrary , God gives men so many reasons to have lack of trust ( calamities , uncertainties , loss of hope ) that it could be said that God actually illustrates that trust in something or someone beneficial is not to be erected on happiness or good experiences alone . ’ |
| 26 | And sometimes , leaving his office , he would close his door in such a way that there seemed to be something or someone intriguing behind it , as Richard Miller noticed when he went to talk to him about banking for the contras ; it was deliberately stage-like , impressive . |
| 27 | Or someone curious to see just how far his retarded egghead act will allow him to go ? |
| 28 | There is however another sense in which we are all grieving people , because at some stage or another we will have lost something or someone significant . |
| 29 | They fear victimization especially if the harasser is their boss or someone senior to them . |
| 30 | Where I first met Maggie . |