Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he was a famous , rich , literary-establishment figure living in Antibes or somewhere they would all realize it . |
| 2 | Caught four fish I think it 's West Clandon or somewhere it 's in Surrey it 's where his Dad 's got he takes out his annual |
| 3 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 4 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |
| 5 | One of the defining characteristics of a public good is non-eccludability : once the benefit is produced , it is accessible to everyone , however much or little they contributed to the result . |
| 6 | When the beak could hold no more , they disappeared into the depths of a thicket where presumably they had a well-hidden nest of young . |
| 7 | The difference in the popular vote was less dramatic : for the CPP , 398 141 ( plus five uncontested seats , where presumably they could have had a landslide ) ; for the combined opposition , 299 116 votes . |
| 8 | His brother was interned , his mother was told to move inland , away from the coast — where presumably it was thought she might signal to enemy U-boats , and Mauro himself , although a child , was not allowed to leave Easington without a permit . |
| 9 | How well or badly they function . |
| 10 | I had no idea what life with a baby would be like and no idea how well or badly I would I would cope . |
| 11 | ‘ But , as I recollect it , I — or rather we — escorted you to your room that night , not you to ours . |
| 12 | ‘ The reason for this is just that in these matters custom makes us reason and judge so quickly , or rather we recall the judgments previously made about similar things ; and thus we fail to distinguish the difference between these operations and a simple sense perception ’ . |
| 13 | We are sorry to be negative but , quite simply , we just do n't trust you , or rather we do n't think that you yet trust yourself to know exactly what 4oz ( 115g ) of lean meat , 6oz ( 170g ) of fish , 2oz ( 55g ) of carrots , or 4oz ( 115g ) peas really look like . |
| 14 | The Gorengs ' effects made the sea-passage with us ; or rather we made the passage with the effects , for that was the whole idea . |
| 15 | And I think this one is better for several reasons , I think you can quite clearly see now once you 've had a chance to look at this , the other one we saw , we , we eliminated this boat , we eliminate that post and this boat , or rather we just have this post and the sea beyond . |
| 16 | Some tyre levers and allan keys were missing but by driving slowly back I ( or rather we , as I 'd offered some fellow tourists a lift back to town ; what with delays getting started , and then this to-do , I bet they wished they 'd never bothered , it would have been quicker to walk ! — and when we finally did set off again , I accidentally left one of them behind , running along the road behind us waving and shouting ! ) — we , as I say , found most of the missing items . |
| 17 | The boats are there to serve Lappish communities , or rather they were there . |
| 18 | Now they are two a penny — or rather they were until 1990 . |
| 19 | Governments come and governments go ( or rather they do n't ) , pop idols streak through the firmament and disappear , but there is one constant in a topsy-turvy world , the beacon of truth and clarity that is the NME . |
| 20 | Or rather they seemed to be . ’ |
| 21 | Or rather they can tell you that ‘ previous assumptions on the dark nature of this pigment can no longer be considered entirely operative ; indeed , we may be in total reversal scenario here , which is in line with expectations . ’ |
| 22 | Or rather they did . |
| 23 | Or rather they 've given our county councillors a bloody nose by throwing them out , and the councillors are taking it out on us . |
| 24 | Or rather they would be if they had a side of slightly more than average demeanour . |
| 25 | The standard wines from the estate are not to be sniffed at — or rather they repay careful nosing , especially the unusually ripe but fresh and balanced Pinot Blanc ( £5.49 ) , and the highly perfumed Muscat ( £6.99 ) . |
| 26 | Some of my former colleagues would agree that my recent work is unhistorical but on the contrary condemn it for this — or rather they would condemn it did they not resort to the easier course of dismissing it as the gutterings of a senile mind . |
| 27 | ‘ That was my business partner Paul ; he and his wife are here — or rather they 're almost here — they 're stuck on the wrong side of your jeep . |
| 28 | The fact is that for most children maths has been taught badly or rather they have learnt it badly for one reason or another , so there is a need for , for an improvement or a change , so the idea that if children can understand something this will help them to remember it or to make it more real to them , this does seem to be a shift over the last generation . |
| 29 | Thoughts of a family scandal crossed her confused mind until she heard us — or rather them — talking fluent French . |
| 30 | Or rather I am , but my favourite English painters are Stanley Spencer and Turner . |