Example sentences of "and [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'm looking for Miss Hari Morgan , ’ she said stiffly , not taking kindly to having to explain her business to a mere boy , however clean and polite he might appear . |
2 | The more measurable and specific they become , the less realistic they become in terms of the legislative 's intentions . |
3 | As we flew closer and lower they looked up and waved and I recognized the pathetic twisted wreckage of T for Tommy . |
4 | An Invective against France , probably written around 1347 , opened with these words : As Dr Barnie points out , such lampoons show how ancient and persistent are national stereotypes : the English accused the French of sexual promiscuity , while the French assiduously propagated the idea that the English were violent and gluttonous drunkards , and that they all had tails . |
5 | Recalled Kenny : ‘ Before a previous Scotland-England game , one of our coaches , Jim Telfer , stepped in with a reminder to everybody that it was just a game of rugby we were going out to play and that we all had responsibilities . |
6 | in Europe , and that theirs is the party of Europe . |
7 | The vast majority of Oxfordshire 's teachers claim that they were involved or very involved in their school 's review , an equally large majority ( four-fifths ) feel competent to carry out a review and that theirs was thorough or very thorough . |
8 | And that me and my old pal Norman Whiteside were on a collision course with him , that we needed to be split up . |
9 | Its party chairman , Ivan Velkov , declared that it had existed as a " political circle " since the end of 1988 and as a party since Dec. 30 , 1989 , and that it currently had 10,000 members and adherents . |
10 | There are my notes and that it absolutely critical for us to know . |
11 | And that you know perhaps this is er erm publicity wise I wonder whether we 're falling a bit short on our publicity . |
12 | But the point t that Hughie makes is that y you allocate er y you , you make the project engineer someone who have trained , and , and that you know is capable of doing that job . |
13 | my fingers and that you know ? |
14 | And that you know , look at the traffic very seriously and see whether it was merited or not and that maybe greater use of the mobile . |
15 | They had to make and shape things for us well for for the fitters , the machine and that you know . |
16 | Because he he he 's done a a you know he he he 's been a a a a what shall I say , a Well he 's done a lot really to promote erm interest in engineering and all that and and he 's done a lot in helping er to young men to become engineers and that you know . |
17 | So erm they used to put some meat by for her to er on the cheap sort of thing what was left over on a Saturday then my mother 'd get lots of meat and that you know cheap . |
18 | And that you know , is worrying me . |
19 | And that you know you get edgy you get your |
20 | And that you know so er but it 's only well blackmail . |
21 | I mean there was a classic case a couple of years ago of a lady who was pushing a baby in a pram across a zebra crossing and as she was half way across out of the corner of her eye she saw a truck thundering towards her which was quite clearly was n't going to stop and that you know a sort of fairly anxious situation , and she froze . |
22 | But er just er just different er Then during the war I I did the some of the er work for the cooperative you know , like fire damage or water damage and that you know . |
23 | But erm wardrobes and different furniture and that you know . |
24 | And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see . |
25 | I think you 'll find there 's quite a selection there and they 're , sort out what you want and that you know and er , ooh there 's lot of the old ones and every thing and |
26 | And I , I like the idea of the lockers and that you know |
27 | And they 've given her something low in glucose and that you know to kind of try and stabilize it a bit . |
28 | Well that 's like when older people when they save for their retirement and that you know |
29 | To make them think there 's not a lot of work and that you know ? |
30 | But er saying about the system , the pressure and that you know I do n't believe a bloody thing |