Example sentences of "[verb] and [Wh adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they 've scalded my ears with their abuse for a few weeks , and paraded my wreckage before the assembled ranks as an edifying example of what not to do and how not to do it , they will probably just turn me into a stone gargoyle on the roof of some Gothic cathedral . |
| 2 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 3 | How did the team investigate and how long did it take ? |
| 4 | He just had some time to spare waiting for Maria Luisa to return and why not fill it with a bit of Ruth-baiting ? |
| 5 | Within science , mathematics , languages and every other subject the ‘ experts ’ disagree about what we are trying to achieve and how best to achieve it ; so how can we harassed classroom teachers hope to sort it out ? |
| 6 | I see and how long did you live there up Road ? |