Example sentences of "[adj] or [adj] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could mend that for you , ’ he had said , hating anything broken or untidy only for want of a firm nail . |
| 2 | Sources say Intel now figures it wo n't be able to ship them more than 2,000 or 3,000 apiece before October , a third of what had been projected before ( UX No 418 ) . |
| 3 | The law of breach of confidence can supplement copyright and patent protection especially in the early stages when there is nothing tangible or substantial enough for copyright or patent to protect . |
| 4 | I remember me gathering the hens up that night late oh about ten or eleven o'clock at night and we had our own power you see by that time . |
| 5 | you know kind of there 's all this quips about sort of semen making your hair grow and all that kind of thing erm you know so erm it 's , it 's , it 's one of these things that erm sort of erm kind of people , people s slip into on the basis of you know th er as far as I could tell there was no sort of firm evidence that these blokes were gay or heterosexual apart from judgments made on their demeanour and personal appearance erm you know but er you know it gave rise to a whole range of , you know , kind of supposedly humorous talk erm in that context erm so there 's a whole range of things erm tt you know sort of talk and mannerisms and , and er , you know , kind of also gossip and suspicions about them , oh is he married if not does he have a girlfriend , if not ooh I wonder if he 's gay , you know , kind of things that we understand about people 's relationships feed into it so |
| 6 | it must have been about four or five o'clock in morning , and now we never hear any traffic . |