Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fairly rushed programme but involved in going to Stranraer Women 's Guild where she communicated extremely well and was delighted to see Christian Aid work at local level . |
| 2 | They were about 10 yards from the western side of the reef , where it fell away sharply and waves were pounding on its shore . |
| 3 | I suspect , then , that I paused rather abruptly and looked a little awkward . |
| 4 | It turns out that fragments of each of my three files are dotted around , interleaved with each other and with fragments of old , dead files that I erased long ago and had forgotten . |
| 5 | I was wanted so I ran away again and came down to London . |
| 6 | You will probably find that you perform very badly and feel dreadful for the first few minutes . |
| 7 | It was definitely a case of two points lost , but I am more disappointed that we played so well and did not win . ’ |
| 8 | She has insisted that we look as discerningly and sympathetically at their world as at the more spectacular street cultures of their brothers and more militant sisters , and recognize ( as the painting on the cover of the book does ) the complexity and subtlety of feminine strategies of survival . |
| 9 | We have someone always there for those who have er , society those who are poor er , women er , many of the issues that we feel very strongly and here , here She had no sort of cultural historic resonance with the nation of Wales but I 'm sure her and the way she approaches her whole ministry would mean that she 'd have a lot of than those of us here in the URC in Wales . |
| 10 | and this gave you an opportunity to see yourself to see others and to take part in some coaching something that we did again yesterday and we shall be doing again today We then talked about the the design aspect first of all we talked about er the way the brain is involved in this communication and some of the aspects of the brain . |
| 11 | I think these proposals not only are a way forward but also in light of what is actually happening in the area of Highfields with er the high numbers of unemployment , with the high rate of people underachieving in education I think for the last two and a half years there has been no clear guidelines or structure that has systematically brought about any results in the two centres to move forward where people have lost out by this issue being bureaucratic and a political football that 's being kicked about and I think it 's about time where we now have cross party consensus that we move positively forward and work towards these proposals . |
| 12 | It is further intended to change people 's attitudes so that they drive more smoothly and are aware of the kind of roads that they are using and drive at speeds tailored to fit the environment . |
| 13 | The advantages of these are that they last much longer and cost much less to run ( the saving well outweighs the higher asking price ) ; their disadvantages are that the light they give is not quite so ‘ warm ’ and does not come on instantly . |
| 14 | The problem with books are that they date very quickly and so it is difficult to get up to the minute advice . |
| 15 | Modern biographers suffer many accusations : that they trawl too widely and deeply ; that they pick over entrails insensitively , confirming Dr Arbuthnot 's definition of biography as ‘ the new terror of death ’ ; that they invade their subject 's most intimate quarters and lay all bare , regardless , it is said , of relevance or the feelings of surviving kin . |
| 16 | Reagan responded by sending in 1,200 US Marines on a peace-keeping mission which , although it sounded all right and looked good on television , had no particular purpose . |
| 17 | The essence of any successful stage production is that it works so smoothly and efficiently that the audience is virtually unaware of the mechanism . |
| 18 | But it has to be said that he tried more consistently and more self-consciously than most political leaders to insulate himself from external pressures and to personalize decision-making . |
| 19 | ‘ After my disastrous penalty give-away , Peter and I played quite well and were invited back . ’ |
| 20 | I started at one corner and I went right across and came off at the other corner , and I did n't go back . |
| 21 | But that Sat Sunday when Hazel was here and I , and she did n't want to go so I said I 'd stay with her and cook the dinner when y when you came back you said it 's a good job you did n't come , it did n't finish till half past twelve and you came straight home and you were here about |
| 22 | She wanted Andrew and she said so plainly and without pretence . |
| 23 | I mean she 's in and out of town all the time like you said here there and bloody everywhere . |
| 24 | She knew that if she stood very still and sent forth quiet animal-soothing thoughts , it was often enough to discourage attack . |
| 25 | But then she would expl exude an atmosphere , the house could breath evil through her walls if she concentrated hard enough and the smiles would be wiped off the faces of those to whom money was no object . |
| 26 | If you listened very carefully and if you looked very closely , you could see it and you could hear it and you could feel it . |
| 27 | ‘ Dorothy , I think the best thing would be if you went home now and reported to me here , first thing tomorrow morning . |
| 28 | If you remain perfectly still and keep your backs straight , you wo n't be punished further . |
| 29 | If you go there afterwards and what they say . |
| 30 | ‘ The contributors we had are all kind of double-0-seven , cloak-and-dagger types ’ , explained Krishna Littledale , one of the enticers of funds ; ‘ … if you talk very quietly and tell them they ca n't tell anyone about this conference , they will give you a lot more money . ’ |