Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a bank purchases such bills it can hold the bills to maturity or sell them in a secondary market to any other bank(s) . |
| 2 | But it is illegal to import it , send it through the post or display it to the general public . |
| 3 | Or scanned you at a maiden aunt 's , |
| 4 | And carry them , either carry them , or push them on a two-wheeled trolley , all through the round the lace market to 's , and various other And if I were lucky , and the 's van was going round the lace market , and I 'd got three or four parcels , I used to go with little Tommy and his horse and van , round the lace market , and he was delivering dress goods then . |
| 5 | The Public Service Vehicles ( Conduct of Drivers , Conductors and Passengers ) Regulations makes it an offence for a person to ‘ use obscene and offensive language , or to conduct himself in a riotous or disorderly manner . ’ |
| 6 | Participants are invited to bring kites or make one in the on-site kite workshop . |
| 7 | He seemed more likely to blow a kiss than to throw a punch ; to be at a dinner-table than to be down in the dives ; to be rubbing shoulders than to be shoving or sticking it to the comfortable ( I almost said to the bourgeoisie . ) |
| 8 | She thinks it is simply awful that being successful and ( reading the ill-camouflaged sub-text ) gorgeous means that men wo n't chat her up , admire her breasts or perceive her as a sexual creature . |
| 9 | If you try to make life complicated for yourself by using the wrong tool or handling it in an inappropriate fashion then the result is solely your responsibility . |
| 10 | SUPPOSE you have a print by Picasso , Dali , Miro or Chagall , or sold one in the past few years : you have a special interest in a Brooklyn courtroom this week . |
| 11 | If a stranger , or a bully , or even someone you know tries to harm you or touch you in a frightening way , RUN AWAY and get help . |
| 12 | But there is always room for more and the Managing Director of the Resource Centre , Sr Anna Doherty would like to hear from any individuals , groups , clubs or organisations interested in organising an event or contributing anything to the general fun of the weekend . |
| 13 | Notes in Winston Churchill 's files suggested that Britain 's options were either to send a " correct " reply to the South , commiserating with him in declining to advise him , or to encourage him along the American line , or to urge him to undertake an all-out campaign against Mossadeq . |
| 14 | The judge also had to consider a submission made by the mother that the return of the children ( if ordered ) would expose them to a ‘ grave risk of physical or psychological harm or place them in an intolerable situation ’ within the terms of paragraph ( b ) of article 13 . |
| 15 | Whilst most of us , for example , can cope with having the occasional murderous thought about people we love , or work with , there are other people for whom such thoughts constitute a profound assault on their self-worth , and who must , therefore , either suffer that sense of worthlessness or involve themselves in an intense effort to deny or rationalize the thought . |
| 16 | Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer . |
| 17 | Someone may jump onto you or grab you in a lonely street . |
| 18 | I would be inclined to house the mower elsewhere , or replace it with an electric one . |
| 19 | Managers were encouraged by corporate head office to eradicate such excesses at the work-outs , not to refer them to committees or put them through the proper channels . |
| 20 | Dispose of dirty nappies by flushing them down the toilet , or put them in a sealed plastic bag . |
| 21 | Drain well in a colander and divide them among individual bowls or put them in a large soup tureen . |
| 22 | Some furnishings , pot-holders and ornaments have a very strong-smelling varnish coating , particularly cheap bamboo products with a glossy surface If you have any items of this sort , banish them or put them in an airtight container . |
| 23 | Half bury the log or timber in soil in a part of the garden where it will stay damp , or put it on a shaded window-sill in a plastic container ( ice-cream carton ) . |
| 24 | Or put it in a left-luggage compartment somewhere . ’ |
| 25 | How might such processes be affected in female readers ' responses to stories about males , which concern traditionally male interests and which frequently exclude them altogether or restrict them to a passive role ? |
| 26 | This is most emphatically not the same as blaming ourselves or burdening ourselves with an unnecessary load of guilt . |
| 27 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |
| 28 | From time to time Shelly Films held evening previews of certain feature films , either for clients , or to screen them for the local parent company . |
| 29 | This includes activities undertaken by individuals to prevent disease or to detect it in an asymptomatic state . |
| 30 | Ho , master greybeard loon , ’ he was shouting to Kelly , ‘ come fill the cup , or stap me for a whey-faced knave . ’ |