Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these firms , as I said , they wanted this or that or the other and with er because of this fellow Mr he did nothing to get it out of his so it just happened , you know what I mean . |
| 2 | Wrangham writes that in his observations the mounter could be either older or younger than the partner and that approaches were made in situations commonly lacking in social tension . |
| 3 | There are towns and cities along our route which boast the best ale houses in the land , and whilst we can not linger we can , I am sure , find the time to slake a thirst or two that the ice and snow have worked up in us . |
| 4 | that the purpose of avoiding liability to taxation was not the purpose or one of the purposes for which the transfer or associated operations or any of them were effected ; or 2. that the transfer and any associated operations were bona fide commercial transactions and were not designed for the purpose of avoiding liability to taxation ( s741 ) . |
| 5 | ENO performs the five-act version which includes the opening Fontainebleau scene , but this is longer than usual because the prelude and opening chorus about the privations of the French populace have been reconstructed from Verdi 's cuts by Andrew Porter ( whose excellent translation is used ) and Sir Charles Mackerras . |
| 6 | And is not this medium exceedingly more rare and subtle than the air and exceedingly more elastic and active ? |
| 7 | She was startlingly beautiful , with proud elegant Kashmiri features and eyes so sensitive and expressive that the pain and humiliation she had suffered struck me , too , like a knife . |
| 8 | He doubted if these boys had been playing soccer — Hurstdown 's sporting young gentlemen would surely scorn such a plebeian game — and , sure enough , the boy bringing up the rear , older and taller than the rest and evidently in charge , was clutching a rugby ball to his chest . |
| 9 | The wind was blustery and cold and the wheelbarrow and Land Rover were wet with melting frost . |
| 10 | Fernando 's eyes were cold and expressionless once the horror and surprise had faded and as Ruth made pointless reminiscent remarks in a voice that was barely her own she saw him take a worried sidelong glance at his beautiful companion . |
| 11 | John remained silent and brooding while the Swede and the Australian played the hole . |
| 12 | GO ON GO ON GO ON … ’ their voices seemed as harsh and frightening as the sky and as chilly cold as the wind and whatever they said he could n't , he knew he could n't . |
| 13 | And you 're forty something and straight and divorced and celibate and a mother and I could n't have found a more complicated situation to fall in love with . |
| 14 | Amabel smiled at her now as she sat by Gemma 's bedside tranquilly embroidering a cambric handkerchief , patient and beautiful as an angel and so terribly wronged . |
| 15 | History was sex , French was sex , art was sex , the Bible , poetry , penfriends , games , music , everything was sex except biology which was obviously sex but obviously not really sex , not the one which was secret and ecstatic and wicked and a sacrament and all the things it was supposed to be at one and the same time — I got that in the boiler room and it turned out to be biology after all . |
| 16 | An ‘ orthopaedic ’ bed is just another way of describing a bed that is firmer and harder than the average and certainly is n't necessary for a lightweight child . |
| 17 | The problem is not length as such but the infrequency and brevity of meetings at which the scientific work is conducted , a point to which I shall return towards the end of this paper . |
| 18 | Will my right hon. Friend take no lectures from the Labour party on short-termism , as its short-term policies will last only as long as the election and change for every by-election — |
| 19 | As long as the price and the product differentiation are perceived in a consistent or positive light , then the extra price will be viable . |
| 20 | The Croaking Gourami is an undemanding fish and will tolerate quite poor water conditions as long as the Ph and hardness do n't reach extremes . |