Example sentences of "[n mass] [coord] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my day well every man had an allowance er and we bought our own provisions but every man er they were supposed to be by the commissioners but you got I think seven and six pence a day each man got seven and six pence and we clubbed that money together and bought our provisions er like that . |
| 2 | They 're ninety nine pence and I paid thirty pence for four today . |
| 3 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
| 4 | For he quarrelled with the telephone people and he put another wire on the other side of the road to himself . . |
| 5 | ‘ I had about 700 quid and I had some mates who 'd been in Clock DVA , the Sheffield band . |
| 6 | In May 1983 the head first introduced the appraisal at a meeting of senior staff and I attended this meeting so that the research project could be explained and I could answer any questions staff might have . |
| 7 | In 1985 only 15 species of bird nested on the farm ; in 1992 our breeding list had reached 45 species and we had 156 pairs of birds nesting here . |