Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Erm , what you need to do is , if you can , save up all the changes , for one batch and then do them all together .
2 Only two feet above the glassy water a dozen dug-out canoes are lashed to the side and more join us all the time .
3 They see their social life as a struggle for personal dignity in a general social framework that daily denies them this dignity .
4 AND FROM THE RACISM THAT SADLY AFFLICTS US ALL AND LEADS WHITE PEOPLE TO ASSOCIATE INFERIORITY AND DARKNESS , KURTEN 'S RECONSTRUCTION MAKES MORE SENSE , SINCE NEANDERTHALS LIVED IN GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND LIGHT SKIN MAY BE AN ADAPTATION TO LIFE IN MIDDLE TO HIGH LATITUDES .
5 And sewed on the sewing machine and then painted them all with raw linseed oil but raw linseed oil took a long while to dry but they soft .
6 In such cases a written agreement can strengthen your case and perhaps save you some money .
7 Draw a rough sketch and then translate them all in a permanent fashion to the wall .
8 Doing as she had bid herself , she walked into the cottage and then spoilt it all by slamming the door .
9 Tony bought him a whisky and then bought him another .
10 He conducted a visitation every five years , when he went there and interviewed each individual member of the community and finally gave them all a charge .
11 He came up to my room and obligingly handed me some for my wife , myself and friends .
12 My boyfriend has a full-time job but barely gives me enough money for the shopping .
13 He was clearly amused by her reaction , his eyes slanting into a lazy , mocking smile that somehow rattled her more than his anger had done .
14 He raised his hands above his head and then stretched them both out at the unfortunate First Spiritualist .
15 An old lady descends from the black branches of the fire escape every morning and wearily gathers it all up and clambers home with it in paper bags : the food left for her by the birds .
16 So I sprinkled this stuff inside every pair of knickers in the drawer and then folded them all up again carefully . ’
17 I think they 've all got their own washing machines on the ward and that sort of thing , whereas we had to do it by hand and then bundle it all up and send it down to the laundry .
18 He turned round , took her intercom control in his hand and then gave her another lesson in operating the controls .
19 Building tension and mystery to the end and then undermining it all .
20 They have developed a sliding scale charge so that organisations can get together to take advantage of bulk ordering and so save them some of the administration expenses .
21 I 'll have our breakfast and promptly threw it all up
22 That 's the end of the shipping forecast but just to remind you that Radio Four long wave in Northern Scotland , Orkney and Shetland is off the air as the bulkhead transmitter has been affected by the bad weather but as soon as it 's repaired we will repeat the shipping forecast for the areas affected that 'll be on long wave only and F M will continue with scheduled programmes .
23 As he lived in the city , Mr Coary drove me up to the Noones ’ for my bag and then took me all the way back to O'Brien 's Hotel in Dublin , where I had stayed long before .
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