Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right so if someone holds up this piece and you hold up this piece to your mum and you say what sort of fraction is this ? |
| 2 | My father carries me from the car and I glide up two flights of concrete steps , suspended in midair by anti-gravity . |
| 3 | It cracked the wall down that side and it took out that window put a big crack in there and also in the ceiling . |
| 4 | Their discussion of what the press ‘ should be and do ’ reflects an East — West Cold War divide and they set out ideal , polar positions so as to highlight differences . |
| 5 | In addition to working directly with pupils with special needs they advise mainstream teachers about programmes of work and they carry out detailed diagnostic assessment as necessary . |
| 6 | I have a notebook near me throughout a session and I jot down any questions I could not answer . |
| 7 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 8 | There was a strong diagonal wind in favour of the Borderers in the first half and they turned round 12-3 ahead , although territorially the game was more even . |
| 9 | Algy and I live off baked beans , ’ Len said . |
| 10 | Firstly , there were the rich , who owned farms and employed labour in both agriculture and the home and who made up 20 per cent of the population . |
| 11 | Then we 're at the desk and he leans over all cocky like and actually gets hold of my chin and says , ‘ Why so glum , my fair one ? ’ |
| 12 | He had a regular mistress and he drew out that money to pay her off before he married the other one . ’ |
| 13 | I explained to him about the boxing-match and the waterfall and he went up close and examined the glass minutely , different areas of it , taking his time . |
| 14 | Before the brandy came a familiar American voice penetrated Julia 's tiredness and she sat up straighter . |
| 15 | " The rows started because of money and him going out all the time , " said the woman who arrived in the refuge on the same day as me . |
| 16 | You have a track record and you build up this understanding and you acquire the skills , and it gets easier and easier . |
| 17 | To the right and a ten by eight to the left and then they went up a grade and they drove up same on both . |
| 18 | " Mum works the day shift , Dad works the night shift and I fill up all the gaps . |
| 19 | You see a familiar name and it sets off all sorts of memories . |
| 20 | Went up there the following day and they came back armed with all sorts of things — knives and cudgels — and they went up there and a real fight developed . |
| 21 | She just put a dash of bleach in the water and they came up lovely . |
| 22 | ‘ And that one ‘ undred was only because the grahnd sloped like the north face of Iverest of ‘ e ‘ ad only to tap the ball and it got up faster speed than any fielder . ’ |
| 23 | No , no like you , you sort of hang out with Patrick and Alan yeah for one night and you came back patronising ever met . |
| 24 | You held your hand still on the page and you traced around each finger , and all the little contours of your finger joints were captured , and you would go around a few times , and each time the pencil was at a slightly different angle , so you got this aura of your hand , that was so much more accurate than you could ever draw , and all you had to do was put in the fingernails and the little wrinkles on the backs of your fingers and you really had something ? |
| 25 | So I had to serve a week 's notice and I went down this er what 's the name of it ? |
| 26 | Me old man right , me uncle , me uncle used to live in a house which used to digging in the back garden , this piece of fucking dirt and he pulled out this and its sort of round , my old man 's gone , no he , he said er I would n't dig there any more |
| 27 | He and the policeman took me to a lift and we went down many floors . |
| 28 | Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities . |
| 29 | I grin at Dressing-gown and I sing out nice and loud : ‘ Hallo , Tod , how are you ? |
| 30 | Go to investigate one thing and you turn up another that you did n't expect , like as not . |