Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You er last time I saw you , you were I did n't know whether you 'd been starting up in er in photography but you had been next door I think or I 'd seen a lot of your stuff . |
| 2 | Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case . |
| 3 | Erm , but I think P , er , budget review , or somebody needs to have a look at it , if you 've got budget review and you 've got people who , most of the people who were on the old working party know the background there anyway , seems as good a place as any to look at it . |
| 4 | Article 18 imposes an obligation on a State which has signed but not yet ratified a treaty , or which has ratified a convention prior to its entry into force , not to act so as to defeat the objects and purposes of the convention . |
| 5 | ( ii ) has had a bankruptcy order made against him or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors or has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part VIII of the Insolvency Act 1986 or is or has been a director of a company in respect of which an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a winding-up order has been made or in respect of which a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed or which has made a proposal for a voluntary arrangement under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 or in respect of which a person has been appointed receiver or administrative receiver ; or |
| 6 | This might happen because the writer is tired , because he or she wants to get the writing over and done with ; but the fundamental reason seems to be that the writer has broken contact with the feeling that originally made him or her want to write the story or poem . |
| 7 | You always say ‘ shut up ’ or you 've got no time or ‘ tell me later ’ . |
| 8 | you 've just bought a car or you 've got a car you can take it and the police look over it to see if it 's alright . |
| 9 | So you tend to gradually come round to the view that unless it 's causing very bad visual pollution , or you 've had a run of complaints about it , then you tend not to take a stat . ’ |
| 10 | erm , and , and , it could arise in many different circumstances , erm one can imagine a situation which wrongly expel erm a name from the market , well whatever the motives , that clearly distorts competition cos there 's one rule , one less competitor in the market , erm it , it 's con , it , it 's conceivable that an article eighty five argument could arise and an expel name could raise a point , whether he succeeds is another matter , but at that point and , and in relation to that he may say well I can sue you because you 've excluded me you 've restricted competition or you 've excluded a group of names |
| 11 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |
| 12 | If your car breaks down or you need to get a taxi home late at night , the last thing you want to do is wander round looking for a phone box . |
| 13 | You 've either got to eat the cake , in which case you no longer have the cake , or you decide to preserve the cake , in which case you ca n't eat it . |
| 14 | You ca n't put standards or Bosses with Squig units because the Squigs tend to eat them , or you have to put the Bosses at the back where they ca n't do anything . |
| 15 | in around other commitments , particularly if you are preparing written work or you have to present a seminar . |
| 16 | In the other … you might just as well try to go to sleep when your feet are cold or you want to spend a penny , or you 're hungry for a special kind of food you have n't got . |
| 17 | If you plan to defer your pension , you should also defer any graduated pension to which you may be entitled — or you risk losing the increases you would otherwise obtain . |
| 18 | that at the time of the loss or damage he or she had taken a room at the inn ; and |
| 19 | If he or she undertakes to make a part of his or her income over to a charity for four years or more , the tax the individual pays on that income is given by the tax authorities to the charity concerned . |
| 20 | That is , everyone in an organization should constantly be thinking through what information he or she needs to do the job and to make a contribution . |
| 21 | The first-generation immigrant , however zealously he or she tried to learn the techniques of the new life , lived in a self-imposed ghetto , drawing support from the old ways , the men of his kind , the memories of the old country which he had so readily abandoned . |
| 22 | When you initially approach an Alexander teacher , make sure that he or she has undergone a teachers ' training course that is recommended by The Society of Alexander Teachers ( STAT ) . |
| 23 | In fact , according to Austin there are more than a thousand of these acts which are performable in English , and unless the hearer or reader recognises which of these is being expressed by the utterances in question he or she has missed the point . |
| 24 | Even the earliest beginner , if he or she has seen the originals , will instantly recognise there is something missing . |
| 25 | Clearly , formulations of gist and upshot are important in written and formal spoken discourse too , although there the task of the sender is much harder , as he or she has to estimate the need for reformulation at any given point . |
| 26 | More commonly , the minister under attack is shielded by collective responsibility and the decision as to whether he or she goes or stays is one for the Prime Minister , based on the criteria of the extent to which he or she has become a liability to the government . |
| 27 | Every time the parent has witnessed the PB or CB , he or she has entered a tally mark in the appropriate space . |
| 28 | The client should be told that if he or she wishes to discuss the claim , this will generally be welcomed but that they must make an appointment first . |
| 29 | The computer asks the child if he or she wants to work the section again or choose another scene . |
| 30 | This might happen because the writer is tired , because he or she wants to get the writing over and done with ; but the fundamental reason seems to be that the writer has broken contact with the feeling that originally made him or her want to write the story or poem . |