Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw a Mummy examined that had been embalmed for 2,000 years ; the embalmer had taken out all the Viscera of the head , Thorax and Abdomen and cut all the flesh off the bones , and the cavities of the Thorax & Abdomen were filled up with Tar , Pitch & c and the form of the leg , Thigh & c were altogether made up of linen Rags dipp 'd in Tar , Pitch , & c so that I have an Opinion that they were allow 'd to carry the dead Body home by pretending to embalm it to preserve the Flesh & c , but you see they either buried or burnt the Flesh : this art always ‘ till lately appeared to me ridiculous as I know how soon putrefaction took place after Death ; since that time I have often thought it would be pleasing if we could fall upon a method of preserving dead Bodies & I thought that mankind in general would wish to have the Bodies of their Friends & c Preserved . |
| 2 | ‘ Or I have supreme confidence in myself that she will return to me , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 3 | Or I have some vodka in the fridge . |
| 4 | Simulation of geographical systems is not necessarily motivated by considerations of cost or avoidance of hazard , but more by the desire to experiment on systems that are either too slow-acting relative to the human life-span or which present ethical problems to the would-be experimenter . |
| 5 | Once , it was a pop cliche that the records which mattered most to you were the ones which marked your earliest sexual encounters or which signposted key events in your adolescence . |
| 6 | More difficult to assess is the toxic reaction of an odour , that is an effect ‘ which may influence survival or which produces unfavourable changes in the gross and microscopic appearance of organs or tissues or in the entire organism ’ . |
| 7 | Certain medical conditions , such as being HIV positive , or which need particular kinds of medication , may make breastfeeding inadvisable . |
| 8 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
| 9 | In a place like mine anybody who knows my patch you , you know old or you know certain parts of or you know certain parts of . |
| 10 | In a place like mine anybody who knows my patch you , you know old or you know certain parts of or you know certain parts of . |
| 11 | Or you know sludgy sort of colour like this |
| 12 | I think you 're honest it 's the people respect you more if you say I 'm sorry , I do n't know the answer , I 'll find out for you and then you say tell you what John , can you write that up on that issues form pad or you know another bit of flipchart paper , we 'll come back to that . |
| 13 | You get , or you get two cars of equal speed , along straight |
| 14 | If however , you 're confused about anything this afternoon , or you want more information about , you know , managing time and so on , give me a call please , er , my number is and er , I may not be there , but I do have an answerphone , and I will get back to you as soon as I can . |
| 15 | For someone suffering from addiction there is no such thing as free choice : he or she gets unconditional damage from the addictive use of drugs or alcohol . |
| 16 | If the sociologist is present at the moment of speech-production , whether as observer or interviewer , then he or she plays some part in the creation of the dialogue . |
| 17 | All too easily , he or she forms subjective opinions about the relative sales potential of different territories , but lacks an objective framework for setting sales quotas . |
| 18 | In these circumstances the analyst can not help becoming involved , particularly if he or she has elderly relatives in similar situations , and it is sometimes difficult to retain objectivity . |
| 19 | The end result of this case is that the police have a power to enter and search any premises for the purpose of recapturing a person unlawfully at large , provided he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that the person is on those premises ( s. 17(1) ( d ) & ( 2 ) of PACE and that they have the power to use reasonable force in effecting entry and arresting the person sought ( s.117 of PACE ) . |
| 20 | Shaikhs collected money from members of their lineages to support those who had no other support , or who had heavy expenses of certain kinds ( educational or medical , but not business expenses ) which they could not meet ; but these were in no sense an attempt to redistribute resources . |
| 21 | Applicants who are uncertain as to the validity of their qualifications or of their present course of study , or who wish further information on any aspect of their application , are advised to write at the earliest opportunity to the Associate Dean for Admissions , Faculty of Arts Office , David Hume Tower , George Square , Edinburgh EH8 9JX . |
| 22 | Those who held forth in the Royal Institution in the second half of the nineteenth century , or who addressed large audiences at the British Association or its equivalents in other countries , were confident ; and they had reason for their confidence . |
| 23 | As far as possible , the trained staff on our non-emergency vehicles are reserved for high-dependency patients , travelling on wheelchairs , or even stretchers , or who require significant assistance on or off the vehicle . |
| 24 | For the credit marketer who is looking either to reach higher volumes of target customers throughout the country , or who needs higher volumes of names for a rolled-out marketing campaign , this restriction forms and important limitation . |
| 25 | It takes place at the College of Technology in Kevin Street — but it is only open to those already accepted as a trainee or who have some position in a recognised organisation . |
| 26 | Existing members of pension schemes set up prior to the 1989 Budget or who joined established schemes before 1 June 1989 may not be affected by the rule and may be entitled to a higher tax-free lump sum . |
| 27 | The patent may , for instance , have been licensed on terms which are commercially unattractive to potential sub-licensees with superior production techniques or who enjoy established access to trans-national sales outlets . |
| 28 | She said you 're gon na ask the duck or something to lay another egg for you . |
| 29 | If you can keep the home free from allergens and other offending substances , your child 's health may be good enough for him or her to tolerate limited exposure at school . |
| 30 | Bias may creep in through the wording of questions ( which may be ambiguous , unintelligible or suggestive of a particular answer ) , through the careless recording of answers , through the interviewer 's ( perhaps unwitting ) influence over response-patterns and through a general failure of the interviewer to establish the kind of rapport with the respondent that enables him or her to give truthful answers on personal matters . |