Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The race was only open to vehicles which ran on unorthodox fuels , or which had internal combustion engines modified for greater energy efficiency .
2 The subjects in one of the trials referred to were patients in whom pain control was inadequate or who had appreciable side effects , which is why the cerebrospinal fluid was accessed .
3 And I remember four stone steps led up to the front door , and we 'd what they called a parlour then .
4 And I got two polo necks one with slight ribs in .
5 Liza and I had white satin dresses and shoes with bows on , and Frankie had a suit of small grey and white checked material with a cap to match and a pair of new boots .
6 I had a bottle of VP Rich Ruby wine , and Darren 's tablets were in the house , and I had some pain killers .
7 But it was the truth , and I spent many summer hours of study under the beeches growing above where the Portland Building now stands .
8 I was drunk and I hate those parapet steps .
9 I want good finance women and I want good information women .
10 Now it seemed to me that was n't a very erm reasonable balance and er comparing that with the with the Secretary of State 's recent pronouncements where he talks about local planning authorities needing to breathe fresh life into the countryside through their development plans and I want local planning authorities in rural areas to give the need to diversify the rural economy as much priority priority in their thinking as protecting the countryside and the two go hand in hand , and comparing those two er points I I would I would put to North Yorkshire the question , Do they think that the explanatory memorandum is is consistent with that er policy statement from the Secretary of State ?
11 And I run occasional training seminars for my own people .
12 I suggest that , in spite of appearances , these processes are every bit as carefully organised and crafted as those involved in setting up ‘ group work ’ , and I propose some starting points for further discussion and development .
13 We have two grown-up children and one grandchild and I enjoy big family gatherings — the Italian influence again — with everyone seated at a round table .
14 You know , she came home and she was watching television and I bought some Bourbon biscuits round and then I thought I 'll have one with my cup of tea and now there 's three left !
15 A rich combination of women 's cultural activities , featuring performance poetry , dance from Lucia Walker and company , some of the life-size figures from the photographic exhibition ‘ Just the Job ’ and Bea Freeman , who will present her film about ‘ Just the Job ’ in which she also appears and which presents positive role models of Black women and women from other racially minorities , and the work they do .
16 The use of the MLA logo for business purposes is restricted to two categories of membership : companies which have already had locksmiths accepted as corporate members of the MLA ( and which meet additional set criteria ) , and affiliate members .
17 I saw no Minnas or Brendas in Ballachulish that day , maybe a Kylie Minogue in the supermarket , and nobody had any folk memories of tame jackdaws .
18 But if it 's just been brought out of the calf pens , fresh muck when it 's been spreaded in , and you know that tummy muscles , along mucking out the calf pens , they 'd been all the winter on this , getting tighter and harder , all through the winter .
19 If you are getting income support and you have high fuel charges at a fixed rate , you will not have to pay more than a maximum fixed amount .
20 Try using different colour yarns for each pin-tuck six row section and always the same yarn for the four row knit/knit section and you create coloured stripe ridges .
21 By the time they reached Coniston and she saw grey stone cottages beside a lake reflecting more of those unbelievable mountains , she knew she was being offered a new world .
22 She had lost her handbag somewhere , but her wallet was still in her inside jacket pocket , and she had some make-up things in her coat .
23 Her lungs are badly scarred , her throat is damaged , her sense of taste and smell have almost completely gone and she suffers severe mood swings .
24 Her eyes were nearer black than brown and she wore woollen knee stockings ; from a distance she could have been mistaken for a child , of either sex .
25 Tight denims clung to her legs and she wore knee-length leather boots .
26 Silvery water swirled beneath and we spied grey wag tails on wet boulders in mid-stream .
27 And we had marvellous Christmas parties too .
28 He enjoyed the company of his grandchildren and we had several family gatherings .
29 And we eat more convenience foods , high in calories : burgers , pizzas , Indian and Chinese food , cakes , biscuits and pastries .
30 A computer word holds a fixed number of bits , in a range from about 12 to 64 , and we number these bit positions consecutively , starting at zero at the right-hand or least-significant end .
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