Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This allows the meeting to ask questions , comment or review what happened at previous meetings and to check that decisions have been carried out , or that matters have progressed in the manner envisaged . |
| 2 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |
| 3 | David was urged on by Beth 's insistence that he ‘ talk some sense into the boy , or watch him go from bad to worse ’ . |
| 4 | But the larger questions of how to anchor Germany to the West or watch it turn towards Central Europe , went unanswered . |
| 5 | is what Thursday , Thursday , yeah , at the worse that will get there Monday okay , they 'll try and put it on risk for , or get something moving on that |
| 6 | If we again discount this income at the time or get it looks like that . |
| 7 | The victims are not just big banks , but ordinary people who have to pay bills twice over — or find themselves landed with impressive but worthless slips of paper . |
| 8 | The court to which an application for a stay of action should be made is the court in which that action is pending and the court can either stay the action or allow it to continue on such terms as it thinks fit ( s 285(2) ) . |
| 9 | In these situations we commonly know or think we know of many of the conditions which must occur for the occurrence of the event . |
| 10 | I would suggest that you glue the flowers in position to prevent problems , or carry them sandwiched between two sheets of glass . |
| 11 | Are they even , or do they slope in some rooms ? |
| 12 | Do the different religions believe in the same god in different ways , or do they believe in different gods ? |
| 13 | But do they believe in the same god or do they believe in different gods ? |
| 14 | Do they conduct more extensive analysis and perhaps provide better solutions but risk dissipating energy to act , or do they focus on forceful implementation of a satisfactory solution ? |
| 15 | Do you have a car or do you rely on public transport ? |
| 16 | Bring your plates like that , or do you want like that ? |
| 17 | Indigenous British women affected by post-natal depression are often single mothers or those whose husbands or boyfriends do n't give them the care and affection or help they need in this new stage of their life . |
| 18 | Occasionally you can say you think they 're being stupid or have they thought about other things but at the end of the day people are answerable erm for their own decisions I feel and , if I have an opportunity I 'll tell them what I think , but er if people are n't wanting your opinion then you ca n't really give it |
| 19 | You can tell the solicitor and he will say or she will say to you Good I understand that or Have you thought of this or No you ca n't do that as the case may be . |
| 20 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
| 21 | Nor do they contribute to environmental pollution by burning fossil fuels . |
| 22 | Nor do they benefit from statutory benefits such as sickness or holiday pay , or health regulations — important for those working with hazardous materials such as adhesives . |
| 23 | No government reports measured from year to year the changes in their conditions of life : nor do they figure in statistical columns beyond their place in the tables of births , deaths , and marriages . |
| 24 | ‘ Father , ’ said Tutilo , burning into startling whiteness , ‘ I pledge you my faith I never did nor never would have done him any harm , nor do I know of any who might need to wish him ill . |
| 25 | Nor have I come upon any factor to prove the truth of another assumption which may be made : to wit , that Subject A was the mother of Subject B. Experience and probability point to this being so but that is all . |
| 26 | Knackering though it is , the sessions are also very enjoyable and make everybody work for each other . |
| 27 | If you present someone with a set of stripes on a TV screen and make them move at right angles to their long axis , that is the direction in which the person will see them move . |
| 28 | But unless you can grasp the private contractors and make them cooperate within this or encourage them to do so , there 's absolutely no way you can have a so-called seamless journey . |
| 29 | I 've bought all sorts really , but normally in the first week or two of getting paid , I 'd buy a gram or whatever and make it last for four or five days , so I 'd sort of have a quarter a day out of it . |
| 30 | The play is enlivened by the vicious energy of the performances and by a variety of Irish music and dance which ranges from mournful ballads to the jolliest of jigs , transforming what could have been a dreary harangue into an invigorating ensemble work . |