Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] [pron] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , one of the researchers ' most important tasks is to ascertain for my benefit what kind of conversation we 'll be likely to have — whether the guest talks nineteen to the dozen , in which case I 'll need to prepare lots of questions , or if they take ten minutes to say ‘ Good evening ’ — in which case I 'll start praying .
2 Or if you have three works which are performed live in PRS-licensed premises at least twelve times over the course of two years , you can also become a member of the society .
3 If the Minister had bothered to listen to the submissions made to him or if he cared one iota for the industry , he would know that the figures come from the farmers .
4 Carted all my engraving apparatus to Rydal Mount & when there made two drawings of the Mount … ’ ‘ 5th Nov .
5 He then retired to a small property near Ryde on the Isle of Wight , where he spent his later years carrying out improvements to the grounds and where he died 14 February 1853 .
6 The last years of her life were divided between Bermuda and Plandome , Long Island , where she built herself an Italian-style villa and where she died 29 October 1924 .
7 They were beaten 2–0 at Ewood Park by play-off hopefuls Charlton on Saturday , and although they remain two points clear , the chasing pack is closing in .
8 His youngest daughter Margaret married John Hastings Earl of Pembroke in 1359 , and although she died two years later , Pembroke remained high in favour at court and , with royal encouragement , embarked on a plan to reunite the inheritance of his ancestor William Marshall , which had twice been partitioned in the previous century and a half .
9 How does one decide whether company directors are functionally more important than their workers , and if they receive five times as much as workers , does this mean they are five times more important ?
10 erm and ask them you know and say , and if they want two years , say well you know I 'm pretty keen on this , now what , you know I necessarily expect you to have me
11 pint they buy , and if they buy five pints
12 the butcher , on the corner of Street , the little tiny grocers where you used to go and fe your mother used to go and fetch her groceries , and if she spent three shillings in the shop she was a good customer .
13 If it be light , dry and free from bugs , if it be central in position , and if it contain three rooms , it will be eagerly sought for and hard to find .
14 And if it means fifty percent of whatever we get in capital receipts going to pay off our debts , it 's a worthwhile attitude , and I think we ought to take our debts responsible .
15 I would always be ‘ starting the diet tomorrow ’ and if I ate one thing ‘ out of order ’ , the diet would collapse and I would eat everything in sight until I could hardly move .
16 And if I put six weeks , now this 'll overlap slightly with the present one , that does n't matter the D S S do n't give two hoots from that point of view , and that 'll then run out six weeks , which is about the beginning of September
17 And if I have two weeks time then we get paid er thirty six hour .
18 And if I have one person dearer to me than another , why must that person be singled out for an object of your violence ?
19 and if , and if I do two Beta award weekends
20 If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’
21 They 're the classic example of a band that thinks with one brain , and if you took one component out it would n't happen . ’
22 And if you change one spreadsheet you have to change everything because it is n't automatically changed throughout .
23 So the craft show , er adults are a pound , there 's easy free parking , children are free and if you want two tickets give us a ring , but make a note Nottingham University , this craft show , Jessie Conference Centre , Nottingham University , Friday and Saturday November the twenty six and twenty seventh from ten A M till six P M.
24 And if you want 70,000 people at a birthday tribute concert for Nelson Mandela , you push the information through to organisations like CND , The World Council of Churches , and you 'll have a full house !
25 It is well acted and well directed by Patrick Dromgoole and if you want three acts of vicious infighting , grisly humour , sadism , transvestism and incest this play contains them all .
26 And if you wanted ten rolls of wallpaper they 'd paper your room for five shillings .
27 What it was was I 'm in charge , no you 're not and if you meet two people give me two people who are both power like
28 before I was a gard er was a mo a gardener , and after I 'd three years to the extent I ca n't .
29 This usually produces great merriment and after I have three adults in a line with me , most of the conversations have ended and people are helping out .
30 It may also be possible to get some idea of the neighbours , and whether they keep two caravans or a motorboat in front of the lounge windows .
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