Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb base] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 No if you sit here cos look I and we sit here .
2 If you have ever considering fostering a child in need of a little homely care and attention , now is the time to get involved .
3 But if we go ahead as planned , then Miranda will own forty-five per cent — a minority holding — and after acquiring her shares , and taking up your rights issue , you will own thirty per cent . ’
4 IT seems that home-owners are now being told they can save Pounds 2,000 a year if they rent rather than buy a property .
5 Elizabeth Lewis reviews the existing philosophical underpinnings of social group work in the USA and finds these deficient , because they constrain rather than liberate individuals .
6 Acknowledge people when you arrive rather than slinking into a corner .
7 I must say , that when you live here as opposed to visiting , the apparent lack of walks — and I agree that this is so — vanishes .
8 Some produce little useful pollen of their own , even though they set well if fertilised by another tree .
9 Formative evaluation ( to use the current jargon ) , is so obviously more important than summative , since you need to modify things as they develop rather than wring your hands over them when they have failed .
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