Example sentences of "and [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practice Richard Ashworth and ors v Berkeley-Walbrook Ltd ; CA ( Russell , Stuart-Smith LJJ ) ; 27 Sept 1989 As a general rule , where a counterclaim could properly be relied on as a set-off and where it arose out of the same subject matter as the claim , the counterclaiming defendant ought not to be required to give security for costs of that counterclaim unless there were exceptional circumstances . |
| 2 | It 's often put that hunting is good for the countryside that it 's about controlling foxes the scientific evidence rather puts that to pay the scientific evidence certainly indicates that fox hunting makes very little difference to control of foxes in the countryside and there is some evidence to suggest that fox hunting actually encourages more foxes to breed and that we end up with more foxes , so it seems to be self defeating in that respect . |
| 3 | I suppose that bearded bloke must 'ave dropped it , I suppose I must 'ave picked it up without thinking and that I went off with it in an absent-minded way . |
| 4 | The Angel of Death was closer now , shadowed in the half-light from the church , the two marble attendants on guard at the mausoleum 's bronze doors , everything as usual except that tonight , I could have sworn that there was a third figure and that it moved out of the darkness towards me . |
| 5 | The ‘ foolish years ’ as a Battersea Grammar school boy confirmed certain attitudes that Edward Thomas never abandoned and that he passed on to his children . |
| 6 | What is striking is that Peada was baptized by Fínán , Aidan 's successor as bishop of Lindisfarne , at Ad Murum in the vicinity of Hadrian 's Wall , and that he took back with him four priests , Cedd , Adda , Betti and Diuma , to work among the Middle Angles , the Irishman Diuma receiving consecration from Fínán , according to Bede , as bishop of the Middle Angles and the Mercians ( HE 111 , 13 ) . |
| 7 | Many legends are told of Barbarossa ; it is said that he is not dead , that no true Emperor has ruled since his reign , and that he lives on until the Day of Judgement . |
| 8 | But Main Line contended it had reached a binding verbal agreement with Basinger , who was to have been paid £2m ( 3m dollars ) for six weeks ' work , and that she backed out of it four weeks before shooting was to begin in 1991 . |
| 9 | The circumstances in which a break with the past and the need for a fresh start come about vary from country to country , but in almost every case in modern times countries have a Constitution for the very simple and elementary reason that they wanted , for some reason , to begin again and so they put down in writing the main outline , at least , of their proposed system of government . |
| 10 | Life just has not provided them with a partner and so they wander on through their thirties and forties , still living alone and gradually accepting the situation . |
| 11 | ‘ And so you signed on with International Models ? ’ |
| 12 | We , we we 've gone through a stage where we 've said , I 'm not good enough , my families not good enough , my home 's not , and my class is n't good , and my my town is n't good enough , erm , and so you go on from that , and you you eventually , but well , you know , what about England . |
| 13 | Suddenly rain poured down , and although we hurried back to the house , we were quite wet when we arrived in the hall . |
| 14 | His spirits sank again at the prospect and although he went out to Ruislip where his former battalion now had its headquarters , and although he was received by Colonel Bumford , his spirits were at zero three days later when Charity spoke to him on the telephone . |
| 15 | The care and attention he received was first class throughout his stay and although he missed out on a family Christmas at home , the staff more than made up for it and he was showered with extra presents which helped to speed his recovery . |
| 16 | And although I move on in the final chapter to consider some of the policy implications of the analysis , the main aim will be to clarify rather than prescribe . |
| 17 | Cos they do n't half hammer you and if they catch up with you once they watch you like a hawk . |
| 18 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |
| 19 | And if they come out with that line : ‘ Oh but mum , everyone else 's mum lets them stay out until three in the morning/hitch a lift home from Glastonbury/take the short cut across the meadow at night/ride a bike without wearing an orange band … ’ then find out what other parents really think . |
| 20 | And if they go on like this I shall need something bigger and lighter . |
| 21 | And if they find out about the quarter-finals , for instance … |
| 22 | And if they started on at me , I 'd just threaten to run off again , ’ |
| 23 | If the project does not get into gear now and if we go back to the drawing board , it will be decades before we get another scheme that is worked through to the present level . |
| 24 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 25 | ‘ And if we journey on with him we shall in any case finish the bread , ham , and cheese together . |
| 26 | This is ambitious , and if we look back at the scope of the information skills , it is subversive to present-day teaching . |
| 27 | ‘ She went back to work very quickly after her operation and if she goes on with her busy life as she fully intends to do , she needs a day or two off occasionally . |
| 28 | I usually make her coffee , and if she runs out of fags or needs summat from the shops , I go for her . |
| 29 | And if she comes back to the house , she wo n't be able to find me , so I got to stay there . |
| 30 | The form of service and the choice of hymns , if any , should be your parent 's , and if she is hoping to see her husband 's coffin surrounded by flowers on its last journey , nobody should suggest to her that she should instead consider asking relatives and friends to send donations to a suitable charity , for this may upset her deeply , and if she gives in to it , it may become a burning resentment in her later on . |