Example sentences of "and [subord] [indef pn] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Meanwhile , a wide variety of courts administered a wide variety of laws all over western Europe ; and if one asked a man in any part of Europe to whose law he was subject , he might well have answered ‘ to my law ’ — for law was a personal thing , which a man might carry about with him ; it bound him to the courts to which his ancestors had been subject , to the laws of those courts , and gave him the privileges which those courts provided . |
| 2 | His reasoning , as ever practical , was that it was a chore having to empty the thing , and if one had a second , it would be unnecessary . |
| 3 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 4 | Er you see the the wireless that we 'd got was the old cats whisker on a crystal , you see , and a pair of earphones that we used to And if anybody rustled a paper , you see ? |
| 5 | And if anybody wants a drink or anything er er , there 's Coke behind , if anybody wants a coffee or you know , just shout . |
| 6 | And buy in food , if he has to , and if anyone has a surplus to sell and wants to sell it to him . |
| 7 | Further , decisions about the needs of kin , and whether one has a duty to put them before one 's own interests , cease to be static sets of responsibilities and become matters for judgement at a particular point in time , with such judgements being related both to the economic circumstances then prevailing , and to the situation of all the other members of the family group . |