Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is more difficult to obtain a conviction under section 14 than under other sections of the Act because the prosecution must show that the defendant either knew the statement to be false or made it recklessly , i.e. regardless of whether it was true or false . |
| 2 | ‘ the simple facts which the court has to find are whether the defendant 's conduct in fact prevented the police from carrying out their duty , or made it more difficult for them to do so , and whether the defendant intended that conduct to prevent the police from carrying out their duty or to make it more difficult to do so . ’ |
| 3 | Or found you again either . ’ |
| 4 | In one survey , 83 per cent of the younger girls never , used contraception or used it sporadically . |
| 5 | Whatever it was that lured or drove them there , these creatures , over the millennia , lumbering after their food , became more and more efficient at moving and breathing out of water . |
| 6 | He disobeyed Baudelaire 's instruction to be partial , or obeyed it only in so far as he took a stand against conservative taste . |
| 7 | If Lear was unhappy working on the Birds of Europe , Gould is unlikely to have been aware of it , or paid him much notice . |
| 8 | But once you had found mutual ground for trust , responded to his dry humour or enjoyed his sometimes wicked pranks , the friendship could become deep and permanent . |
| 9 | After the first turn it 's down to luck , the Fanatic could go anywhere , but the chances are you 'll either block the enemy or hit him hard for at least one more turn . |
| 10 | To the degree that Freeman 's is the best and correct understanding of the play 's real and essential structure , earlier interpreters misunderstood it or understood it less satisfactorily or more superficially . |
| 11 | Studies of social mobility , of schools , of work , of leisure , of youth culture , even of the family , either ignored women or saw them only through male eyes . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've never married , or thought I ever would marry . |
| 13 | Or slapped her gently , until a scent that was perfumed with tea sang through the real air to her and she identified one of the sea of aches as thirst . |
| 14 | They also sorted out financial problems , tried to get clients to wash or change their clothes or bedlinen , or brought them home when they wandered away . |
| 15 | In his first address to the UN since taking office , United States President George Bush on Sept. 25 made proposals for cuts in chemical weapons , saying that the United States would begin elimination of 60 per cent or 98 per cent of its chemical weapons respectively , provided the Soviet Union cut its own stockpile to an equal level or eliminated it completely ; and that the USA would destroy all its chemical weapons within 10 years if the countries capable of producing such weapons signed a total ban treaty . |
| 16 | ‘ Or put him there , ’ she agreed wryly . |
| 17 | The flaunting of symbols has so often been the occasion for counter-demonstrations and rioting that the government has often banned parades or re-routed them away from particularly sensitive areas . |
| 18 | Did they vanish or did we just forget them ? |
| 19 | Did they vanish or did we just forget them ? |
| 20 | And and was i how did you work it , was it like a certain amount of men per lorry or did they just come in convoy ? |
| 21 | did they , or did they just like , did they just look at the colour and the shape of it , and the style of it ? |
| 22 | Were the technicians indifferent to what they were recording or did they sometimes become aroused too , and if so , were there rules against them joining in ? |
| 23 | Was her decision to play music on a full-time basis thought out — or did she just happen into it ? |
| 24 | Was there any more or did she just give you these ? |
| 25 | Was she being stupid on purpose , or did she really mean it , Mungo wondered ? |
| 26 | Was it imagination , or did she really sound colder towards him ? |
| 27 | Was it that he suddenly realised that his convictions of the past 30 years were false , or did he simply realise that the electorate could not stomach them ? |
| 28 | When he saw the blue uniforms of the New York police , did Buddeke show them some sort of identification or did he just leave ? |
| 29 | Was he committed to the role of protector , or did he just love flying ? |
| 30 | Or did he just want a special name for her to use ? |