Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As children , Diana and Charles were afraid of the dark and they insisted that the landing light was left on or a candle lit in their rooms . |
| 2 | He has n't finished yet with his are they on or a finger ? |
| 3 | And he could also apply to go to and take a course of , of instruction on or a trade to learn a trade . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) In sections 173 , 174 and 176 above , the expression ‘ approved duty ’ , in relation to a member of a body , means any of the following duties , that is to say — ( a ) attendance at a meeting of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; ( b ) the doing of any other thing approved by the body , or anything of a class so approved , for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; , ( c ) where , in pursuance of a duty imposed on or a power granted to the body by any enactment or instrument ( including a Royal Charter ) , he has been appointed by or on the nomination of the body to be a member of some other body prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph ( whether or not that other body falls within any of paragraphs ( ab ) to ( f ) of subsection ( 1 ) above ) , the doing of anything as a member of that other body for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of that other body . |
| 5 | Well you either put one bar on or the lot is on or it 's very dim like this is low and you ca n't see it at all . |
| 6 | Anyway , life must go on or the terrorists will terrorise us into changed patterns of living , bastards that they are . |
| 7 | ‘ Where the processes carried on or the machinery installed are such as could be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to amenity of that area by reason of noise , vibration , smell , fumes , soot ash , dust or grit ’ . |
| 8 | Every wanton scar defacing the walls , every time the lift breaks down or a pain of glass is broken , there 's a ready-made culprit : " It 's the kids again . " |
| 9 | But when you are watching it and these bones are parting , you 'll hear all the trees and all the noises that you can imagine , even as if buildings were falling down or a traction engine is running over you . |
| 10 | When she tried to imagine herself working in an office or a bank , her mind soon went blank , like a cinema screen when the projector breaks down or the film snaps . |
| 11 | I have to bless this tower before it falls down or the masons perish of liver-rot . ’ |
| 12 | If the ship goes down or the basket gets broken , that 's what happens . |
| 13 | Nothing was heard apart from the sound of lead boots walking up and down or the revving of a motorbike . |
| 14 | Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way . |
| 15 | Neither Maxwell nor Murdoch , so prominent in the last twenty years of the period , fits the simple pattern of a non-media organization moving in or a media one moving out . |
| 16 | In droves they come in or a bunch and then another bunch comes and about er quarter to five and it 's every night . |
| 17 | And waits for this one from Tufnell , pushes forward , and it 's hit on his pad outside the off stump possibly , loud appeals from everybody , there 's a rather high-pitched vocals , I think we 've got some young people in or a lot of ladies today . |
| 18 | If he walked in or the girl came to clean the grate , she 'd pretend to be talking to a tradesman : ‘ It really was more fat than lean . |
| 19 | Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen . |
| 20 | Either can be got rid of by bleeding the radiator at the air vent ( page 154 ) , but if this needs doing frequently , find the cause of the air getting in or the corrosion and cure . |
| 21 | What would happen is the prescription would be written and they 'd either get it from the chemist who would constantly have a stock coming in or the hospital . |
| 22 | Use the information in this chapter to draw up your own advertising campaign for the shop you work in OR the shop of your dreams . |
| 23 | Fund managers are intent on doing their best for their funds and have no interest whatsoever in the businesses they invest in or the people who are producing the profits . |
| 24 | You see you 're you 're all talking about contributions in or an ability to pay but based on what ? |
| 25 | And we started , they gave you a helmet , we had to buy a canteen to put your water in and a metal box to put your sandwiches in and then they took us down . |
| 26 | On 1 November Sukarno was called in and a ceasefire arranged . |
| 27 | Next door but one , new neighbours had recently moved in and a man was at work in the garden , slowly digging a flower bed , while a small boy pottered about trying to help him . |
| 28 | Crown Bar , where all the stained glass windows were blown in and a ceiling collapsed . |
| 29 | A glass of milk and an apple when you got in and a smack if you were late . |
| 30 | thing to put a table mat in and a drawer at the top . |