Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They saw little or nothing of each other . |
| 2 | ‘ The best mothers , wives and managers of households ’ , he wrote , ‘ know little or nothing of sexual indulgence . ’ |
| 3 | These prior conditions may be determined by a chief constable or his deputy , or someone of equivalent rank in the Metropolitan police . |
| 4 | She felt it would have to be an MP or someone of similar standing in order that her story would at least be believed . |
| 5 | The charity shop 's not really a proper shop — it ai n't smart or none of that , and there 's just a couple of old women sitting by an electric fire and helping out customers when they want to try on clothes and that . |
| 6 | Gasping for breath , Gentle registered little or none of this , but pushed himself up from the wall to re-launch his attack . |
| 7 | If the volume is laid on desk or table , place another book , or something of equivalent thickness beneath the upper cover . |
| 8 | Surely there would have been signs of porpoise tanks or something of that kind on board , and there was only the diving equipment and the submersible research vehicle . |
| 9 | In all but a few cases their treason had been petty , enlisting in the German ranks after being taken prisoner or something of that sort . |
| 10 | But Fraser , pressed on the question of value for money resorted to other arguments : " they are more economical , but they are not so satisfactory , they are always going off for sickness of some kind or another , or their mother is ill or something of that kind — that is the greatest trouble , their mother is ill constantly " . |
| 11 | You may be thinking of treating yourself to a holiday erm or something of that kind . |
| 12 | With a horse you want that tomorrow morning ; and if you 're going to leave it neglected you 'd have it with sore shoulders ; you 'd have it lame or something of that sort . |
| 13 | ‘ Or something of that order . ’ |
| 14 | The husband had either died or something of that sort , or the husband was unable to work , then the mother would have to work to keep things going . |
| 15 | ‘ Who 's Who or something of that sort ? ’ |
| 16 | Presumably he is about to resign the Whip , or something of that sort , from the Labour party in this place . |
| 17 | Chairman , if , if someone does n't come under the regulations and is operating a business or something of that sort , is there the facility for that body , either the management body or the business to ask voluntarily for you to inspect , with a view to issue a , er , erm , a certificate er , erm of er , safety ? |
| 18 | Lord Greene MR stated in Saltman that it is perfectly possible to have a confidential document , be it a formula , a plan , a sketch , or something of that kind , which is the result of work done by the maker on materials which may be available for the use of anybody . |
| 19 | facility for for us to take it up , and er I would like to see may be er some something incorporated , there was one suggestion of a Bramley park or something of that nature was n't there in those suggestions we had , have we still got that one , could you could you just er inform me what it really said ? |
| 20 | or something of that with with some photographs on , |
| 21 | Or something of that sort which might be associated with like , when was |
| 22 | Even the de-activated pistols in the hands of the wrong person in a bank or something of that sort could cause terror . ’ |
| 23 | Well er sometimes it might be porridge but it was usually just er the and maybe er boiled eggs and er oatcakes and and your dinner 'd probably be tatties and pork or something of that kind . |
| 24 | The boys was trying to play football or something of that kind . |
| 25 | My father was not often , maybe once or twice would for buying a horse or change a horse or something of that kind . |
| 26 | I do n't know whether it was relevant or not but I would , I 'd ask how did you manage to finance these policies , if you 're taking one out every two or three years , you know , obviously increment in salary or something of that nature might be relevant so something that the person was conscious of , they were using their money to buy er s er savings plans . |
| 27 | my Lord I , I think it takes the view and probably not unreasonably that assuming good faith on the part of the disciplinary tribunal and assuming that there is er review by the courts , you will have complete objectivity and someone who has been excluded for a good reason , maybe fraud or something of that nature should not be competing in the first place , but he will not be excluded unreasonably and therefore if he was excluded unreasonably erm the fact of he 's exclusion could be anti competitive because it takes out of the market a player |
| 28 | Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ? |
| 29 | It actually has fifty quid on it or something of that sort . |
| 30 | Er or soul or something of that sort , which er you know there were loads of youngsters in the pub . |