Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] and [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well he 's hit me while I 've had my kid in my arms and quite a few times . |
| 2 | This request from the court caused some difficulties as it was argued that the government was seeking to impose its views and even a favoured solution of the dispute upon the court . |
| 3 | But it would also take 700 000 travellers out of their cars and over a million passengers would switch over from air travel . |
| 4 | A Department of the Environment report on eleven such schemes found that there was often little or no consultation with tenants over the future of their homes and only a small proportion of the purchasers were local authority tenants or people on the council waiting list . |
| 5 | He said that although he was personally quite happy with things as they were , he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation would resolve them one way or the other . |
| 6 | She has shown just how normal are her feelings and even a member of the Royal Family must feel desperately sad and lonely without their kids on Christmas morning . |
| 7 | Captain Coote 's sea pieces were fully manned and he told us about his contributing authors , unlike Mr Raban , who gives us only their dates and sometimes a mention in the introduction . |
| 8 | Now , much of what they were saying — particularly their insistence that women had a right to control their bodies and therefore a right to family planning — was welcomed by all sides of the population industry . |
| 9 | Out of necessity , publishers have an eye to their profits and neither a work 's inclusion in a catalogue or collection , nor instant popularity , guarantees its suitability . |
| 10 | Of course , from this end , we had to see England in all their matches and so a local production company was hired for the day — and I mean local . |
| 11 | He played a vital part in the whole development both with his ideas and his supremely practical outlook : no setback discouraged him ; a man of great integrity , discerning in his judgments and withal a sardonic sense of humour . |
| 12 | He has a deep religious conviction , which tends towards the ecumenical , and this would have been a perfect expression of his beliefs and also a personal and rewarding spiritual experience . |
| 13 | Moreover , Mr Andrew Jones was a neat dresser : he spent a lot on his clothes and quite a lot on Emma , but little on herself . |
| 14 | By comparison the scientist is burdened with his instruments and only a few of the greatest of them feel the infinite but the mystic is drowned in it . |