Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 Well , they jogged along for some time but , as you might care to imagine , there had to come a moment when the legs had reached the top of the tree , everyone could see everything and therefore the game had finished .
32 Right , word full stop word Erm right , press return a few times then choose centering button and table , insert table , and now we 're going to have a table whe where I thought we could have a number and it can either be times or divide by something and then the answer , so we want how many columns ?
33 The system is a cooperative one and yet the operating units remain independent .
34 Captain Freddie 's position in Punta Arenas was an unusual one and largely a result of the Falklands war .
35 The story of those who did n't want this is often not a pleasant one and there the rigidity and the oppression of our traditions are exposed .
36 In order to keep pace with growing demand for services , by the end of the 60's hardware has been upgraded to include first one and then a second ICL 1900 series processor .
37 Sequential attention to goals allows organizations to resolve conflicts : ‘ Just as a political organization is likely to resolve conflicting pressures to ‘ go left ’ and ‘ go right ’ by first doing one and then the other , the business firm is likely to resolve conflicting pressures to ‘ smooth production ’ and ‘ satisfy consumers ’ by first doing one and then the other' ( Cyert and March , 1963 , p. 118 ) .
38 Sequential attention to goals allows organizations to resolve conflicts : ‘ Just as a political organization is likely to resolve conflicting pressures to ‘ go left ’ and ‘ go right ’ by first doing one and then the other , the business firm is likely to resolve conflicting pressures to ‘ smooth production ’ and ‘ satisfy consumers ’ by first doing one and then the other' ( Cyert and March , 1963 , p. 118 ) .
39 Quite frequently a certain plant was reordered under a different name from the correct one and consequently the nurseryman , who honestly believed he was fulfilling the order , was dubbed a ‘ knave or a blockhead ’ , whereas the fault lay with ‘ too much dependence upon careless naming by an unexperienced author ’ .
40 something , something but once a year .
41 I thought I heard something but then the oaf of a guide urged his horse back , shouting out questions which would have roused the dead .
42 The did n't reserve anybody and quite a lot of their men at forty was taken away to the army .
43 Pete was now beginning to wonder if she was feeling ill ; it was almost as if , for the latter part of the evening , she 'd only been keeping up a show of enjoying herself and now the strain of the charade was getting through to her .
44 Having heard of Miller 's industry , he made the suggestion to him and thus the idea of a small Dictionary was conceived .
45 Thirty at the end of the day I want a mortgage of about thirty five grand to pay the bank , pay him and also the mortgage that we 've already got .
46 Wilson saw Henry Barrett in him and even a flash of his Grandfather Barrett .
47 The tragedy of the whole affair becomes so pathetic as we realise that Coleen does love him and only a delay of post cost him his life .
48 Suddenly there was a rush of water and he was there and she grabbed at him and then the world and white water spun as he entered her again , deeply , thoroughly , moving so desperately that she moaned against his mouth .
49 ‘ Well , of course , dear old Fagg is a great man for believing whatever suits him and obviously the notion that this was an inside job is unlikely to appeal .
50 His three half-brothers united against him and subsequently the kingdom was divided equally .
51 Yeah , I worked with a voluntary group for a while and I remember helping one lady go through , she was raped , and go through the courts , and all her past life was brought up , I mean I was so upset for her and yet the fact that he had actually raped twice before was n't brought up , but her past life was brought up and the man actually got off in the end because she just could not cope with being on the stand and dealing with it all and it was just so terrible that , that , that the , the ina ,
52 The sibilant hiss of a sword being drawn sounded behind her and instantly the crowd dispersed , melting away into the shadowy alleys off the street .
53 The following day I went again , not to see her but just the way one does in a house with a garden at a given point in the day when there 's not much else to do .
54 you can probably be , be facing it and just the articulation 's more .
55 When the fins of fossil specimens are carefully dissected , the lobes at the base are found to be supported by one stout bone close to the body , two bones joined to it and finally a group of small bones — the pattern that is found in the limbs of all land vertebrates .
56 When using the ribber , I never tie the yarn end to a clamp or any other part of the machine , it 's so easy to forget it , so it pulls the knitting up and the comb with it and soon the machine jams .
57 A void grows around the sewer or in the vicinity of it and eventually the ground above collapses into the void .
58 Only someone like her would be able to receive it and only a figure like that could understand the pain of it and yet also discern , beneath the scum of the surface , the beauties and longings which eddied in a clearer or cleaner current within him .
59 It was an advantage to have an even number of sails as , if one went out of action for some reason , the opposite one could be taken off with it and still the mill could work without being unbalanced .
60 whereas it looks as though , you know this chap , they found a way to make sure there 's no metal in it and now the machine it
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