Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He listened — at first with a curious air of detachment , as if he was an observer from another civilisation , or someone whose own experience had come to an end , someone who was waiting to embark on a journey and looked at the world with vacant eyes , his mind already in transit . |
| 2 | Sometimes changing beliefs will bring spectacular results within days : you feel radiant with health , your boss offers you a promotion , you meet a new friend , you win some money , you feel a sense of inner peace — or whatever your new beliefs would attract into your life . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , Asheya or whatever your damn name is , I did say Steel City . |
| 4 | It 's an amazingly heady concoction made from a good old bottle of Gordon 's , or whatever your favourite make happens to be , sloshed all over the fruits of the sloe ( blackthorn ) bush . |
| 5 | The Christmas present gives him one more chance to convert the family to the alleged delights of fly fishing or English cathedrals or war games — or whatever his confounded passion is ( Oxfam shops , however , are very grateful to him ) . |
| 6 | It did n't matter how old she was , or what her personal wishes were , when her father saw what she had done to her hair he would undoubtedly try to murder her . |
| 7 | We do not know , however , how old Lettaford is ( the oldest longhouse dates only to the sixteenth century ) or what its earlier arrangements were . |
| 8 | The FO said : ‘ We 're not sure how long the review will take or what it all means . ’ |
| 9 | 6 The teacher should find out what his pupils are studying in other classes or what his mature students ' professions , jobs and intentions are , in order to integrate their language work ( cf Special Purposes English ) . |
| 10 | It 's called a Saturday Night Special , an' it 's more effective than anythin' them martial arts freaks kin dream up . ’ |
| 11 | They see that their I five allocation is sufficient . |
| 12 | By section 38 , an authorised institution other than one whose principal place of business is outside the United Kingdom is obliged to make a report to the Bank of England when it has entered into a large transaction as defined by the section with consequent large exposure to risk . |
| 13 | For best results it is advisable to find a specialist in what you want rather than one whose main business is divorces , conveyancing or racehorses . |
| 14 | subsidiaries of groups , often clients , which do not have adequate in-house corporate finance experience , where the subsidiary no longer fits with the group 's corporate strategy and , for listed groups , where the transaction is smaller than one their normal advisers would be used to . |
| 15 | Is that if we took you on if we if we agreed that it my postal wallets might be a good idea for you and you were to delay coming into the er into the company by a week , it could change which company you go into . |
| 16 | If she dislikes all outward signs of mourning , wanting people to wear their normal clothes and for the proceedings to be very quiet and simple , that should be for her to decide , but if she is of the old school , who prefer mourners to dress rather sombrely , you should try to persuade the rest of the family to do so whatever their personal opinions may be ; although care must be taken not to cause friction over this or anything else which may sour the family gathering . |
| 17 | And then what is interesting is that whatever their exact priority ( which may perhaps never be determined ) each of these kinds is very early indeed in human culture . |
| 18 | Lazaris suggests that whatever we most pride in ourselves gives a clue to our Ego 's fantasies . |
| 19 | Tell you what , it 's in better bloody nick than what my old E reg was . |
| 20 | We are being faced with ten million pounds worth of cuts in research and development over the next three years , so anything what this Government comes up with does n't surprise me , but I am a little bit devastated . |
| 21 | She worried about Jane , but comforted herself that anything her own daughter believed in must a priori be acceptable . |
| 22 | And then just when we might not stop , oh my love , my virgin forest and me your virgin explorer , it is time , just like that , to stop . |
| 23 | And I I last time I were there I went there for erm well to put it fairly straight I went to consult on something that 'd been done . |
| 24 | I mean , I do n't know how yo er ca , cos I I funny neck , you know |
| 25 | It 's some guy called Harding and its his last work day before he goes on holiday . |
| 26 | Which one 's got the opposite and which which two sides which o |
| 27 | One suspects that both remarks testify to the dislike each woman provoked — despite their status as radical heroines — and which their current biographers share . |
| 28 | The habit into which the banks had slipped , and which their fresh approach to the business was designed to cure , was quite simple : losing money . |
| 29 | The Trust is funded mainly by sponsorship and a small Government grant and one its main tasks is the administration of the prestigious Sandford Award of which there are now 52 holders , including York Minster . |
| 30 | A truck waits on the shore to return us to the world of air-conditioners , crisp white sheets and hot showers , a world sustained by the river , and one whose insatiable demands are destroying it . |