Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carson thereupon fell out of the contest — or rather announced that he was not standing , for no official nominations had been made . |
| 2 | Of course , the motivation for playing this game is all the stronger when we have reason to resent the ‘ out group ’ for being more powerful or better resourced than we are , or not subject to the strains , pressures and tensions we face ( of course , because they are an ‘ out group ’ we know little about the problems that they have and we do not ) . |
| 3 | The conflict between Chilperic and his half-brothers began on the death of their father Chlothar I. More interestingly , Merovech 's bid for power followed his uncle 's murder ; similarly Gundovald , who had been more or less ignored when he first returned to Gaul in 582 , became a plausible candidate for the throne when Chilperic was killed . |
| 4 | Parental control , relating to restrictions and rules for behaviour , was judged to be low when supervision was so negligent that the child was left more or less to do as she pleased . |
| 5 | ‘ He more or less admits that he fired first . ’ |
| 6 | ( One possible exception to this was Mexico , where the Communists were more or less tolerated until they made a misjudged and Comintern-inspired attempt to exploit an abortive right-wing coup against the portes Gil government in 1929 — see pages 39–40 . |
| 7 | I mean lunch time we were hearing how , because they stood up for what was right , it was over the killing of soldiers and that , this man job and actually he more or less said that he was something wrong with his head did n't he ? |
| 8 | ‘ He more or less said that he 'd leave the arrangements for Gray 's funeral and requiem in my hands and that , as for the press , Chapter could deal with them as they liked . |
| 9 | Definitely , yes , I would say like I 've spoke to Brian Horton on Sunday and he more or less said that it 's er Oxford United , fourth position in the league , let's hope so like you know , they are like , and I 've come here maybe to help get them in a better position . |
| 10 | Definitely yes , I would say like , I 've spoke to Brian Horton on Sunday and he more or less said that it 's er Oxford United in fourth position in the league , and let's hope so like you know . |
| 11 | In wild cats it then more or less disappears as they become adult , but domestic cats remain mentally like kittens even when they are fully grown , and continue to ‘ talk ’ to their human owners like kittens communicating with their mothers . |
| 12 | There 's still an hour or so to go before we 're due to dock . |
| 13 | I would think Frank Clarke would probably give him another minute or so to see if he can run it off . |
| 14 | Said I can guarantee that you 'll have it in a week or so said that she got to have it |
| 15 | Porn has never been so loved or so hated as it is now . |
| 16 | Then , it seemed hours later , when he sensed or smelt or somehow divined that he was almost at the road , there came , as likely as not out of his own imagination , the delicate sound of an indrawn breath . |
| 17 | I assure my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon , North-West ( Mr. Malins ) that an examination of other elected assemblies which can be paralleled to ours in Europe , America or elsewhere shows that we in the British House of Commons spend three , four or even five times longer debating legislation . |
| 18 | Whether she accepts the one or not to sell and she er mm , oh that 's quite nice . |
| 19 | Where a more serious breach of contract occurs , or you are sacked , you will need to consider whether or not to claim that you have been wrongfully dismissed . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's the little things that are frustrating , ’ said Jane Olds , ‘ such as not being able to ask if they 're warm , or not understanding if they 're asking for something . ’ |
| 21 | These are laminated with a glossy protective finish on both sides and can be framed or just used as they are as posters ( great for brightening your den ! ) |
| 22 | In brief , social class inequalities in access and use of the health services have remained either unaltered or slightly reduced but they have not increased over the years since the last war . |
| 23 | He started staying late in the office , until 10.00 pm. or later pretending that he was contacting clients . |
| 24 | In other cases women were raped or sexually abused because they were related to men the authorities could not capture or because they were of a particular ethnic or national origin . |
| 25 | The law sets out a variety of safeguards to ensure that suspects are not unfairly or harshly treated when they are detained for questioning . |
| 26 | You must be able to remove it quickly in case of fire , or some other emergency , so attach it to the window surround with double-sided tape , which can be easily ripped away or frequently replaced if you want to open up all the windows for a weekly blast of fresh air through the home . |
| 27 | Terminals need to be tight if good contact is to be maintained , abut if they are very tight they may distort or even break if they are pulled up at one end to remove them . |
| 28 | Patients needing major surgery in some parts of Britain are suffering or even dieing because they 're considered too old for treatment . |
| 29 | Had no one in the hospital tried to stop him leaving or even noticed that he was missing ? |
| 30 | This is not to say that women 's experience , perceptions , feelings and emotions are self-validating and constitute in themselves an epistemological standpoint , or even to say that they are always correctly identified and described , but it is to suggest that philosophy would look rather different if women 's experience had the same rights of entry as that of men . |