Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many large firms will have official anti-discrimination policies , although the personnel management at local level may practice discrimination , perhaps avoiding hiring black workers or laying them off first in time of recession . |
| 2 | You might find it helpful to plan what you will say in advance and to talk it over first with someone you trust and who already knows the situation . |
| 3 | I bought some pictures by avant-garde artists , took them home and hung them up next to some Dutch paintings . |
| 4 | She 'd tacked a few scraps of old cotton into a baby-gown too and sent it round next door for the new Rattrie baby , born very inconveniently , as it turned out , the day after the funeral , her fit of generosity entirely misplaced , since the child had only lived a few hours and the gown — upon which Odette had worked a few hasty stitches of embroidery — had ended up in the pawnshop — Cara had seen it herself in the window — to help pay , she supposed , for yet another infantile disposal . |
| 5 | Or I 'll try and get it off first and then go over it . |
| 6 | The draft , which has the approval of the BMC , makes ten points and is likely to be adopted as the official policy of the UIAA , so cut them out and stick them up next to the picture of Catherine Destivelle/Stefan Glowacz in your indoor gym . |