Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should ask the landlord for a copy of his evidence that the lease has been excluded from the 1954 Act and/or perhaps consult your solicitor . |
| 2 | The parent who shows strong disapproval , smacking the child or forcibly removing its hand from the offending area is sowing the first seeds of inhibition or sexual disorder . |
| 3 | I suspect this is so that we ca n't talk back or properly assess their charges or claims . |
| 4 | They stayed in the luxurious hotels or rented or bought quintas , attracted by the low cost of living , low taxation , the hospitality of the people and the beauty of the island — although many people ( and this is often still true today ) never or rarely left their hotel . |
| 5 | An £800,000 loss at upmarket wallpaper group Osborne & Little left its shares unchanged at 66p . |
| 6 | Never before or since have my views on education produced this effect . |
| 7 | erm could actually do , so what we are saying here is it needs to be considered seriously in answer so you know we hope the Liberal Democrats will perhaps come in and support us on this or perhaps amend their motion and send this via the panel . |
| 8 | On retiring to bed Vic 's last action is normally to detach a book from Marjorie 's nerveless fingers , tuck her arms under the covers and turn out her bedside lamp , but he must have neglected the first of these chores last night , or perhaps Enjoy Your Menopause was concealed under the coverlet . |
| 9 | Moreover , organisations may be viewed as existing in a competitive environment , as do plants and animals , and they have to adapt to environmental conditions or perhaps find their existence threatened . |
| 10 | The current area may not appear attractive to staff , possibly because of high house prices , and so firms may want to move to help their recruitment or perhaps reduce their staff turnover levels . |
| 11 | ( Two years later , Connelly would dispute Jones 's recollection of these conversations , but by then the octopus had more or less got its act together . |
| 12 | Where similar temperate species take a year or less to complete their life cycles , polar species may take several years . |
| 13 | Although from about 10 June , troops were transferred southward to Brusilov 's aid , they could not be carried in sufficient numbers to provide the necessary support to maintain his attack or greatly to affect its outcome . |
| 14 | Symptoms of anxiety may be controlled with practice using only a mild sensation of pain such as that created by digging your fingernails lightly into the palm of your hands , or pinching your earlobe , or gently biting your tongue or cheek . |
| 15 | First the owner starts to stroke the cat , tickle its ear , or gently rub its head . |
| 16 | You can learn so much from simply watching their actions and reactions that it is always worth sacrificing fishing time to spend an hour or so studying their behaviour . |
| 17 | He saying , well if you just hang on a you know , a week or so have your certificate . |
| 18 | As the moving convection cell carries basaltic crust away from the ridge , slowly but continuously , the magnetic reversals taking place every few hundred thousand years or so leave their imprints on the newly-formed rocks emerging from the ridge ; as every reversal occurs , so it is recorded in the formation of reversely-magnetized strips on each side of the ridge . |
| 19 | But it was the frustrated libido seeking spiritual orgasm … if I could have copulated with Clare , or merely stroked her breasts a bit … ’ |
| 20 | It featured Shaun and Bez again , ‘ off our heads , in full throttle , coming out with all sorts of shit ’ , except this time no one turned a blind eye , offered excuses or mildly slapped their wrists . |
| 21 | It seems extraordinary to today 's parents in England and the United States that women of the twenties and thirties should have been prepared to accept either the content of these pronouncements or the authoritarian tone in which they were made ; yet accepted they were , in that innumerable women made valiant efforts to stifle their natural desire to cuddle their babies and to feed them when they were hungry , or were wracked with guilt and shame when they ‘ mawkishly ’ rocked the child or sentimentally eased his stomach pangs in the small hours with a contraband couple of ounces . |
| 22 | Some detainees have died in detention or shortly following their release as a direct consequence of ill-treatment in prison and lack of adequate medical care . |
| 23 | Quickly drawing back his hand , he must decide in a split second whether to run , or physically beat his opponent . |
| 24 | Some teas are now available with the caffeine removed and these appeal to people who find ordinary tea too much of a stimulant , perhaps disturbing their sleep at night or generally upsetting their metabolism . |
| 25 | It was thought that a questionnaire which asked police officers to tick the answer which came nearest to their attitude toward Catholics , or best reflected their feelings about being targets , would be very unreliable , especially when asked by someone with whom they were unfamiliar . |
| 26 | Or just shave me tache off |
| 27 | British Coal have put Calverton Colliery into review , but the pit 's six hundred and forty miners must wait another twenty four hours to hear whether they intend closing the pit or just reducing its workforce . |
| 28 | What is important to note , therefore , is that governments often abruptly or gradually change their policies , generally around the mid-term of Parliament , and that continuities occur in spite of the parties ' starting out with different policies . |
| 29 | Or still using your mail list until everyone is on ? |
| 30 | Some of these groups envisaged the return of General de Gaulle in the wake of the insurrection , though many did not ( the pieds noirs had generally been Pétainist during the war and many officers either viewed de Gaulle as over the hill or still resented his indiscipline in 1940 ) . |