Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] [pers pn] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It concluded that no one knew what was in the dumps or if they had the capacity to meet future needs . |
| 2 | Understandably , it has appealed to teachers reacting against older traditional methods , particularly if these divorced learning to read from any kind of true reading experience , or if they involved the use of books containing as many older schemes did — unnatural and stilted language which prevented children from using the linguistic knowledge they already had . |
| 3 | But by the time of Charlemagne the majority of warriors were on horseback , though it is not clear if they actually fought from horseback or if they used the horses simply as rapid transport for traditional Frankish foot soldiers . |
| 4 | ’ Would we be thrown out if we gave too much exposure to a rebel like Harrison , or if we showed the true extent of the logging ? |
| 5 | They were on a roundabout , anyway , or if you preferred the image , a swing . |
| 6 | But if anybody crossed him , or if he thought the embassy establishment was trying to put him down , he 'd stand on his desk and raise hell . |
| 7 | Support workers rarely left because they found other preferred employment or because they disliked the work ( this happened with only three of the workers in Ipswich and only four in Newham ) . |
| 8 | Burton put himself on trial , later on public trial , either because he was driven to it by a daemon he could not command or because he willed the daemon to come out and fight . |
| 9 | If or since we had the solar conditions , even if certain other things had happened , we would still have got last night . |
| 10 | I 'll never know whether it was to sharpen their teeth or whether they liked the taste of lead . |
| 11 | As the Socialist Challenge pamphlet The Battle of Grunwick commented , ‘ it was not made clear whether the TUC condoned the use of ‘ unnecessary force ’ against non bona fide pickets or whether it thought the police were justified in using necessary force . |
| 12 | On the other hand , comparisons with national data may be less relevant in that there may be broad geographical variations either in incidence or in case ascertainment that would make it difficult to determine whether an increase in Seascale or Allerdale and Copeland was a local effect ( and hence possibly related to Sellafield ) or whether it affected the whole of Cumbria . |
| 13 | Irrespective of whether Reagan 's economic policy was correct or not , or whether it achieved the objectives sought , the fact that the policy was put into place at all is remarkable in itself . |
| 14 | The question remains therefore whether the F B I was wise to force the issue with the gas attack or whether it aggravated the situation . |
| 15 | Or whether I got the pinny for nothing , I might have easy . |
| 16 | Or after we followed the duff advice of a legal journalist in a newspaper ? |
| 17 | Yes because if you 've got the scale you just drop , trace it all off where as you got the you 've the you got ta sort out work out i th the scale of everything , have n't you ? |
| 18 | The poachers had already been and got away with their spoils ; or when they heard the shots , they made off . |
| 19 | What can you remember about your first week , or when you joined the force ? |
| 20 | Once once I opened the door and I were knocked back and all me rent and . |
| 21 | Deputy manager of communication services at the Hotel , Catering & Institutional Management Association , Tim Knowles , said that although he welcomed the directive , it still needed a lot of work in its present form . |
| 22 | Also Leslie Silver said in the paper that although he wanted the national team to do well he thought that Leeds winning the title was far more important and that he would fight ‘ tooth and nail to keep Howard Wilkinson at Leeds ’ |
| 23 | So many allegations of political interference did those restructuring plans prompt that the then Arts Minister , Richard Luce , felt it necessary to reassure the Commons ( 27 February , 1989 ) that although he supported the aims of the proposed restructuring , he believed responsibility for management of National Museums should be delegated to chairmen and directors . |
| 24 | I m I must confess I 'm one of these simple folk who thought that once we got the nineteen ninety one census figures through then it would it would all start into place . |
| 25 | People used to believe ( permit me this , one last one ) that once you activated the Capellan drive it could never be entirely deactivated again , not until it suffered ruin or physical destruction . |
| 26 | Their daughter had provided all the labour-saving devices : dishwasher , washing machine , spin-dryer , all housed in a disused still room near the back door , although until she came the Copleys had been reluctant to use them in case they could n't turn them off , visualizing the machines whirling away all night , overheating , blowing up , the whole rectory pulsating with an uncontrollable power . |
| 27 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 28 | The Cake Walk was supposed to be a most daring ride although if you held the rail whilst progressing around the U-shaped walk as it tossed like a rough sea , it was n't too bad . |
| 29 | Moreover , there was the fear that if they secured the vote then they would destroy the delicate balance of the Constitution and much else besides . |
| 30 | Monika Wulf-Mathies , leader of the public service employees union , warned state and local community employers that if they rejected the arbitrators ' recommendations her union would call an immediate strike ballot . |