Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , word full stop word Erm right , press return a few times then choose centering button and table , insert table , and now we 're going to have a table whe where I thought we could have a number and it can either be times or divide by something and then the answer , so we want how many columns ? |
| 2 | The heroine in her scenario is , for example , ‘ often carried away by the anti-hero , but rescued either by her Father or the Hero — often reduced to support herself & her Father by her Talents & work for her Bread ; — continually cheated & defrauded of her hire , worn down to a Skeleton , & now & then starved to death ’ . |
| 3 | Does it hold on to the exclusive for its major shareholders or go with its journalistic impulses ? |
| 4 | All three of the agencies mentioned in the last paragraph have recently been the subject of central limitations to their activities or curbs upon their freedom ! |
| 5 | Most of them had seen her at meetings or heard of her in connection with the ICO . |
| 6 | In contrast to the last comment , a metallurgist , philosopher and zoologist all noted significant changes in the norms or emphases within their disciplines : |
| 7 | All Indian weavers , whether employed in large manufactories or working at their own family looms , are under contract to one of the major distributors , who tell them what sizes , colours and designs to weave . |
| 8 | The managing director of a big British agency , when he heard his colleagues saying that an agency stands or falls by its creative department used to reply , " No — it stands or falls by its progress control department . " |
| 9 | They are covered with poisonous hairs or have within their bodies a particularly acrid-tasting substance . |
| 10 | Thus , in a thoroughly typical way , man , who is not endowed with an instinctive love of animals or care for them , achieves the ability to make a success of animal-husbandry as a form of economic life by channelling his otherwise rampant aggressiveness back against himself as a force of conscience which frequently expresses itself in pastoral cultures as a vengeful and recriminating god of the sky . |
| 11 | And erm you can come and have a look at my books or talk amongst yourselves and we 'll resume later . |
| 12 | Just as young children will cry and remonstrate or say ‘ do n't leave me ’ , so the adult may use just the same words or convey by their behaviour that this is their worry . |
| 13 | Interest on Meridian Savings can be added to your savings or credited to your Current Account . |
| 14 | Judgement is particularly important in the initial assessment of risks and deciding on their tolerability . |
| 15 | In fact they can be seen as the difficulties that are faced with young people generally : how far should they be allowed ( encouraged ? ) to take risks and learn for themselves and how far should they be guided by those who ‘ know best ’ ? |
| 16 | Kieran has now Rostrevor home to Dublin for six months where he intends , as he puts it , to ‘ lie low ’ for a while , writing songs and preparing for his and Frances 's second album . |
| 17 | The boy blushed to his ears and owned to it . |
| 18 | He was aware of the wind roaring in his ears and tearing at his clothes . |
| 19 | No doubt when Wrexham see what a joke he is , he will be back at ‘ The Tip ’ licking a few supporters ' backsides and begging for his job back . |
| 20 | A lorry driver heard her screams and rushed to her aid . |
| 21 | Other people in the hotel had heard the screams and came into our room . |
| 22 | There was another ant-hill nearby and he copied Dandelion , sitting upright on his hind legs and looking about him . |
| 23 | It does this by gripping the silk with its back legs and hanging from it . |
| 24 | Anne sat next to him on his mother 's cretonne-covered settee and Abigail lay on a plaid rug on the floor , kicking with her legs and punching with her arms . |
| 25 | Robbie averted her eyes from those muscular legs and looked at him consideringly . |
| 26 | Guards met him , helped him out , standing back , their heads bowed , as he stretched his legs and looked about him . |
| 27 | The social worker seemed to be dangling that last word before Gilly 's nose , as if expecting her to jump up on her hind legs and dance for it . |
| 28 | Mark suffered serious injuries to his arms and legs and cuts to his ears . |
| 29 | He was in a rosy mood , kicking his legs and grabbing at her hands as she tried to get the material firmly round his podgy middle . |
| 30 | She punched his face and kicked his legs and tore at his abdomen . |