Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the game is mental — being able to keep your head clear and retain a certain outlook on life should mean that bad times are neither so frequent nor so lengthy as they would be if you start examining your technique or doubting your ability . |
| 2 | Nobody 'd let me wheel my bike or carry my bag . |
| 3 | The basic problem with these killed virus flu vaccines is that they do not provide either complete protection or retain their effectiveness for very long . |
| 4 | Heathcliff looked more like a gentleman than I had ever seen him , but his wife had not bothered to brush her hair or change her dress . |
| 5 | The main ones are : ( i ) where the plaintiff seeks to , or is forced to , found his claim on an illegal contract or to plead its illegality in order to support his claim . |
| 6 | People would yell or shout out , put excreta through the door hatch or throw their dinner out . |
| 7 | It yearns to feel ‘ special ’ to someone , to nourish its self-importance or relieve its sense of inferiority . |
| 8 | He 'll steal , beg , pawn or sell his family treasures , anything . |
| 9 | reserve the seller 's title to the goods themselves ( i.e. until either the buyer has paid or else the goods are sold by the buyer or lose their identity in the buyer 's manufacturing or other process ) , and |
| 10 | fidget with your hands , shift from foot to foot or find your voice quavering ? |
| 11 | Try to make it part of the contract that the supplier should n't cash the cheque or debit your credit card account until the goods are sent . |
| 12 | Try to make it part of the contract that the supplier should n't cash the cheque or debit your credit card account until the goods are sent . |
| 13 | Limits may be imposed on the amounts of data that can be trafficked at certain periods of the day , forcing the designer to re-configure his search to produce a more precise response or await its arrival " in the mail " . |
| 14 | And as all sports are matched to your own ability , you can keep up with an old favourite or try your hand at something new . |
| 15 | It was argued that the King might intervene either to persuade Asquith to call an election or to refuse his assent to Home Rule until there had been one ; this was certainly within the theoretical Royal Prerogative , for the King had an undoubted right to advise his ministers and — by the Unionist argument at least — his power of veto had been necessarily restored by the removal of the powers of the Lords . |
| 16 | Mhairi McMillan , a counsellor at St Andrews University , said : ‘ There may be a sense of glamour attached to a tutor or a lecturer for somebody who 's maybe just come up to university or working their way through . |
| 17 | He may scorn , tease , insult or placate his stage wife and have appropriate feelings as he does so ( bearing in mind the necessary modification we have already admitted , but modified or not , the response is an emotional one ) . |
| 18 | Second , where a child with special educational needs is ‘ statemented ’ under section 7(1) Education Act 1981 ( see Chapter 5 ) , the statement may exclude the application of the National Curriculum or specify its provision in a modified form ( section 18 ) . |
| 19 | A worthwhile person is always competent : he never makes mistakes , slips of the tongue , errors of judgement or loses his thread halfway through a lesson or a meeting . |
| 20 | Waking or sleeping his mind fretted away at the case , images drifted in and out of his consciousness , words and phrases came to mind in a confusing jumble but once , in a doze , it seemed that Beryl was actually speaking to him in her clear , cracked voice . |
| 21 | Extraordinary embassies of an essentially ceremonial kind , so frequent in the past , involving the sending of a great aristocrat on a mission of congratulation or condolence or to represent his sovereign at a coronation ceremony , were now becoming rare . |
| 22 | Nothing could pierce the aura of her grief or interrupt her preoccupation with mourning . |
| 23 | Fry again urged Flashman , who insists he wo n't sell to any consortium which will employ his former manager , to leave the Third Division club or risk its future . |
| 24 | ‘ I just hope we can catch up with him before he gets knocked down by a car or finds his way off the roads into open countryside or woodland where it will be harder to find him . ’ |
| 25 | Professional development teachers rarely seemed to have been offered an induction programme or had their work regularly reviewed . |
| 26 | The authors do not state whether their patients received an oxytocic agent or document its time of administration . |
| 27 | For reservations , see your Travel Agent or call our reservation line on . |
| 28 | ‘ Are you sure ? ’ they ask without fail , regardless of whether you are offering help or an invitation to lunch , giving them a cup of tea or paying their bus fare . |
| 29 | The consequences of that assertion , if it is valid , are peculiar and alarming ; but fortunately I can examine it without criticising the sovereign or impugning her judgement , because ministerial advice that ministerial advice is not requisite is also ministerial advice , for which ministers must take responsibility and stand question . |
| 30 | While this is unlikely to be a problem in the early stages , being on a prolonged low-calorie diet which does not provide an adequate intake of these and other nutrients might have an adverse effect upon the body 's metabolism , and make it increasingly difficult to either lose weight or to maintain your exercise level . |