Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Corney & Barrow sell it from 12 Helmet Row , London , EC1 ; tel : 071 251 4051 ) . |
| 2 | If you need to bring an umbrella , a street guide or anything other than a briefcase or handbag leave it in the reception area during the interview . |
| 3 | Well if you stop crying and ask for it properly and you do n't mind if mummy or daddy do it for you that 's fine . |
| 4 | Does dew or rain reduce it to a sodden pulpy mass ? |
| 5 | But some people do n't like having the responsibility of doing their own thinking — they let the Church or television do it for them . |
| 6 | Stars of stage , screen & radio welcome you to the ‘ World of Entertainment ’ . |
| 7 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
| 8 | Asthma , heart conditions , diabetes or epilepsy expose you to special risks , and we do n't recommend you windsurf with any of these conditions . |
| 9 | But too often the system 's outdated working methods and attitudes prevent them from giving their best . |
| 10 | I have been encouraged to find that the young are not so predisposed to put me aside at the age of seventy and that a new generation of students and artists regard me as something of a cult figure . |
| 11 | They recorded one album , and bootlegs reveal it to be a rough but fascinating affair , veering wildly between respectful renditions of traditional classics and slightly embarrassing Beatles pastiches . |
| 12 | It put me in mind of the man I met there , and Ill tell you for free , you 're nothing like him . |
| 13 | Service managers are waking up to the value of experienced nurses whose understandable reservations about being out of date with current ideas and technologies prevent them from taking up their careers again . |
| 14 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 15 | To bring about greater stylistic variation and interest , the extract could be rewritten , by combining sentences ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , and sentences ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) : As a way of reflecting the development of their heroines , both Brontë and Hardy present them within an organic structure . |
| 16 | " Did n't you and David interrupt us in the study on my birthday ? |
| 17 | On the other hand , the buyer will wish to have the comfort of the guarantee , and , in addition , whatever rights law and statute grant him in the particular circumstances of the case . |
| 18 | But you 've worked me harder than any donkey and you 've let Tom , Amos and Oseri bait me as if I were a chained bear . " |
| 19 | Barnes and Seldon deploy it as a classic example of Macmillanesque subtlety in handling colleagues . |
| 20 | Coca-Cola and Pepsi use it in their diet soft drinks . |
| 21 | Then he saw Carrie turn and look at Mick and Mick take her by the shoulders and look down into her face . |
| 22 | You and Matthew have it for each other so bad you probably could n't add two and two together . ’ |
| 23 | Silage was found mainly on the larger units as the cost of machinery and buildings put it outwith the scope of the small family and part-time farmers . |
| 24 | Exposed rafters , wall-to-wall pine panelling and the extensive use of beech and oak endow it with a warmth that is too often absent from modern architecture . |
| 25 | Lam 's stylistic passage through Primitivism , Cubism , and Surrealism show him to be a man of his times . |
| 26 | Er but there are of course h n while we 're on that point there are , I 'm afraid , there are s people who take advantage of Marks and Spencers , erm because they know there 's going to be no problem about having goods exchanged so what they do , they buy something from Marks and Spencers wear it on one evening for , for a party or special occasion |
| 27 | Nurses volunteer their services when they wish to work and managers engage them at the times required . |
| 28 | And God bless him for that . |
| 29 | So beautiful is this emotion that some scientists and poets regard it as the elixir of life and pursue it for no other reason . |
| 30 | Well , I think we 'll get a lot of calls , and people remember him with great fondness . |