Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this activity did little or nothing to reduce the level of local taxation . |
| 2 | By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level . |
| 3 | All of my local contacts for people who are willing to travel up to Leeds etc , came as a result of either me , or them wearing a Leeds shirt . |
| 4 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 5 | But it was quite impossible for the TCPA or me to bless the Plan unreservedly . |
| 6 | ‘ It draws all the Gentlemen to it whenever they are within , especially after Dinner , so that my Br Fanny & I have the Library to ourselves in delightful quiet . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Everything you want to do someone has just done or someone has the rights . |
| 8 | In order to reassure the House and the public , perhaps the Minister can explain what is the procedure when a police officer uses the powers given in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to stop someone in the street or someone driving a car . |
| 9 | Or I got a garden , I could occupy myself in the garden . |
| 10 | Or I get an L B. |
| 11 | the last week in September and it was the last week it was open , so you 're better of going near the middle or I mean the beginning or |
| 12 | Or I mean the flood of phone calls that have no doubt saved the erm Green Party . |
| 13 | When my brother or I had a fever , my mother or my grandfather used to come here to find leaves or roots to cure it . |
| 14 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 15 | Or I said the money you do n't spend . |
| 16 | For instance , I bought it from John and John sold it to me , or I received/got a letter from John and John sent me a letter are equally ‘ natural ’ as far as the phraseology of English is concerned ; their ‘ acceptability ’ is , of course , determined by the context in which they occur . |
| 17 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 18 | You help Diniz Vasquez or I dilute the shares and merge with the Strozzi . |
| 19 | ‘ You had better make sure , lady , or I send a message direct to Tracy . ’ |
| 20 | 2.00–2.30pm She takes her lunch break : ‘ Usually a banana sandwich , or I nibble a bit of fruit ’ , she says . |
| 21 | You see , I think housework is a waste of time , I do n't do it , or I do a minimum . |
| 22 | I do my bedroom out every day — sweep it and dust the furniture and I do something else every day , like I dust the tops of the cupboards or I give the wardrobe a polish . |
| 23 | The number density of energetic ions and electrons is so high that were you or I to cross the belt we would receive 500 times the lethal dose of such particles . |
| 24 | I have no problem with empowerment or I love the word empowerment , because I split it up empowerment increasing the power we all have , for God 's sake what 's jargonistic about that ? |
| 25 | ‘ I work with Mr Mitchell or I refuse the assignment , ’ she snapped , her suspicions again aroused at this insistence on women only . |
| 26 | Or I spend the weekend in bed , dozing , lounging |
| 27 | Some boy or somebody cut the phone , you saw that at the beginning . |
| 28 | I could always get Fenella or somebody to answer the phone and I was n't in the phone book , so I figured that if I chickened out , I could block her . |
| 29 | Yeah , well I think that we ought to get them or somebody to put a retraction , I mean we dare n't do it ourselves , but I think in next month 's |
| 30 | Hey we 're going out and be , we we 're going to have them build us one , I mean er my intention is I might get Stuart or somebody to put the bricks at the bottom . |