Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The other schools have to share little or nothing while the city technology college gets the lot — and it is public money .
2 As with the action sample those carers who continued to express a clear preference for home care talked in terms of it being no bother to continue caring , or even if it was ‘ a bother ’ , home was the best place for the dementia sufferer , and he or she and the carer were ‘ coping ’ .
3 When er the sales exec for marketing goes round doing the contract bits and pieces er they he or she and the surgery the doctors ' senior partners or all the doctors will agree on the number of booklets we 're going to print .
4 The court held that debiting an account which is not overdrawn or one where the overdrawing is within the agreed limit ( a credit facility ) is theft because the bank has an obligation to meet the drawing .
5 It is simply a question of what sort of world we wish to inhabit — one of predictability , or one where the outcome is unknown to us and thus includes an element of self-exploration .
6 together a combination or something or the other .
7 " Never mind , Audrey and I will give you a pile of disposable nappies or something when the time comes . "
8 And John turned to say something to me , something was happening … oh God , something was happening and John shouted to me , told me to cover my head or something because the road was full of light and a roaring thunder and lightning .
9 This is a person who wants , exactly , a valid relation to exist between himself or herself and the description " artist " ; what is wanted is the relationship , not the existence of the entity , nor the existence of the properties implied by the word artist which obviously exist quite independently as elements of the language .
10 First , the Freedom of Information Acts give an individual a right to information possessed by the government about him or her and the government may have to justify non-disclosure in court .
11 And I do n't wish to know if we 've failed to break even on one occasion or whatever but the thing is how often are we failing to break even .
12 Or whatever if the machine records .
13 I mean , OK I went mad in Barbados or whatever and the rest of it , but the rest of the band are like , ‘ Oh , X went mad , now he 's back to normal , it 's sweet . ’
14 Well tough he 's not getting my , he 's not getting the ensuite room , I can tell you If I if I have got three lodgers and I 'm getting on with them and they 're they 're paying me regularly for the sake of an extra twenty pounds or whatever and the annoyance from Tony coming in at ten a or there abouts and then sitting there like a stuffed frock waiting for me to leap about and put food on a plate and microwave it not doing it , Brenda !
15 Or what if the painter works for other people in his free time in return for cash ?
16 ‘ Unfortunately there are people with a total lack of respect for anyone or anything and the problem has grown , ’ Councillor Tom Ferguson said .
17 ‘ Between you and me and the gatepost , I 've managed to get quite a few interesting little irons in the fire — projects I 'd like to have time to work on . ’
18 So which piece if there were just three of us , you and me and the dog
19 I remind the Secretary of State and his Ministers that the National Consumer Council , which he quoted several times , was set up by Shirley Williams and me when the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was still in existence .
20 Erm , as I 've said before , I have reservations about whether a much increased figure about above the County Council 's er proposal could be accommodated within Ryedale District Council , and I if the figure above that is proposed I would suggest that the extra is accommodated within the new settlement , which I presume the ar argue answer you would have expected from Ryedale , erm Barton Willmore 's figure is based on an assumption that they believe that within Ryedale there is a capacity to increase past building rates , I would refute that , erm the building rates in Southern Ryedale I would suggest were abnormally high , because of the development of Clifton Moor airfield , the North Western part of the Southern Ryedale district , sorry South Western part .
21 And I , and I and the way she goes , I think really funny as well .
22 A curious picture was forming in his mind — of a long thread of cotton with the black slaves on one end and himself and the rest of the children on the other .
23 But this latest initiative is to raise funds for specific projects , initiated from the state sector , and which before the crisis would automatically have been funded by the state .
24 ‘ Instead of calling the doctor , my father called you , and you and the church killed her . ’
25 A mutual friend revealed last night : ‘ Pammy Jane is very popular and she and the prince are close friends .
26 ‘ She was having another baby , but something went wrong — apparently , she was never strong — and she and the child both died . ’
27 If the bride 's mother has remarried and she and the bride 's stepfather are hosts : Mr and Mrs David Green … her daughter ( the brides surname may be included if different ) .
28 When they were reunited , he and she and the baby , he would cherish her as never before .
29 They promptly chucked her out of the bed and breakfast hotel and she and the baby are sleeping on a relative 's floor .
30 That is a mandatory duty imposed upon the justices and one that the law does not permit them to relinquish , albeit the parties appearing before them are in agreement as to the order that shall be made .
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