Example sentences of "[coord] [indef pn] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something , something or someone will get to it . |
| 2 | ‘ Because some individuals might benefit more than others and the rule for public works is that all must benefit indifferently , or none may benefit at all . |
| 3 | Or one might look to the content of specific rules and judicial pro-nouncements to see whether they conform to certain moral standards for family behaviour laid down by community or authority . |
| 4 | The apartment was self-catering , or one could eat in one of the hotel restaurants . |
| 5 | That 's where everyone 's different of course but erm I , I think it is , it is it is a factor that erm one can watch television or can listen to the radio or one can go for a walk or do all sorts of things as it were before noon and midnight but three or four in the morning , you know , when everything is |
| 6 | or anybody could do in that situation is having asked a question , they 're a bit hesitant about er , the next question then simply throw in there to buy yourself some time something like ee , is that all ? |
| 7 | Mention Chiswick House today and everyone will think of the neo-Palladian Villa set in wonderful parkland , now all controlled by English Heritage , and famous as one of the finest examples of its kind in Britain , yet so close to the centre of London and with other interesting places close by . |
| 8 | It is all so much work and nothing may come of it . |
| 9 | What she meant , she told herself , was that no living creature would choose to be a pet , and nothing would opt for imprisonment , and when she went home she 'd feel trapped and , if she did n't know it was happening , she 'd rather be shot — as long as she did n't see the bullet coming . |
| 10 | It was like that game where you were blindfolded and spun round , and then you had to try and touch someone , Creed and the Skull , they were close one moment , then they were dancing out of reach , and nothing would sound like anything when he played it back , it would sound like interference , nonsense , silence , but he stayed with it , trips to the bathroom to sluice his nose and throat , more trips to replace the tapes , because he sensed they were leading up to something , there was something at the end of this rainbow of places , not gold but something . |
| 11 | And we called it the man-killer because we had ridge and furrow land down there , and this darn thing they was taking , and nothing would come over the top for ages , and suddenly the whole lot would come over on top of you , of course it as well , and you had to that 's what we were doing . |
| 12 | People got snappy , and nothing could compensate for the lack of leave . |
| 13 | Nobody and nothing could get at them . |
| 14 | She would go that afternoon to fetch water from the fountain , she liked doing that anyway , and nothing could come of it to hurt her , there were always plenty of others there , and she 'd give Tommaso a sign , so that he 'd come , come at night to find her , that was the way it was done , she 'd seen it , becks and smiles under half-dosed eyes as the water brimmed in the young women 's jars . |
| 15 | Rather breathlessly , he told her that despite this , no one and nothing could take from them what had been . |
| 16 | A fragile letter from Nelson with a tear in the fold is a letter from Nelson and nothing can detract from its lustre . |
| 17 | Everlast has made much in recent interviews of HOP 's lack of meaning — they 're just regular guys who enjoy a few bevvies and like to get laid , they do n't pretend otherwise , and no-one should come to them expecting anything else . |
| 18 | The hostel was fairly close to town and no-one could complain about the prices . |
| 19 | A sorcerer was abroad and no-one could stand against him . |
| 20 | I said , ‘ Lilya , I can not ask Semenov , because the KGB has me completely surrounded , and no-one can fight against them . |
| 21 | And no-one can empathise with what these players are going through quite like Toks . |
| 22 | And someone would think of the tower — eventually . |
| 23 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 24 | You obtain evidence of the date and place you posted the letter or package and special security handling arrangements throughout , and someone must sign for it when we deliver it . |
| 25 | and somebody 'll come in a say , oh I do n't like this and get rid of it ! |
| 26 | Because motor cars did n't go at great speeds and nobody would dream of taking a motor car to Edinburgh when the railway was there and could get you in Edinburgh within three quarters of an hour . |
| 27 | Well , plenty of tourists spend their mornings in museums and picture galleries and cathedrals , and nobody would quarrel with them for that . |
| 28 | They 'd see us coming hours before we got up there on foot , the girl would have been spirited away before we got anywhere near her and nobody would speak to us except in their incomprehensible dialect . |
| 29 | No it 's not it 's qu it 's quite disgraceful and nobody would approve of that and the co th th th th the Army if they got hold of anybody on that basis , they would court martial them immediately and they 'd be very severely dealt with . |
| 30 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |