Example sentences of "cold [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November . |
| 2 | Many people take vitamin C supplements at the beginning of a cold or flu , but excessive amounts can cause kidney stones , diarrhoea and dyspepsia . |
| 3 | If it could live in or travel through air like cold or flu viruses , a completely different pattern of infection would have emerged . |
| 4 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 5 | For example , the percentage reporting that they had had a cold or flu in the previous month showed little change with age . |
| 6 | Irritation can also be caused by inflammation such as when we suffer from a cold or allergy . |
| 7 | The ‘ flagella ’ are kept moist by mucus material from adjacent parts of the nose and if the mucous thickens , as when we have a cold or catarrh or due to changes in humidity or temperature , they are incapacitated and our sense of smell impaired . |
| 8 | If I had n't found a way out we 'd both eventually have died of cold or drowning , or both . |
| 9 | So he never suffered from cold or dampness . |
| 10 | A main remedy for croup , especially if it follows taking cold or exposure to dry cold winds I or 2 days previously . |
| 11 | She was shuddering uncontrollably , either from cold or terror , or both . |
| 12 | Inside our house there were stone floors , coal fires , oil lamps , but I do n't remember ever feeling any sense of cold or discomfort , except when I got chilblains — a seasonal occurrence ( and one which Dally cites , along with other circulatory disorders , as common among anorexics and perhaps indicative of a certain proneness ) . |
| 13 | We may wait two hours in the cold or dark , but when the show starts , it 's a moment of magic , ’ says Gertrude Holle-Suppa , 44 , a veteran of 20 years on the circuit . |
| 14 | Bobby often takes his bike anyway , though when it 's cold or dark , mum usually gives him a lift . |
| 15 | It 's not only unbreakable and impervious heat or cold or acid or anything . |
| 16 | He composed his blends not only according to the flavour of the juice , but also according to what the weather had been like that year — an early or late development , depending on the amount of cold or rain there had been — and according to whether the vines had grown a rich or mediocre foliage . |
| 17 | Rapid heartbeat , irregular heartbeat , faintness , feeling of cold or heat . |
| 18 | So he was determined to spend as many nights as necessary in the fields , to save his lambs from dying of cold or hunger . |
| 19 | Lichens that survive cold and desiccation on mountain tops in temperate regions may find tundra winters only marginally more difficult , and tundra summers an unaccustomed blessing ; the adaptations they already possess for harsh temperate environments become pre-adaptations for polar living . |
| 20 | She has shown grace , dignity and humanity while those born to the House of Windsor have appeared cold and out-of-touch . |
| 21 | Falsely you were led into This Outside of Rain and Cold and Sleet and Humans and Order , and Yet it Will become Worse ; iv . |
| 22 | Steve was up there for half an hour while I shivered with cold and neurosis . |
| 23 | The pub had drawn her out of the cold and fog into warmth . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , you ought to 'ave another one , for savin' a homeless girl from them 'orrible geezers and all the cold and fog . ’ |
| 25 | She felt the sting of treacherous tears , her enemy in these past few months , lurking , waiting to consume her , and she hastily took another mouthful from the bottle , biting her lips , slightly numb from cold and champagne , to stop the tears spilling down her cheeks and overwhelming her completely . |
| 26 | He was not entirely happy there , however — he complained to some friends afterwards that dinner was served very late in Spain — and returned to London on 7 May with a sore throat , cold and catarrh . |
| 27 | Put " these into the refrigerator until the meat is very cold and firm . |
| 28 | There is a very real risk that even at 15,000 feet the pilot may become unconscious , or at least incapable , from the combination of cold and lack of oxygen . |
| 29 | The place itself provided few clues , only that he must be entirely devoid of imagination and not overly bothered by cold and lack of comfort . |
| 30 | Headaches are congestive and throbbing ; blood mounts to the head ; better ( > ) cold and rest , worse ( < ) heat , motion and lying down ; often they have to sit up and apply pressure to the head and a cold application . |