Example sentences of "and [adj] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm looking for Miss Hari Morgan , ’ she said stiffly , not taking kindly to having to explain her business to a mere boy , however clean and polite he might appear . |
| 2 | If our admiration be true , genuine , and progressive we will in the end come to admire the good and cease to admire the bad . |
| 3 | I know how they talk , out in the provinces , with that mixture of fake self-confidence and real fear : ‘ Go to Pradier 's , my boy , you 'll always find some little actress there to be your mistress , and grateful she 'll be too . |
| 4 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
| 5 | Can any man who identifies himself with the British world of letters , however independent and tolerant he may be , write a fair-minded book about Pound ? |
| 6 | The Anchor brewery had been built in 1757 by a couple of brewers from Bethnal Green called Wastfield and Moss , at a time when the district was so quiet and un-built-up you could still see ships passing on the Thames from the brewery windows . |
| 7 | If you can get your book out in reasonable time I can see it being a real winner , and position-wise it wo n't do you any harm , that 's for sure . |
| 8 | When everyone was up and outside the school where it was hilly and rocky they would act out the resurrection scene , emphasising " Christ is risen " . |
| 9 | Look at the bend in his left knee : it is an indication of how crouched and low you should be . |
| 10 | Iggly and squiggly they may be , but maybe their undoubted usefulness could allow these creatures to finally wriggle their way into our hearts . |
| 11 | In many parts of the earth , she said , the organised life in accordance with a sense of dualism body , spirit , man , women , black and white , poor and rich we must try and see them , in Christ coming together . |
| 12 | It had been a way of escaping from the poverty into which her family had sunk , and she knew that by working hard for long , tiring hours and helping Fred turn the mediocre business into one that was thriving and profitable she would one day be able to help her parents and her brother too . |
| 13 | In this buyers ' guide we cover and comment on the best ( and some we would n't give tank-space to ) and leave the reader to judge . |
| 14 | There are a few items I would like for my own use and some I 'd like to sell |
| 15 | Horses are like humans in many respects , you know — some you can trust your children with and some you ca n't . |
| 16 | So there are applications you can use them and some you ca n't . |
| 17 | Males on average die between five and seven years earlier than er females do and males die from all causes that affect both sexes , and some you would n't think did , er more than females . |
| 18 | Every colour moon you could imagine ( and some you could n't ) . |
| 19 | And some you can only laugh at — only you must n't let 'em see it , of course . |
| 20 | Within the slim packaging lies a host of mini programs ( called Microapps ) , some of which are useful , some almost indispensable and some you can take or leave as the fancy takes you . |
| 21 | Daniel too was given garments , some he might wear and some he would n't , socks , scarf , tie , all of them not black , as though the company had made a preconcerted attempt to cheer him up . |
| 22 | Ruether does not think in terms of a God who is transcendent above history and acts as an agent in history ; and this we might say lets her off the hook as far as the theodicy question is concerned . |
| 23 | One of the , and this we 'll get on to later when we talk about culture , the culture problem . |
| 24 | This interior analogue of the exterior world is actively ‘ seen ’ ; and this we may presume is no accidental metaphor , for the dominance of visual perception in human life extends into the inner world of experiencing as a dominant mode providing a basic ‘ map ’ of an ongoing continuum . |
| 25 | ‘ Add this : ‘ and this we shall do of our own free will and accord ’ . ’ |
| 26 | Telepathy ( mind reading ) is another possible explanation when personal facts are unveiled , and this we shall cover more fully in Chapters 12 and 13 . |
| 27 | We were in accord with Jewish law in one respect : that the mother is a dominant factor , in terms of upbringing and influence ; and this we can endorse . |
| 28 | So this one you 'd mark off one two three and this they would actually use this erm if they were loading lorries they could use this sort of thing . |
| 29 | This would compel West Indians to produce more economically , and this they could only do by moving towards free labour and engaging the labourers ' personal material interests in their work . |
| 30 | What most private investors need is not a summary ( which is generally less intelligible than the document it summarises ) but an explanation ; and this they will not get . |