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. 2020 Jan 8;5:4. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15607.1

Table 1. Text of Focus Stimuli Sentences.

# Start Focused
Word 1
Focused
Word 2
Middle Ending 1 Ending 2
1 Mary likes to read books but she doesn’t like to WRITE books read MAGAZINES
2 Alice sometimes pets dogs but she won’t WASH dogs pet CATS
5 Dave likes to study music but he doesn’t like to PLAY music study HISTORY
6 Sally has a Windows computer but she really wants an APPLE computer a Windows TABLET
7 George asked for a white Americano but the barista gave him a BLACK Americano white filter COFFEE
8 Fiona was eating strawberry yoghurt but she really wanted some BLUEBERRY yoghurt strawberry ICECREAM
9 Tom likes barbecue chicken but not as much as ROAST chicken barbecue PORK
10 Sophie likes to paint landscapes but she doesn’t like to DRAW landscapes paint PORTRAITS
11 John can’t run a marathon but he could WALK a marathon run a MILE
12 Matt is good at flying planes but he isn’t good at LANDING planes flying HELICOPTERS
13 Pippa found a jam jar but she couldn’t find a JELLY jar jam KNIFE
14 Sam has a fish knife but he doesn’t have a BUTTER knife fish FORK
15 Rachel likes French food but she doesn’t like ITALIAN food French WINE
16 The woman likes white pearls but not BLACK pearls white DIAMONDS
17 Ken won’t buy Sainsbury’s pizza but he will buy TESCO’S pizza Sainsbury’s CHICKEN
18 Sarah has a Barclay’s card but she doesn’t have a LLOYDS card Barclay’s MORTGAGE
19 Neil won’t support Oxford’s fencing
team
but he will support CAMBRIDGE’S fencing
team
Oxford’s ROWING team
20 Carolyn likes Scottish pubs but she doesn’t like ENGLISH pubs Scottish RESTAURANTS
21 Micah has been to Regent’s park but he hasn’t been to HYDE Park Regent’s STREET
22 Rosalyn likes to drink beer but she doesn’t like to BREW beer drink LIQUOR
23 Veronica has visited America for holiday but she hasn’t visited CANADA for holiday America FOR WORK
24 Tim has an electric piano but he really wants an ACOUSTIC piano electric GUITAR
25 Ben has ridden a UK train but he has never ridden a AMERICAN train UK BUS
26 Nancy has a small flat but she would really like a LARGE flat small HOUSE
27 Paul’s house has a brown sofa but it doesn’t have a BLACK sofa brown CHAIR
28 Robert doesn’t like Dutch cinema but he does like GERMAN cinema Dutch THEATRE
29 Jenny doesn’t have any ginger friends but she does have several BLONDE friends ginger COLLEAGUES
30 You shouldn’t open the red suitcase but you can open the GREEN suitcase red CHEST
31 Emma doesn’t speak well but she does DRESS well speak OFTEN
32 Rose has visited southern Greece but she has not visited NORTHERN Greece southern ITALY
33 Jane can speak modern Greek but she can’t speak ANCIENT Greek modern EGYPTIAN
34 Jim likes Boots’ shampoo but he doesn’t like SUPERDRUG shampoo Boots’ BODYWASH
35 Cameron will
sometimes
watch basketball but he will never PLAY basketball watch CRICKET
36 Terry buys sparkling water but not STILL water sparkling WINE
37 Richard said to buy red cups but not BLUE cups red PLATES
38 Harriet can speak Mandarin but she can’t READ Mandarin speak CANTONESE
39 Olivia was looking for wooden boats but she only found PLASTIC boats wooden PLANES
40 Michael likes to plant flowers but he hates to PICK flowers plant POTATOES
41 Cathy likes to observe children but she doesn’t like to TALK to children observe ADULTS
42 Lily likes to buy stocks but she doesn’t like to SELL stocks buy BONDS
43 Alex likes to collect dolls but he doesn’t like to PLAY with dolls collect STAMPS
44 Frank has a toy dog but he would really like a REAL dog toy BIRD
46 Bonnie has an American visa but she really wants a BRITISH visa American PASSPORT
47 Patsy likes Starbucks coffee but her friends like COSTA coffee Starbucks TEA
48 Timothy bought a leather jacket because he couldn’t find a CLOTH jacket leather SHOES
49 Carrie likes Star Trek films but she can’t stand Star WARS films Star TREK cartoons
50 Daniel enjoys Chicago pizza but he doesn’t care for NEW YORK pizza Chicago BEER