Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not looking for people who can make decisions for him , but people through whom he can implement his decisions . |
| 2 | It could be argued that they might help to identify him , but it was felt that they might relate to another crime and that if we started talking about them it might put whoever was responsible on his guard . |
| 3 | If there is any justification in using them , it 's not that they accurately reproduce the eighteenth century , but that through them we can clear our way back to it through all the nineteenth-century ironmongery put in our way by what , musically , I regard as a particularly corrupting and polluting century . |
| 4 | Erm if it 's if you 're desperate for them we can rush it in |
| 5 | And the Cid sent for all his friends and his kinsmen and vassals , and told them how King Don Alfonso had banished him from the land , and asked for them who would follow him into banishment , and who would remain at home . |
| 6 | If only for them I 'll do it . |
| 7 | If it means business for them I should think they should want to do more . |
| 8 | If it did it for them it can do it for me ! ’ |
| 9 | He is confident that between them they can do their bit towards the deciding Test in a gripping series with Pakistan ‘ being remembered for the right reasons . ’ |
| 10 | It was marvellous when he rang , but since I ca n't have him ringing here again , I told him , in a moment of my feelings getting the better of me , that if he does have any message for me he could contact you , and you 'd pass it on . |
| 11 | Would you like to go and sort the books out for me I 'll give you a ticket . |
| 12 | If you can get an Aliens three poster for me I 'll pay you for it . |
| 13 | do n't worry about something for me I 'll have what anybody else has |
| 14 | And if you work for me you 'll take it seriously . |
| 15 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 16 | Lay off , and save your preachings for someone who 'll appreciate them . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 're putting on quite a good display for someone who can hold her drink , ’ she heard him say sarcastically from the doorway . |
| 18 | Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it . |
| 19 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 20 | Instead of keeping the money for ourselves we will re-invest it on your behalf in your endowment plan . |
| 21 | ‘ If you come after me I 'll do something to prevent you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 23 | Once again the period of hypnosis itself will take only about twenty minutes , after which we will decide what the best form of homework would be in the particular circumstances . |
| 24 | The green will eventually go brown or black , after which you can wash it away with a high pressure hose . |
| 25 | I grew a little apprehensive when she informed me that I would see witches and some ugly things , after which I would see my grandfather and other long-dead relatives . |
| 26 | cos I says if he looks after it I 'll buy him one with radio on as well |
| 27 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 28 | To quote Bertrand Russell , every language has a structure about which one can say nothing in that language . |
| 29 | You are bound to have many questions you would like to ask , as well as certain anxieties about which you would like your mind set at rest . |
| 30 | It was , I felt sure , something about which she would have something to say . |