Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the best counselling in the world , it is n't possible for a person like me , sometimes feeling guilty at even being alive , firm in my belief that I have only to breathe to be a nuisance , to suddenly switch through 180 degrees and see myself as white or even grey after seeing myself as black for sixty years . |
| 2 | He took her wrist between impersonal fingers and consulted his watch . |
| 3 | Sentinel has been working on the concept of the machine for eight years and says it will be supplying the systems to five major customers , for use in insurance as well as telecommunications applications , in the third quarter . |
| 4 | When she turned her head away he captured her face between strong hands and made her look at him . |
| 5 | Husbands and wives would spill juicy tidbits about their personal peccadilloes to a refined occultist during private sessions and find themselves being charmingly blackmailed . |
| 6 | I 'm glad you asked that erm yes we did , we did give it consideration er er we decided against it , because it would have meant er to declaring the dividend on Friday for technical reasons and announcing our results erm today and this could have been in danger of misleading er the market er because this lower results and we have an increased dividend and that was erm probably the main reason why we decided that we would n't do it er the slight increase in net dividend in fact should compensate erm and this is coincidence er er f fo for the increased A C T on the |
| 7 | Here , the manageress Giovanna has been welcoming guests for 30 years and prides herself on offering a simple , comfortable hotel and a good choice of menu . |
| 8 | Would you have put on your disapproving hat and talked about tangled webs and reaping what you sow ? |
| 9 | Then he went to bed , having checked the room for electronic bugs and found one in the base of the lamp . |
| 10 | Hexham magistrates yesterday placed him on probation for 12 months and ordered him to pay £20 costs . |
| 11 | Judge William Hannah jailed him for 12 months and disqualified him from driving for six months . |
| 12 | Furthermore , we followed up the course of the accompanying cholecystitis for 12 months and describe its complete cure . |
| 13 | He had ramps built for public appearances and used his sons as virtual crutches . |
| 14 | ‘ Hullo there , ’ said the doctor , greeting them as old acquaintances and introducing them to Lydia and Betty . |
| 15 | Long considered only a maker of images , it is quite apparent from the Hayward Gallery 's exhibition that he is a craftsman of extraordinary technical facility , capable of luscious passages of brushwork , occasionally using thick impasto for expressive effects and employing his own distinctive and changing palette . |
| 16 | The Government must discontinue their stupid propaganda about empty properties and do something about them . |
| 17 | ‘ Your father should go back home for some years and take you with him . |
| 18 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 19 | But she knew that Platt Hall had the finest collection of nineteenth-century dresses outside the Victoria and Albert Museum , and reason told her that undertaking such an unusual project would provide a unique opportunity to learn about historical fabrics and keep her company in the forefront of its competition . |
| 20 | Hyacinth , now well advanced in hysteria , lay in state on the old striped pallet on which she slept , moaning through clenched teeth and clutching her belly . |
| 21 | He is now recovering at home in Barnard Castle after three operations and celebrated his 50th birthday on Monday . |
| 22 | More habitual bankrupts have to apply to the court after five years and argue their case . |
| 23 | Stewart , who managed England 's Test side for six years and steered them to successive World Cup finals , said : ‘ When I was brought up during the war , serving Queen and country meant a lot to my generation . |
| 24 | But yesterday he gave Largue , of Acklam Road , Middlesbrough , a community service order for 100 hours and ordered him to pay £500 costs . |
| 25 | Unable to find one with the same outward-opening flap , he did the next best thing and took an average price for similar letter-boxes and forwarded you a cheque for this amount . |
| 26 | This involves standing up for personal rights and expressing your thoughts , feelings , and beliefs directly , honestly , and spontaneously in ways that are respectful of the rights of others . |
| 27 | Mala chose to go first , saying that she would check out the landing area for dangerous watchers and warn me if necessary when she sent the pod back up . |
| 28 | to deal with entries entailing exemption from part of the Course on behalf of the Polytechnic Dispensations Committee , to set appropriate conditions for such entries and to report them to the Dispensations Committee ; and |
| 29 | There would be problems about fixing the boundaries of regional authorities and providing them with finance — a regional rate would scarcely be popular . |
| 30 | The urgent challenge now is to educate worldwide , to bring the relevance of gene-pool conservation down to earth , and to harness the energy of economic forces and team them up with long-term conservation . |