Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'm telling you they stuck it they had a sort of flat bottomed cart and they used to stick it in and when they came there they , they lifted it off and stuck it in the ground and it was just similar to that only it was hooped |
| 2 | Hawkins withdrew from this dangerous line of business , though he felt his enterprise in trying to open up a new line of trade deserved recognition and he put a black slave on his coat-of-arms . |
| 3 | On that thought , a streak of fairness smote Fabia and she became guiltily aware that , since he must spend a good deal of his time cooped up in his office , it was no wonder that he wanted to enjoy his walks without any prying journalist asking the ‘ whys and wherefores ’ of everything . |
| 4 | Adherence to this stated principle has never faltered , but other areas of concern took precedence and it was not until the late 1970s that this area of work was developed . |
| 5 | The orchestra began to play , an air of excitement gripped Emily and she forgot the shoemaker 's daughter , she even forgot Craig in the excitement of the occasion as some of the ladies swung like flowers on to the floor in the arms of the men . |
| 6 | The thing the thing about MPs is they they think erm You have to be fairly careful because I I spend quite a lot of time interviewing MPs and I I think that er er they 're quite interesting some of the time to talk to . |
| 7 | And we we discussed the the difference between anxiety and arousal and how we can turn our anxiety into arousal to ensure performance and I plotted a little graph if you remember . |
| 8 | Only three of the original gang , one Briton and two Moroccans appeared in court to stand trial and they were acquitted . |
| 9 | The referee 's first task of a damp evening was to ask Wasps to change their jerseys in order to avoid confusion and they emerged with a far more waspish look about them in black-and-yellow hoops . |
| 10 | The Report pointed at the level of resource needed in order to achieve improvements and it sought to improve the management of schools by making them more meaningful to a wider range of pupils . |
| 11 | Such an arrangement combines rigidity with flexibility and in addition to its protective function the cuticle determines the form of the insect , its relative impermeability to water reduces desiccation and it provides a firm basis for the attachment of muscles . |