Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all been brought up in awe of Sir Robert Walpole , regarding that continuous spell of his in office from 1714 to 1741 as a model of the politician 's craft but aware of the paradox that public opinion at last broke through the barriers of a corrupted and corruptible and minuscule electorate to overthrow him . |
| 2 | So if he thinks that Colin do have six working for him , and he 's got enough work for six , then surely there 's gon na be plenty of work for two of 'em . |
| 3 | And finally , a lot of games coming up , a lot of midweek games , so plenty of chance for United to erm continue to climb the table , although three points against the side on equal points really would have been a great bonus would n't it ? |
| 4 | Both boys and girls need plenty of reassurance during this by fears that they are not normal , especially if they are early or late developers . |
| 5 | In fact there was plenty of room for both at Parkhurst . |
| 6 | It is the coach 's intention to have experience at the core of his team , bearing in mind the exceptional nature of the opposition , but Roxburgh did not rule out the possibility of a new arrival suddenly thrusting himself into consideration for one of Scotland 's remaining World Cup qualifying ties on the strength of a display against the Germans . |
| 7 | Nice gestures both , I reflected bitterly , and both typical gestures of any young man in a hospital bed who temporarily imagines himself in love with one of his nurses as a form of occupational therapy . |
| 8 | Because if you in training like one of the things that the big bonus on this course is the trainee will be able to run a training session . |
| 9 | ‘ I think I just proposed to you in front of most of Great Britain . ’ |
| 10 | If you 'd like to know more about the other innovations we 're making , Theo van Hensbergen on will be pleased to put you in touch with one of our intrepid experts . |
| 11 | If you own Local Authority Solicitor or Careers Adviser is unable to satisfy your need for information , ask your Careers Adviser to put you in touch with one of the County or District Council Liaison Officers appointed for your particular teaching establishment . |
| 12 | With smaller firms , you may be near enough to visit the factory , or they may offer to put you in touch with some of their customers in your area . |
| 13 | Are you in touch with any of them ? |
| 14 | This fixation may manifest itself in adulthood in one of two extremes ; either stinginess , orderliness , and excessive cleanliness or sloppiness , lack of organisation , and impulsiveness . |
| 15 | In conclusion , Ladies and Gentlemen , and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible during our year to renew old friendships and to forge new ones and to welcome you to Conference in 1994 in the Land of the Prince Bishops . |
| 16 | The two-tier structure under which forensic work would only be done by specialists , as envisaged in your editorial , may or may not become a reality , but it will not lessen the need for all doctors to be trained in the elements of medicolegal matters if their work brings them into contact with those in police custody . |
| 17 | ABC will be conducting a review of employee benefits to bring them into line with those of ABC ( i.e. pensions ) ; |
| 18 | It 's not to late to book I think it says something about surcharge after sixth of March or something on the form does n't it ? |
| 19 | Cooper 's conclusion is that houseproud housewives are ‘ abnormal ’ in the sense that their behaviour has something in common with that of obsessionally ill people . |
| 20 | It had no roof and no floor , just hundreds of brick arches piled one on top of another like a team of acrobats . |
| 21 | More than forty years later , the Cornish and De von Post put me in touch with one of the other boys from Black Rock , Stewart Barr-Hall , who confirmed that we were never in any kind of danger . |
| 22 | ‘ I got to know one girl at the local teacher training college , and now if she is n't available she puts me in touch with one of her friends . |
| 23 | Anna did not say that she was not a virgin , that she had been to bed with two of the men in West Kensington and had been , at seventeen , much inclined to suppose herself in love with one of them . |
| 24 | He could have stood the writing as long as she had looked up to him for guidance like one of his young workshop pupils . |
| 25 | His appointment to the staff of the Borodin mission to the Kuomintang in 1924 brought him into contact with hundreds of young Vietnamese for whom Canton was the centre of Chinese nationalism ; and communism which , at this time , was still included in the Kuomintang . |
| 26 | Owen laboured over the living , mending them as best he could , and over the dead , making them ready for burial , until he fell and lay like dead beside the last of them , but still conscious and aware , and Adam and some of those who had come with the priest to their aid carried him away and bedded him in quietness in one of the cottages . |
| 27 | She 'd laughed at that and resisted the urge to cuddle him in front of one of ‘ the lads ’ and had gone . |
| 28 | As both parents spoke to him in Punjabi for most of the time this did not seem surprising . |
| 29 | Ellie also thrilled to hear it , for it sounded so glamorous , and put her in mind of some of the stories Madame had told her of her early days on the stage . |
| 30 | With his photograph in every newspaper in the country , and regular shots of him on television during much of 1991 , Mr Lee has become well known , by sight at least . |