Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 2 | Nationwide Surveyors now offers Homecheck , a report for homeowners which shows what maintenance and repairs are needed — in order of priority . |
| 3 | Second , they are actually selling their time , consequently their integrity is being measured by how much value for money they give their employer . |
| 4 | Cheese and onion little pasties they made and Laura did n't want to eat any for tea they did their nut with her |
| 5 | Billy Ploose 's up and under fell behind Town defence bouncing kindly for Scott who kept his head and finished coolly . |
| 6 | ‘ When I played for Transvaal I found my role very different to that employed for either club or country . |
| 7 | oh yes , after funeral you know my husband we went to erm , like the reception bury , you know |
| 8 | After breakfast we turn our attention to the cradle of Europe , Strasbourg , but on the way we will pass through one of Germany 's most scenic regions , the Black Forest . |
| 9 | He told me his name was Abel Magwitch , and after breakfast he lit his pipe and held out his hands for mine again . |
| 10 | Smokers take more days off work which reduces our competitiveness with world counterparts . |
| 11 | When I went below for visits I found her eating dates and musing on Lawrence 's alleged masochistic sexuality . |
| 12 | The news of the Seren had ignited a bright flame of hope which left her cold and utterly despondent when it shed no light at all on the mystery of her identity . |
| 13 | The debtor received legal advice from a firm of solicitors who rendered their bill on 31 July 1991 . |
| 14 | While in the 1930s the CEB men had been leaders in advocating larger-scale power generation , with the undertakings sometimes dragging their feet , by the time of nationalisation they pinned their faith more on the benefits of standardising on 30MW and 60MW sets as a means of both cutting costs and overcoming the capacity shortage ( see pp. 24–5 , above ) . |
| 15 | But the Social Charter has been seriously weakened in the process of bargaining which preceded its adoption — particularly because of the opposition to all of its provisions from the Conservative government in Britain . |
| 16 | Not that she does n't adore the boys and of course they worship their mother . |
| 17 | And then of course they exercise their discretion on the actual facts of the case when fixing the sentence . |
| 18 | So he has to go back home and leave her and in telling her of course he breaks her heart . |
| 19 | Unless of course he turned it upside down … ! |
| 20 | One of my favourite presidents , Theodore Roosevelt , president from the early part of the twentieth century and known as the damned cowboy erm you might be interested to know how people become president erm Theodore Roosevelt was an arch imperialist and got very excited about the er war with Spain er America had a s little brief war with Spain at the end of the nineteenth century erm over the possession of Cuba , and erm in eighteen ninety eight , and this aroused great patriotic feelings in all red blooded Americans and especially in Theodore Roosevelt and er er Roosevelt formed his own company of cavalry called the Rough Riders and erm Roosevelt wore glasses and was asthmatic but he had this group called the Rough Riders , sort of early kind of Clint Eastwood stuff , and erm anyway he g he was engaged in the war with Spain er and there was one wonderful moment in the war Spain in which the Spaniards were at the top of a hill called the San Juan hill er and er Teddy , as he was known , of course he gave his name to the teddy bear , did you know that did you ? |
| 21 | Of course you take your work away with you . |
| 22 | After all , you and the dead woman bore a passing resemblance , being young , fair-haired , and of course you wore her cloak and ring . ’ |
| 23 | Because once the ship come up that 's still a certain amount of water in the hold which that must be , cos then once you heave your door up then of course you load your ship again and then cos your ship was going down the more mud you put in , course mud is heavier than water |
| 24 | and now the moment you 've all been waiting for … if of course you entered our Christmas cracker competition … the answers and the winners |
| 25 | Of course she sold her house at the wrong time . |
| 26 | And of course it keeps her brother Fariq quiet . |
| 27 | Most universities and higher technical institutions use it , and of course it maintains its position as the link language with the rest of the world . |
| 28 | ‘ We did not wish to be speaking of it ’ , though of course I regretted our separation . |
| 29 | I appreciate that your vanity was stirred by this invitation , and of course I understand your regret at having to decline it , but frankly I think your friend is a little jejune . |
| 30 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |