Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exercises which are good for building stamina involve moving your arms or legs rhythmically . |
| 2 | Ownership of the homes will pass to either the lender or a housing association , and borrowers on low incomes will be able to qualify for income support to help pay their rent . |
| 3 | THE chairman of a committee which aims to set up a unit in Darlington for leukaemia sufferers has renewed her pledge that all money raised will be spent as originally intended . |
| 4 | They held up posters rejecting the idea that their fathers were anything like the Gestapo , and calling for ‘ full social security ’ for Stasi officers expected to lose their posts in the process of trimming the service . |
| 5 | But I am mindful in the midst of my own troubles ma'am that you are not in good health for Miss Blagden has told me so and I am sorry to hear it and to think of you unable to leave your room and I am sorry too that the Rome winter does not prove as gentle as you had hoped . |
| 6 | For centuries customers have made their way here on horseback . |
| 7 | Your questions on Monday , Juliet , about Lilian Parsons had bothered her . ’ |
| 8 | Mild-mannered visitors to the West Cliff on Friday might find themselves behaving like Madonna or Elvis after Adam Night has cast his spell . |
| 9 | We all have too much experience of what it is like for council tenants trying to exercise their supposed freedom for us to lie easily with the Government 's assurances on that matter . |
| 10 | From 1538 , Mary , widow of Francis of Orleans , duke of Longueville , and then aged twenty-three , spent her life first as the wife of James V , when she fulfilled her function as queen by producing two sons , only to see both of them die , and then as queen dowager fighting to maintain her daughter 's interests . |
| 11 | On January 16th AT&T claimed the owners of 70% of NCR shares had said they want to accept the firm 's offer . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ said Kāli : it was possible that the festival of ban pasāi had lost its association with the god of the forest before she was even born . |
| 13 | In Romans 12:3 Paul says , ‘ For by the grace given me I say to every one of you : Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought , but rather think of yourself with sober judgment , in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you . ’ |
| 14 | Rufus grinned , for of course Adam had told him all about Hilbert 's will . |
| 15 | She 'd tried to keep the newspaper story hidden from her because she did n't want to discuss it until she 'd had more time to get her thoughts in order … but of course mother had found it and started questioning compulsively about abortion , what exactly was the law on it now , how did you get one , where did you go , what did it cost , things she must have heard Dorothy and her friends discussing a hundred times but which the newspaper report had triggered into today 's obsession . |
| 16 | Well , of course Jimmy 's got his own meals for the whole of his life more |
| 17 | When all applicants who have met or are predicted to meet the conditions stated in the table of course requirements have had their UCAS form seen by the selectors , offers will be made to the rest of the applicants . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ Of course Don has helped me . |
| 19 | The last couple of times Yanto had seen him before joining the army , it had been touch and go . |
| 20 | Maidstone 's peculiar behaviour earlier that day , Franco 's strange tale about the pile of money Maidstone had showed him in the bar and now Maidstone 's death itself . |
| 21 | Now of course they will say that their goal is to win but unfortunately their actions do n't seem to reflect this ; no matter the amount of money Leeds needs to keep its class players if it wants to win . |
| 22 | Somewhere en route the Ouvéa met up with the French nuclear submarine Rubis and after the trio of DGSE agents had boarded her the yacht was sunk . |
| 23 | In Alaska , although the output of Prudhoe Bay has passed its peak , our production in 1992 of xxx b/d was higher than the expectations of two years ago . |
| 24 | You can , and should , use your word-processor to improve your efficiency and reduce the number of key presses needed to produce your document . |
| 25 | The RCM held that , if the parents of refugee children had discouraged them from religious practices , their temporary guardians should not presume to treat them differently . |
| 26 | Normally someone at or near the scene would be brewing tea but Dalgliesh had-no intention of using the washroom even to boil a kettle until the scene of crime officer had done his work . |
| 27 | The scene of crime team had done what they could , which was n't much . |
| 28 | Since the beginning of the summer , tens of thousands of club players had battled it out in club league qualifiers around the regions , in Men 's Open , regional play-offs , with all concerned hoping to carry their club 's name through to the prestigious finals in Hampshire . |
| 29 | At the start of the decade the 2-Tone bands were keeping everybody up to scratch about racism , and by the end of it a member of Duran Duran had bought himself a house in South Africa . |
| 30 | THE MURDER trial of the nurse Beverley Allitt will continue , in spite of weight loss having made her too weak to attend court . |