Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun pl] and [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like , sometimes it might be a prostitute , she never got paid for her services and she tries to claim she 's been raped . |
| 2 | ‘ Molly likes having an audience for her tales and it passes the hours for them . ’ |
| 3 | that have had the support but they wo n't get off their backsides and it tends to be this ge generation . |
| 4 | Duck and Frog search for their friends and it takes quite some time to find them all . |
| 5 | Leopards still die for their skins and it takes five to seven leopards to provide the material for one fur coat ! |
| 6 | Quite often all the things that parents want to say go out of their heads and it takes time and confidence in their listener to start to explore the greater areas of concern . |
| 7 | Developers can use 150 functions to implement non-graphical sections of their applications and what results is reportedly source-compatible with Posix-compliant Unix systems . |
| 8 | ‘ More Than One Photography ’ ( on at the museum until 9 August ) is the result of his efforts and it consists of about sixty works by artists of all disciplines ( including ‘ pure ’ photographers who present their work non-traditionally ) . |
| 9 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |
| 10 | See it 's one of his hobbies and he goes to , he goes to er Bradshaws and he |
| 11 | out the window , she was trying to say oh I really want to go home this weekend , do you think you could ask if I could have one of your exeats and she 's still got one left ! |
| 12 | ‘ In the towns now they are so busy or so tired , poor souls , or so wretched and idle that there is no time for that calm contemplation of one 's existence which is the best part of our lives and which continues at all levels in a place such as this , among the peasantry as much as among those they call the Statesmen . |
| 13 | She took the child to live in Birkenhead with her parents and she has remained there ever since . |
| 14 | And , but of course young Johnny comes along to spend the day with his grandparents and he likes to ape granddad . |
| 15 | And er , but shines the light in his eyes and he has to look up |
| 16 | ‘ There are many people who think that water has no taste , ’ I said , ‘ because we were born with it in our mouths and it 's been there ever since . ’ |
| 17 | Now what you were doing was , you got the top figure of available beds and you this time , I 'm only going for the this paper that is shown to me a an an an and produced some place in in your apartments and it says here , partly vacancies weekend in the first of August . |
| 18 | I think of lipstick samples at Bullocks department store , the way you rub the lipstick from your lips and it stains your hand the whole day through . |
| 19 | Now , there is an added urgency to her shots and she remains an unlikely threat to both grass court opponents and , ( following her victory in the 1990 French Open and her re-appearance in the final again this year ) , clay court specialists . |
| 20 | To Mario , he said , ‘ One of your men who is quick on his feet and who understands ropes . ’ |
| 21 | He will happily talk about his films and what makes Jack the performer that he is , but now he rarely allows interviewers into his private territory . |
| 22 | But Peggy Margrave does n't believe Stellato has paid for his crimes and she wants the system changed . |
| 23 | But Peggy Margrave does n't believe Stellato has paid for his crimes and she wants the system changed . |
| 24 | But Peggy Margrave does n't believe Stellato has paid for his crimes and she wants the system changed . |
| 25 | And in the middle of the night Boaz wakes up and he turns and he startled to find this woman , lying at his feet and he says , who are you ? |
| 26 | But in so far as I achieve awareness from your viewpoint I feel the pull towards your goals , and even when I resist , I do so very much as I push away inclinations of my own which are dangerous to my long-term ambitions ; a choice between your goals and mine belongs among my choices of ends . |
| 27 | ‘ If we comb through our stories and one encounters with wild whales and dolphins , we find that they seem to hang together along a shining thread — that whales and dolphins know what they are doing , that their actions are purposeful , and stunningly specific to the occasion , that they intend us no harm , that they are aware . |
| 28 | Doing this means someone will be legally responsible for your children and it avoids uncertainty or family argument , as your wishes would be clear . |
| 29 | ‘ I need Joe to get to the by-line and supply the ammunition for our strikers and he knows that . |
| 30 | This is a budget Chairman that builds on the achievements of the last four years , the care for our schools and it takes into account that the future will not be as rosy as we would like and allows for contingencies . |