Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The child might never have known his or her grandfather nor seen the small piece of land that made him a landlord , yet the child remained stubbornly a landlord in official eyes decades after land reform . |
| 32 | You really can not tell me too much — I would rather sift through a huge amount of detail and give you a definite answer than have to suggest all the possible alternatives and leave you to figure out which applies in your case . |
| 33 | ‘ I wear my chain of office and show it the kids and say ‘ This is yours . ’ |
| 34 | Ten minutes later he had calmed down sufficiently to make himself a cup of coffee and write himself a note to check Angela Morgan 's financial status . |
| 35 | There is a dynamic about poverty that makes it a risk increaser when it interlocks with other factors . |
| 36 | There is a dynamic about poverty that makes it a risk increaser when it interlocks with other factors . |
| 37 | Because choosing both the right type or investment and the particular institution with which you are likely to feel happiest is such an important decision , even after you have chosen a scheme you will have a 14-day cooling off period that gives you a chance to change your mind . |
| 38 | Wilson succeeded Gaitskell as leader and proved himself a much more astute politician , able to make considerable capital out of the scandals of Macmillan 's last years ( the Profumo affair , Rachmanism ) . |
| 39 | Gilfach Iago and Inclino Top continued like clockwork and gave us no surprises . |
| 40 | She developed uncomfortable neuritis in her right shoulder : ‘ writer 's cramp ’ she decided with resignation and bought herself a typewriter . |
| 41 | Christina noticed that he looked grey with tiredness and handed him a plan he had missed . |
| 42 | Ranald knelt to pull the hearth stones into place and build her a fire of peat from the fallen roof . |
| 43 | She dropped the pillow back into place and gave herself a shake . |
| 44 | He complained once about Kavanagh 's poems being read on Irish radio in a vulgar Monaghan accent ; he saw his brother as a poetic giant among Dublin 's envious literary pygmies who filled the helpless bard with whiskey and made him the instrument of their Communist-homosexual conspiracies . |
| 45 | Something of the atmosphere in Roxie Farmer 's house seemed to go home with Coffin and give him a restless night . |
| 46 | 2.43 Lord Reid would have added £500 on the annual dependency to allow for the shortfall created by the incidence of taxation and that , of course , is a factor that should be taken into account when assessing what the dependency is . |
| 47 | As in the NUM strike of 1984 , the women have been the backbone of this struggle : dressed in camouflage and calling themselves the Daughters of Mother Jones , after the legendary union organiser from the turn of the century , they have walked the picket lines , sat in front of coal trucks , and been arrested . |
| 48 | It should hold us in suspense and give us a sense of waiting and expectation for the more important message which is to follow . |
| 49 | Peron needed the union movement for support and , indeed , it was the labour movement who brought him back from exile and won him the presidency . |
| 50 | A 12-strong party of homeless men , who currently reside at the Fleetwood Hostel in Lancashire , were offered the chance to visit Sellafield to stimulate their interest in industry and give them a day out to remember . |
| 51 | Whereas , taking him taking one guy a week for a week , is putting no-one in jeopardy and giving somebody a decent wage for a week . |
| 52 | Janet … came running in , flung her arms round Cookie and gave her a smacking kiss . |
| 53 | I wonder if I could just take a step back in conclusion and ask you a couple of rather broader questions , more general questions . |
| 54 | But it 's er had it we took round to that fella round Dash Hill there well Alec took it and er he said I 'll ring you up in morning and give you an estimate . |
| 55 | Donna stood looking at them , listening as the attendant pointed out each canvas in turn and told her a little about it . |
| 56 | He upended each of them in turn and allowed himself a grim little smile of satisfaction when a squirming scorpion tumbled from one of them . |
| 57 | And they picked me up in turn and gave me a kiss . |
| 58 | It enables you to use and rest areas in turn and give you a smaller area to keep clean — picking up droppings is essential all the year round . |
| 59 | I did n't , of course , but suffered in silence and considered myself a martyr . |
| 60 | He walked Eleanor to the station in silence and gave her a parting hug . |