Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At seventeen he joined a travelling band of gypsies who taught him the finer skills of pickpocketing until an accident to his hand six years later put paid to what would have been a very lucrative career . |
| 2 | One of the things that you 're saying is wrong , not so much an organised day , one of things which causes us a problem , and that 's the major one |
| 3 | So they devised a lot of things themselves to give them a a a helping hand . |
| 4 | We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out . |
| 5 | He was quickly involved in a series of crashes which earned him the nickname |
| 6 | Given a DC identifier and LIFESPAN username , the procedure PI_VIEW_DC_ASSESSMENT will request the assessment information ( assessor 's comments and the list of modules which make him an assessor for this DC ) . |
| 7 | This option enables you to view a Design Change ( DC ) assessor 's comment and the list of modules which make him an assessor for this DC . |
| 8 | Every month the Shell Gold Card provides a series of reports which give you a complete picture of your fleet 's performance . |
| 9 | The public generally should be equipped with spectacles which give it a clearer and more rounded view of the opportunities for all of an ageing Britain . |
| 10 | The Young Engineers Clubs aim to encourage a greater number of Scotland 's more able youngsters to continue with subjects which give them the option of tertiary education in science or engineering . |
| 11 | In retrospect , Ceauşescu 's first important meeting with a Western head of state on equal terms took place in circumstances which made it a curious anticipation of his own downfall . |
| 12 | I refer here to cases in which sexual behaviour or play with other children becomes obsessive in nature and frequency — or where it is imposed against the wishes of other children involved ; cases in which masturbation becomes a near-total preoccupation , or is carried out in circumstances which make it an aggressive act or one of attention-seeking ; or those in which the very nature of sexual activity shows that its implications are fully understood regardless of age . |
| 13 | What our users want is adequate information about regular , punctual services , on buses which give them a comfortable ride in a clean environment , driven by skilled and courteous drivers . |
| 14 | They were full and sensuous like a woman 's , though at times they gave him a hint of cruelty . |
| 15 | Just after the Second World War a village was sentenced to death by planners who called it a rural slum . |