Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pron] in [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One came from someone in prison who ‘ had nothing to give but enclosed stamp ’ ; another from a pensioner who had sellotaped a pound coin to her letter and apologized for not sending more . |
| 2 | The other half of this group ( about a quarter of the entire sample ) either rejected the Authority 's recommendations entirely or claimed that although they agreed with them in principle they were prevented from implementing them by unsuitable classroom conditions or other school circumstances . |
| 3 | about Murdoch the Australian inverted commas because that his , he was , I mean when I first , I , I do n't know the man but when I first knew about him in Australia he was a he supported the Labour government 's election in in Australia . |
| 4 | It was easy to become mesmerized by the size of the budget , but when you looked at it in detail you found that almost half went on pensions and other payments to the elderly ; that 20 per cent went to families with children ; 17 per cent went to the unemployed ; and that 13 per cent went to the sick and disabled . |
| 5 | When I last wrote to you in January I mentioned that I hoped to be relieved of the secretarial duties of the B.A.E.C. by another member who had volunteered to take these over . |