Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | so he was quite gutted to miss it by one , maybe one well two , two questions . |
| 32 | But it is also possible to see it as an attempt to formulate the way in which the sliding incompatibility of the two can only be perceived through an ‘ internal distantiation ’ in which the problem of that ‘ relation ’ is enacted by its relation , in the sense of the telling of a story — which is how we get history . |
| 33 | Does that reassure you on that one , or do you still think you were being asked to do something ? |
| 34 | What 's that make it in four weeks ? |
| 35 | ‘ This is all I shall have to remember him by — you are cruel to treat it with such levity . ’ |
| 36 | Although an attempt was made to be representative in the choice of these films it is clear that if the effects observed are of any practical significance it should be possible to observe them on a more varied stimulus set . |
| 37 | Where guidance is required , it is possible to obtain it on points 1 and 2 from the relevant ( many excellent ) texts on contract and commercial law and on point 4 from some of the texts on general drafting . |
| 38 | That covers me for office work to negotiate to try and settle this case . |
| 39 | That is significant because that covers us for paying you commission . |
| 40 | That covers you for us paying you in the next week . |
| 41 | At Aintree he beat The Thinker just over seven lengths and is due to meet him on the same terms , although Jimmy Frost , his rider , may put up a pound or two more than the minimum 10st . |
| 42 | All we know is that Nicola was due to meet him at nine o'clock and that he did n't turn up . |
| 43 | According to ICL , notebooks have two distinct uses : first , they are a user 's only or main machine — so , it must be possible to plug them into a local network , and they must have the functionality of a standard personal computer . |
| 44 | It was odd to find him in charge of such a low-level enterprise as the Vadinamian protection racket . |
| 45 | That chilled me in a way I ca n't properly describe . |
| 46 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 47 | That stopped her in her tracks . |
| 48 | ‘ That places me at something of a disadvantage . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ I am extremely sorry to inform you of the death of poor Mary Flint — the haemorrhage from the stomach had ceased for nearly a week in consequence of which her other symptoms became aggravated . |
| 50 | What is communicated can easily be a view that ignores other religions , or that interprets them inadequately within terms of a comparison with one 's own , or that accepts them without trying to relate to them so that they exist in a kind of schizophrenic soup in the mind and emotions . |
| 51 | ( Hartman has shown that the average person has one or less nightmares a year ; and only one person in 500 has them on a weekly basis . ) |
| 52 | Would that suit you for the time being , Graham ? |
| 53 | One guide in 1861 ranked it with St Paul 's and Buckingham Palace and began its report : ‘ We are not a race of giants , but we enter on gigantic works . |
| 54 | The defence recognises that market makers play an important role within the securities market and that to provide them with no immunity would be to make that market less liquid . |
| 55 | The men were too polite to accept them without being pressed a second and third time . |
| 56 | Associative and cognitive theories present two major examples of different approaches to the study of learning , and although they differ in very many respects it is possible to synthesise them in a way that offers guidance for teachers . |
| 57 | Yet , it was asked , was it possible to exclude him by treaty , so manifestly an arrangement between the king of England and the Burgundians ( the dauphin 's political rivals ) , and then imposed upon a sick king who was in no position to resist ? |
| 58 | I am sorry to worry you over this but the result of the present system is that John Merer and I are barely on speaking terms . |
| 59 | Humpage had been chosen as wicketkeeper and started the game behind the stumps , but with Gloucestershire finding little to worry them in the efforts of Warwickshire 's regular bowlers , Humpage removed his pads and gloves , with Chris Maynard , playing as a batsman , taking over as wicketkeeper . |
| 60 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |