Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Rosen , poet and broadcaster , was the champion of a strategy for reading dependent on enthusing readers by offering them books which they could enjoy , books which had been chosen by them or for them by people who knew about children 's books . |
| 2 | ‘ First , had I chosen to have an abortion or for him to be allowed to die , I would have made the biggest mistake of my life . |
| 3 | It was not uncommon , even by Edward II 's time , for a benefice to be forcefully defended against a royal presentee , or for him to be physically assaulted . |
| 4 | This is just the objectivity which is to be claimed in general for the good ; what is good for me now is not necessarily good for you or for me at other times , nor even what I now spontaneously prefer , it is what anyone would spontaneously prefer for me if sufficiently aware from my present viewpoint . |
| 5 | A petitioner wishing to withdraw his petition or for it to be dismissed must apply to the court and file an affidavit in support of his application specifying the reasons why he wishes the petition withdrawn or dismissed ( r 6.32(1) ) . |
| 6 | It is possible for them ( or for you on their behalf ) to make application direct to the social services department . |
| 7 | They used to send me their orders perhaps three weeks before they were coming , either for us to deliver or for us to erm have them ready for them to collect on their way up . |
| 8 | I think I have read most of what was written by or about him in English between the seventeenth century and , say , 1975 . |
| 9 | The path took me under trees in full leaf and out across open fields where below me to the left the river Bain , the shortest river in England , flowed on its two-and-a-half-mile journey from Semer Water to the river Ure . |
| 10 | These were either portraits of the young queen or of her in a group with , for example , her knights of the Garter or on progress . |
| 11 | I do not think that there is a question of lecturing either of Germany by us or of us by Germany . |
| 12 | By doing this , we separate off everything which counts for or against it in virtue of its effects , or alternatively , its contribution to the formation of certain wholes . |
| 13 | ‘ You were n't particularly impressed either with racing or with me as a driver , were you ? ’ |
| 14 | On the relief the girl Athena , without aegis or shield ( she is shown now even without helmet , or with it in her hand ) leans on her spear , hand on hip , looking down at a small stele . |
| 15 | You may want to invite former colleagues to work for or with you in your new sphere . |
| 16 | Considerable care should be exercised when extrapolating the results of cost effectiveness from one country to another or including them in the same league table . |
| 17 | If so , was she bigger than him or above him in the pecking order ? |
| 18 | Other options include using kerb stones to form the steps ( which will then be of a narrower depth than usual ) ; placing the bricks which form the risers on top of the paver which forms the tread , or alongside them at the back of each tread ( this alters the height of the risers , and the depth of the tread ) ; and using bricks or paviours for treads as well as risers , which will give a slightly more ‘ rustic ’ look . |
| 19 | Or in me for that matter ? |
| 20 | The Sound Space 7 is available with loudspeakers at £1,295.95 or without them at £995.95 . |
| 21 | The alternatives were either to make a massive quarry or to mine into the fell . |
| 22 | the amount of the loan is repaid within 12 months of the date on which it was made ; and 2. the period for which amounts are outstanding in respect of loans made to the settlor by that or any other body corporate connected with the settlement , or by him to that or any other such body , in any period of five years , does not exceed 12 months . |
| 23 | He could n't get my bag back for me , or the other contents , because they had some value — although very little I 'm sure — whereas the letter , having no value at all ( except for me of course ! ) was thrown away . |
| 24 | Except for him of course , but Cos I was getting a bit upset that my voice was going a bit Brummie . |
| 25 | The touch judges ' flags were on the pitch more often than off it in a game I saw recently here ( in Eastern Province , South Africa ) . |
| 26 | It was fabulous because King Crimson had such a tremendous sound and such a tremendous image that for them to suddenly stand up and do a lot of Buddy Holly hits with Donovan singing vocals was really cute . |
| 27 | Some solicitors adopted a ‘ welfare ’ approach , acting against their client 's instructions in the belief that for them to be released would not be in their interests ; and |
| 28 | But ‘ belong ’ — she is fearful that for her at least the word may explode , may vanish in a puff of smoke as delicate as the smoke that trickles from Fenna 's nostrils when he is asleep ; as delicate as the fronds of smoke that drift mysteriously from the end of Phoebe 's cigarette when she gestures impatiently in conversation . |
| 29 | Notice that for him to be able to say this he does not have to have observed his own behaviour . |
| 30 | But better for him to be in a lavatory somewhere than for him to be sick on the programme ! |