Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fetched some home-made cakes for them and a glass of lemonade each , and while they ate and drank opened her parcels . |
| 2 | Perhaps I 'm missing something , but I do n't see how swapping a huge Tory majority for a small one is a triumph for them and a disaster for us — a relief for them and a disappointment for us , perhaps . |
| 3 | Perhaps I 'm missing something , but I do n't see how swapping a huge Tory majority for a small one is a triumph for them and a disaster for us — a relief for them and a disappointment for us , perhaps . |
| 4 | Like , it would be nonsensical to get Paul Weller to go play live on a kids ’ Saturday TV show , and it 's the same for all our artists : there 's a right environment for them and a wrong one , and it 's important not to force them . |
| 5 | Sometimes girls are there because they are very young or they are homeless , sometimes it is because their parents can not cope at home with the responsibility for them and a newborn baby , and in other cases a home takes in and assesses girls whose ability to look after their baby is in question . |
| 6 | With the NARCOG anatomy of the Syrian cartel now virtually complete , with a major Lebanese clan working for them and a better organized monitoring and intelligence network feeding them more reliable information , Hurley and his CIA colleagues prepared for the new growing season in the Bekaa with a sense of having seized the initiative at last . |
| 7 | It was as if their lives had been aimless , random as pinballs , but when they came inside her door , there was a chair especially for them and a mug chosen for their tea . |
| 8 | ‘ Generally people here can expect more-balanced advice on the best holiday for them and a wider choice than from many mainland agents . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Generally people here can expect more-balanced advice on the best holiday for them and a wider choice than from many mainland agents . ’ |
| 10 | During the month after her father 's death each of them had discovered the need to explore hitherto suppressed areas of feeling and half-knowledge that stood between them and a clearer knowledge of the selves they were now fully determined to offer to each other . |
| 11 | Nor , as these raiders paddled towards an enemy shore , was there more than a canvas skin on its wooden frame between them and a hostile reception . |
| 12 | In cases where a papilla arises on two adjacent areas the m is split into 2n 's with a comma between them and a linking bar above them . |
| 13 | It sounded absurdly false to her , as though they were playing a rather bald comedy for the benefit of the elderly lady , who was dividing her benign attention between them and a quivering travel film . |
| 14 | ‘ These provincial councils were meant to act as part of central council within their own area , but they have grown more independent and now we have a situation where there is both competition and conflict between them and a reluctance to accept the authority of central council . ’ |
| 15 | It was a winter not of discontent but of change and new ideas — a change of direction for me and a widening of horizons . |
| 16 | Andrew added : ‘ This was the perfect return to domestic rugby for me and a fine display by an experimental side . ’ |
| 17 | Andrew said : ‘ This was the perfect return to domestic rugby for me and a fine display by an experimental side . |
| 18 | After deciding on beer — a pint for me and a half for Sally — we chatted about our golf game and then Sally asked : ‘ How are you getting on with the Brian Harley business ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ At least Clinger had a reasonable congregation , half a dozen confirmation candidates for me and a woman running a youth club . |
| 20 | It 's a great adventure for me and a big challenge . |
| 21 | It was the birthplace as you soon find out of Marshal Foch , supreme commander on the western front in the later stages of the First World War , who has here an equestrian statue , a main street named after him and a small museum in the house where he was born in 1851 . |
| 22 | A glorious red butterfly with sapphire blue eyes on its wingtips fluttered and curtsied in front of me , moorland sheep scuttled reluctantly off the track as I ploughed towards them and a group of walkers cursed as they struggled up the bank . |
| 23 | Whenever I had a sheet of paper in front of me and a paintbrush or pencil in my hand , the result was inevitable . |
| 24 | Once the exams were over I had the whole summer free in front of me and a host of new friends to pass it with the idea made me extremely happy . |
| 25 | I feel a lively lump inside of me and a need to keep it vital ; to keep on running though I am panting and sweating like a sore animal ; to encase it in life , to keep it moving . |
| 26 | All the subjects ( young children ) were trained with three ‘ nonsense ’ figures as the stimuli , learning to apply one verbal label to two of them and a different label to the third . |
| 27 | There are seventeen of them and a few sketches . |
| 28 | It bound the parties to observe neutrality in the event of war between one of them and a third state and to refrain from any kind of aggression against each other . |
| 29 | He saw a pile of them and a notice nearby , ‘ Hire of chairs 2d. per session of three hours . ’ |
| 30 | My nephew , Martin , he 's one of them and a lovely boy . |